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• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  plans from your store to see if they're right for you. I say get a ... and more memory to work as they get more complex. This is why a lot of ... RAM, but 8GB now should be enough to get you through four years. If you

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA ... too tired to function properly after getting home from work. i'll miss

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  ="MacGregor House has 312 singles (and 3 doubles assigned by request only). In other dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... . I have complete autonomy over my living space and habits, down to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  and intensity, and it's intimidating to be told that by the end of this ... "Spatula Bot") that tries to climb the steep hill by keeping my center of ... controllers provided by 2.007 aren't terribly reliable or easy to use.  I decide

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  should try to establish ourselves as individuals by being the best in ... to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You ... mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  arranged by subway stop, from nearest to farthest (with respect to MIT's main ... dancing to kids' tunes. I like to come for the crafts and get stuck at a ... supporting a local business by going to see a movie and stopping by the museum

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  everything familiar to me. Until then, my summers had been taken up by academic ... “secret spy missions” with my sister (we put our ears to our parents' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  ) to get another direction. A sequence of rotations is then equivalent to ... →right→up→right→... (by 45 degrees each time) will never return it to its original ... by Fatema’s older brother Sayeed, also an MIT alum"]my friend Fatema

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  glad Which reminds me, to save more money Gotta get Dial Gold - as my ... to know." * Pursuant to legal mumbo jumbo, I am not employed by Dial ... to see how much I've grown In brainpower and stamina for sleepless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  out a year hoping to be favored by chance. Plausible, however, does not ... admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered ... . Those accepting a spot on the Waiting List, need to choose another

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the ... stymied by a recycle bin. I had to throw the e-brake and move the darned ... I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  rivalries. And since media is everywhere, this class also means I get to write ... we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a ... atmosphere. Space Dandy is attempting to push back a little by exploring deeper

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  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 ... days without having to get S^3 in the loop."This is a little bit like the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting ... benefactor of the Museum, Koch is also a passionate collector, described by The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  Unified Engineering your sophomore year. Mostly, you get to wake up at ... get to do this every day. You get to do one double-pset and a lab each ... /astro major, you also get to do this: It has lightning bolts on the side and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... Salvador read a given application before Amy? First person to answer

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a ... thanks to the Rhodes Scholarship, followed by 7-8 years in an MD ... medical school right after college, you have to make that decision by the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  the iceberg...to get a head start on your plans check out the schedule ... live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Maker Faire 2012 the Dean is going - are you?

  

  huge convention/fair of creative people getting together to show off the cool stuff they make. (Sponsored by Make magazine, of course.) There ... to that very exciting sentence above, just go here. Now, here's an

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will host a reception at ISEF in Indianapolis.

  

  and Circle Center Mall. It is linked by the indoor skywalk to the Hyatt ... hope I'll get to see you! ... Thursday, May 11th, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Indianapolis Artsgarden

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2006