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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hacking Story poetry, guitars, a hardware hackathon, and the time-to-pee scheduling metric

  

  my next class?" The number of "yes" answers to that question divided by the number of classes is your time-to-pee. A time-to-pee close to 1 indicates a loosely-packed schedule; the lower your time-to-pee, the tighter

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  . Literally dozens of opportunities for you to explore new research or get a job, delivered right to your e-mail! A lot of the jobs do happen to require ... , so I have to grope at people for help (get your mind out of the gutter

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  coaster and fort, and freshmen get to help out. It's a pretty cool way to ... Social Sciences) classes often get a technical spin as well, so you’re ... ways. Now I know what I really want to do with my life. And, by the way

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  September. You may have already seen Petey’s post Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for ... 's walls. However, when I came to MIT, I felt overwhelmed by the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  these hobbies but what if your cart wheels are worn out and difficult to ... bump in the road your wheels shift and you begin swerving to the left or ... you’d like to, and you end up having to correct your course constantly

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  Shape breaks you out of your daily routine and gives you a hard shake by the ... are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the ... what you hope to achieve and building on your vision with concrete goals

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  your particular subfield of a subfield; instead, what they're trying to ... at MIT, so it was a nice way to get the gang back together after CPW ... mistakenly think they have to do (or do well at) ISEF to get admitted to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  between urgent reminders to please for god's sake do your psets you dirty ... 'm getting to a point where I'm content with the amount of effort I'm doing ... many responsibilities. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you're

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  on your ceiling just to keep things from getting too crazy and then ... your friends start getting engaged and married and moving into real ... anyway, I'm off to the bookstore- I'm getting my Harry Potter book at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  &A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few minutes and answer questions if there are any." We swarmed to the stage while Neil walked to the edge and crouched down to shake hands with ardent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  that night as well, it took over an hour (and $100) to get to the ice arena in Indian Trail. Lucikly, I was able to get there just in time for ... was good last night. Afterwards, I needed to go pick up a new

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  'll be well on your way to staying warm on a budget. Maybe you'll even ... let you adjust to different temperatures (by putting on/off layers), but ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... civic media THING I SAW: data visualization by web du bois THING I MADE ... learning is like money laundering for tech - by maciej ceglowski "We should

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Doing research 277 feet off the ground A tour of the Green Building roof with the MIT Radio Society!

  

  Last week, I was lucky enough to get to see something very unique ... the big radome dish to map out the rotation of our galaxy by finding the ... , helping everyone in the Cambridge area get their data where it needs to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  each get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay! Schedules ... form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new ... is where I continue to work on ElectroPlushies and get them up and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  family/friends aspect and making new friends =)" Moving away to college ... , 2003: Bryan boards flight 382 from Houston to Boston. So I get to my ... . college firsts: first shower: it'll take a lot of getting used to. first

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... Action. Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than ... you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a privilege for us to read your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your ... are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions ... Action. Deferred students do not need to send us anything new other than

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc.). We will accept ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... ? No. You do not need to "improve" your application, or redo

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  house sucks? What if you have to stay at home with your family?!? Me ... ’t qualified to do. Like your internship! Are you even qualified to do all of ... ? Me: But getting an internship the summer after your freshmen year is

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020