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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  run across the street to turn in homework, but I do appreciate how new ... interested in exploring. Drop by Media Lab Needed to pick up a rec letter ... Climbing that I failed to wake up for. I ended up going to see a talk by the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... could level out with your yarn, and you become acclimated to the rigor of MIT. Otherwise, you adjust your yarn to match your hook, and you create

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... taking the time to enjoy your last semester in high school. I don't know ... the time in the last months of your high school life to appreciate the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  hours early to get ready, try out the acoustics in our new digs, and get ... desire to rock out, so we get 6 units of credit per term - just to bang on ... -raising ability (read: badassness) to get more people to come to the show. One of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  Consumers" where they talk about some new technology that's being developed by a company called Kovio, which apparently was founded by MIT alum Colin ... So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  , "I can't wait until I get to MIT and brush shoulders with Nobel Prize ... 's already broken - what's important is getting to the root of the problem in ... During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  Admissions staff with new and exciting things in your life. How to send us ... pigeons.You should send your faxes to 617-687-9184. As always, if you have ... . And what we don't want people to think is that they get any sort of edge

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying ... ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When loading groceries into your backpack, make sure to put more durable items in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  will happen is you’re going to get an email asking if you want to connect ... fall, I was surrounded by my trauma. I remember feeling an obligation to ... , where it’s just long enough to be stubbly, but too short to hurt your

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  You know you’re in a sad place when you’re so desperate to procrastinate an assignment that you organize your life, clean your room, get a ... leisure. We moved the couch to a new corner, but that left its previous

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because, no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  't find much, decides to make things juicy by adding "College ... begin, didn't think I'd have to debunk my own rumor. So I'm the new guy ... said e-mails are in the works). I am a student. Students don't get to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October, and Morgan doesn't want to "waste" grant money on a new ice machine when we're getting a spiffy new one at the new building. Whatever.) So I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  such goodies as how to get your MIT email address and lots of information ... added benefit, now I get to experience these same traditions from the ... to a few new faces? So I asked the good folks in the MIT Class of 2012

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  WithUs. Most of all, try not to get too stressed out! Go out with your friends ... understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... need to be “sent” to MIT, not “processed,” by the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different ... thing is that I was so careful this ENTIRE summer to not get injured, but ... -epic REX disaster, I’ve decided to offer you people some advice for when your

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  "MIT Shuffle," so I usually try to leave at about 8:50 to get to your ... have to get there by 4 PM to pick one up. With a bike, this is no problem ... new gaseous and combustible form of water discovered by some guy at the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust the person holding on to you.) You think you're leaning as far forward

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three ... , walkway, and a red thing... its uhhh, getting harder and harder to sing ... around our house in New Jersey:     Oh boy, it looks real bad in NJ.  The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  about handling classes and encouraging me to get rest when I was sick ... -watching by Kendall Square, running through pouring rain to pset, and almost ... school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023