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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  Adelaide and when I told her, "Hey, I'm about to get to Mass Ave, I'm at ... athlete knows, Day 3 of getting back into shape is by far the most painful ... 's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... ." [This entry was brought to you by the following quote: "I look forward to ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your ... happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  across the world. I know how frustrating it is to hear "It gets better" or ... open if you'd like to rant or vent or get out your frustrations. Scream, cry, do whatever you need to get it out, and I am here to listen.

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  could have by living here. We’d like to make this blog corny and entertaining, but right now we would like to emphasis something you should take ... information...let’s get to the most important part of REX -- our events!!! We

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little ... not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... these parts. Anyways, the point was to visit the Writing Center, and get ... My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 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 ... very helpful in getting to know you. Finally, I read the interview

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

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  . Let's get down to business. Who is This Guy? Hey Skeech how did we get ... Billie Holiday said it best, "Them that's got shall get, Them that ... power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snow-bama Snow? Obama? At MIT? AHH.

  

  exciting is that??! They TALKED to us. And we didn't get arrested! Or shot by ... soon joined by others, who seemed to have had the same bright idea. We ... snow-that-can-barely-be-called-snow deigns to appear about once in ten

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  knowing that one year from now, you'll be getting ready to take some time of ... ." Your application will once again be considered by the committee during ... report as soon as possible after your grades are available; by the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  suggest getting another book to help you out, especially The Official SAT ... by (I should seriously be getting paid for this) Princeton Review ... won't teach you as much about the SATs, it's a good way to get you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  to get a question in edgewise. TAs also look to avoid these OH and they ... .033. This is one of the few resources that I'll swear by and continue to use ... 've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Believe in your magic a thank you to the 2018 applicant class

  

  encouraged me to try again. I have been delighted by your nerdiness and amazed ... doled out to him by both Fudge and Scrimgeour, the Prime Minister cries ... been a humbling experience. I am full of gratitude to you, our class of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... wanted to get an extra letter of recommendation from my boss at work ... , i'll request you to visit www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy to get more info

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... you’ll never get service at all. I managed to get closer to one of the ... able to get into the other line before the mass of tourists reached it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  . Convince the adMITs to come to CPW. Getting them to come to campus is the best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni about the future or get inspired by their lives in general. Have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  person has 60 seconds to get their team to guess as many phrases as ... , the other team chooses a player to get up and convey as many phrases as ... to get somebody to guess "stick pickles into your nose and ears?" The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  and attempt to live by exclusively their own principles--maybe it's also ... , very fortunate that this is even a choice I get to make. Two: At MIT ... before you get to that point. So until then, balance. Madonna

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015