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• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  to do otherwise. So, while you're here, I figure that I might as well ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Watch the 2.009 webcast tonight at 7PM ET! the premier product design class at MIT

  

  . From the website:  In 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, [150] students work in large teams of approximately 20 individuals to design and build working alpha prototypes of new products. Students learn about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... , and full of vigor, began to climb. However, soon he was defeated by the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  's understandable, since math is what you need to understand old systems and build new ones. If you think about it, math is how you get your WALL-E's, your HAL-9000's, and your Terminators. I decided to knock out all three 6-4 math

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  to maintain a balance between new students and upperclassmen. That said ... link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. This will ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The LiveJournal Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part three.

  

  were rejected by my wife.) THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE ... Mid-summer frivolity, part three... THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: - Ben ... enough THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE: - Ukrainian - Italian - Welsh THREE

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  if you're closed off. If you need to get a job, find something that ... half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it ... 't get caught. Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  straightforward, actually - play some good music for people to enjoy while they work ... anything to do but yell, "OH MY GOD WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE WHAT NOW ... air - would anyone be convinced if we said it was due to a severe lack

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  to be her host prior to Friday, most people were matched by admissions ... by eager MIT students, excited to reach out to you and find out all about you to maximize your experience when you come here. For example, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  you're planning to come to MIT you should read up on the cheer before you get here, since it's sure to be legendary by the time you get here ... devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  question its legitimacy later. Don’t ask your professors to proofread your ... paying for your education and it’s your job to make the most of it. Life ... How To Avoid Sounding Stupid* *All advice should be taken with a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Shoe Technology out of the MIT STrIDE group

  

  available until next year, but I hope to be first in line to get some.   ... the spreadsheet are just some of them. Today I found out about a new revolutionary technology being developed at MIT by the Self Treading Insole Design

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  middle of your sophomore year, to allow time to get a pre-medical advisor ... of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you will divulge your greatest disappointments and accomplishments to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  Stoots. Be sure to hire him for your next major concert. I try not to endorse ... all our slides for our 10.28 oral presentation "by this evening." So, to ... 't really get it either. After the presentation we all got to go right over

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  , Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other ... , head to the library and check out journals like those published by the IEEE. And informally, creating something new and cool on your own is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT ... beginning to get the hang of how to be at MIT, how to make the most of the ... parting, coming up with new words and stories to tell. there is such

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  you is to get in and then receive your award.']clearly communicable ... much higher level opponents and had to respec to dex/faith and learn new ... . ... These new steps to enhance MIT’s affordability for students and families

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  doing is trying to do is get through it. Survive, focus on your studies ... complete-- but we get by as best as we can. This is what makes society and ... : Don’t Break It. Song: Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse While the last

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during ... by ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, and refused to let me pay. I ... at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  calculus you need to know for that class is integration by parts. Sure, it'll be your first MIT math class but you have to start somewhere. And trust ... 's taking the same classes, and you're bound to find pset partners without

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006