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• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  right there with year-ago-me. Yay, you now know where you're going to college (MIT, clearly), your teachers have given up on trying to make you ... this by yourself, though I wouldn't put it past an MIT applicant to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Can You Become Back at MIT, with excitement and pictures

  

  did once I got back was go to Anna's Taqueria and get a burrito. I didn ... . Yesterday, I stopped by 10-100 to say hi to people in the admissions reception ... ... a new version of you? (Did anyone watch Felicity? These lyrics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It ... cattle are grazing quietly. And everyone knows you here, greets you by your ... the strength to capitalize properly no more (nor the energy to invest in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  ., are trying by Union meetings and other appliances to induce the great public in New England to give way, on the ground that the Union should be ... can get on very comfortably by themselves should separation be necessary

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  'm trying to get used to the new interface. I am at no means super ... ! I'm still getting used to filming important things in my life, as I ... I was inspired by Ceri's take on VEDA and partly by my long

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  along the trip to visit friends or see the sights, typically in New York ... all time was a 2-week trip from Boston to Chicago to New Orleans to ... being in Chicago and boarding the train to New Orleans, hearing southern

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  @MIT website. During CPW, I had the opportunity to check out the brand new ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... the benefit of the doubt. Eric (MIT Class of 2009) helped out first by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  officially sanctioned by the MIT admissions office - I'd say if you're going to ... sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let ... attempting to refute that - my blog is what it is, and the folks who "get it

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  recommend getting materials to us by early February, and Midyear Grade Report ... all the blogs. But, just wanted to get your insight." It's hard to know ... With Ben and Mollie recently answering your questions, I started to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  -para-n-butyl-blah-blee-blah-blee-blah" and get a 98 on your first exam. Emboldened by such an experience, I ... . To me, succeeding at MIT is just a gradual process of lowering your ... paying attention to the fact that I was getting all the answers wrong on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once ... breath, close your eyes, and count to ten. Applying to college is really

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  now you’re learning something new, and that’s hard to do, but that doesn ... that semester, I went back to him with grades I was proud of, and a new ... learn and get better at math. In a way that allowed me to be me. I guess I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  , in the sense that you get to meet a lot of new people every year. Up to ... minutes out of your busy days to say “hi” and get to know people you see in ... you’re a freshmen looking to hang out with your fellow classmates or

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... ? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering ... whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some ... from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  cool experience. Free transportation: MIT students get free access to ... ’s even just nice to be able to get out of the MIT STEM bubble for a bit ... ’s also just nice to get thrown back into that freshman year excitement for

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  they do it by weight but you can ask to weigh your pot in between getting ... the moral is to GET YOUR FLU SHOTS KIDS IT’S FLU SEASON AND IT’S NEVER ... . [/annotation] I’m happy to say that both my [annotation note="one of the new apps

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... really want to break it down: Turn phone off. (Hard!) Get up. Walk ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it ... to feel just a wee bit hungry. Eager to make new friends!   ... 1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the ... to help you out). If you don't get the chance to see all the dorms, no ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006