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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  (everyone's got to do them but at the same time, you're all thinking "pass ... I really need to explain this? If you're reading this, you probably get it all too well. Then I went to a selective public magnet high

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  dope! Keep in mind that it tends to get a bit crowded on weekends (for ... from MIT, so if you're looking for somewhere new to walk/run or bike, it ... docks and benches to chill on, but if you're more of an active person, the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  and adding your own signature to the bottom and carefully putting the ... reason I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from it. If you're a Redditor ... to study for the 8.022 exam when your notes are neat and have pretty

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  are pre-requisites to the med school classes. If you're planning to ... your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering ... ), then you have to make sure your schedule accommodates these classes. Here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  now the fun begins... If you walk through the door and look to your ... serious.) If you walk through the door and look to your left, you see ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  week that we will not be getting this year, we present to you the very ... that for a few of your friendly neighborhood bloggers, it’s also our last ... all has been a true honor. But alas, all good things must come to an end

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  with history, and I want to get back and see the 99% of the sights that I ... guy. What a strange way to end your professional career, I think. Since ... laugh at me when I say that. When I get my act together and go over to Mr

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  life interesting. I needed a reminder of that. Raise Your Glass To ... than I can keep up with. It feels like I don't have enough time to get all the things I want to get done. And so I make a list. Because making

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  to blogging propriety: "Imagine you are writing a letter to your ... standard upon myself. I can no longer rely on 'your mom' jokes to distract ... first world problems, and then getting someone who works at Media Lab to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  coming week, I'll get to meet more new people - maybe even youu :) Along with a fellow MIT student, Alessondra, I get to visit some of the middle ... me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  -make recipes with the rest of the world. If you're interested in learning to cook ... guide to getting groceries as an MIT student. I’ve been quietly ... selection. I haven’t been to these markets, but you can check them out if you’re

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Forum for Admitted Students

  Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2014! We feel like we already know you, but feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates. FYI, the reply form and CPW portlet in My

  • by Admin
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  happened to leave a message on your machines or with your parents, feel free ... reminders that you should all be aware of: make sure you get your financial ... helping out from 6:00 to 11:00, with maybe a half-hour break in between to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  materials. If you're good at self-studying, however, and have access to ... the best: (1) Examkrackers - I didn't get to use their "1001 Questions ... them seriously. Strive to finish the test far before your timer runs out

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I ... (Humanities, Arts and Social Science) office, which then gets turned in to both ... and as easy as it is to get there, though, at times it can feel like I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  sometimes you get little pictures throughout your recipe to check to make sure ... very much like writing a good recipe: you have to list your ingredients ... sequentially executed (write your commands). Sometimes you get directions like

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  . You’ll work hard, really hard, but you can get used to it; you’ll strike ... . I was reluctant to get up from bed—I always am, really—but I managed ... otherwise might have. In contrast, I had been able to get my physics p

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  out a number which reflects your chances of getting into MIT? First of ... to MIT many times, you would expect to get in in approximately 1 in 3 ... 't apply 500 times to MIT in a single year, or even in your lifetime, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  . As it happens, they turned out to be right. Listen to your elders, kids ... that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an extension from S^3 when you’re literally too hosed to function. There are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018