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• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  ’ll be getting to campus (there’s a free shuttle from the airport, fyi ... latter is a chance to see some cool MIT student performances and again get ... get a feel for the dorm culture. On a personal note, I invite you to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... up for a ton of clubs. If my brain didn't want to meet people, I decided I'd have to trick it into social interaction by giving it chances to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ...  Burchard Scholars dinners and we got to talking about INSPIRE, a cool project that ... interested in INSPIRE, how should they proceed? A: To start, all you really

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  intelligence.. etc. I switched from course 5 (Chemistry) to course 9 by getting a ... convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment ... those at MIT? Is it easier to get a good grade because of grade inflation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  somewhere that MIT students can theoretically get by without owning a laptop ... from high school Health) - DENIAL: "No this CANNOT be happening to a Mac ... AppleCare!" DEPRESSION: After sending the Mac to a third-party Apple

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  decision in life comes a tradeoff: you get to go to MIT in exchange for, well ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a ... it was because I had a crush on this girl and running was ‘my time’ to

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  perhaps the IRS. Sadly, I didn't get to watch a bunch of people send out an ... This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to prove it to you? Aww, here goes. Today I ate a grape lollipop that Save

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  are having at school. Or maybe it's a bucket, swinging by the handle ... got picked to be a FAP (Freshman Arts Program) counselor, which is an ... only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  longer essay? The Part II is a great place for us to get to hear your voice ... . The stories they tell and the words they use really can help us to get a ... Once upon a time, there was an application to MIT... It's a Monday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  ego and stubbornness and not because I actually wanted to. I didn't do a ... helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to ... 's language, that is to say, learn a little bit about the terms he uses quite

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  start to get angry. Be smart, take a picture of the tree when people aren ... in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... (especially during CPW) but sometimes it gets ridiculous. When I'm late to class

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  took a bunch of classes at a local college, you're going to have to get ... , in each of these topics to choose from, but that's for a later entry. I came to MIT wanting to be a mechanical engineer. I love building

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any ... guests confirm. Choose a date and enjoy! "BUT I'M NERVOUS..." Get ... incredible opportunity to develop a closer bond to some of the world's best

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  have to order out. Thank God for credit cards and the internet. Within a ... Dominos has brought the concept to a whole new level. I just think this is ... library. (Fun fact: you can get your very own BPL card by showing proof of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... 'm pretty sure that you're a bit more likely to get a bid if you appear on one ... have to spend with a single fraternity in order to get a bid is almost

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  something that you get just because you show up to all the Rush events for a ... stick with a fraternity because basically there is no way for us to get to ... , for me to get from iHouse to my fraternity). I enjoy being in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  close by, so it's not too much trouble to get fresh fruits and vegetables ... runner, I used to get recruited by high school coaches. I didn't understand ... A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  days without having to get S^3 in the loop."This is a little bit like the ... thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by the second! I feel like I’m finally starting to get math." But then, the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with ... back by tomorrow, when a bunch of my friends are going to Fire and Ice ... with, you'll have to take quite a few classes to get the 270 units

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the ... completed your testing by October, do not worry; you do not have to remove MIT ... : If I will not have a full set of tests by the October testing date

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014