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• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  DesignPlus also gets you tap access to the MAD fabrication shop overall (on ... ) website here: Designing a First Year at MIT First year MIT students are ... , Concourse, Experimental Study Group, and DesignPlus. We’re here today to talk

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview ... , "Love Your Beaver," are a tribute to MIT's mascot. Liquid nitrogen ice ... visited each of EC's ten floors to get a better idea of which living group

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• 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 / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it ... thought it would be nice to get away from that for a year. This isn't to say ... to get some kind of perspective on what's out there should start by

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  your opportunities, you may discover that everything you need to reach your personal and professional goals is available to you, and it makes ... maximizing the opportunity because your intention is to transfer out, you will

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  means you crossed one or more streets from main campus to get there. W is ... Cambridge, you're better off consulting a map or getting laughed at by Central ... through 12, and if you're on the ground floor you have to go outside. And

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive ... clueless about college, so he was like "Well I don't get it, but I'm glad you're ... , you need to get some Kerberos tickets. (Kerberos is a security protocol

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  with my life. If you're going to use this, I recommend having somebody ... For the last several years, I've been getting canker sores around the inside of my bottom lip. If you've been lucky enough to never experience

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  entry, I'll be going home to relax tonight. Things are starting to get ... to take this class; it's really awesome. Are there any classes you're ... quite busy here in Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Debunked I clear things up.

  

  said e-mails are in the works). I am a student. Students don't get to ... acceptable so I'll try to keep it to a minimum. Feel free to use your ... I've decided that before I go to bed I should take advantage of the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... . So in your case, this becomes not about your answer to the question ... want to hear. If, however, you expand your answer to really cover why

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  , someone is always going to undercut you and counter your "I only got 5 hours ... the real world and how intentions mean squat if you're not getting it ... . Training.   There you go, you're now on your first step to becoming

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  . You will walk back to your room at 5AM. You will eat inedible food. You ... uncertain when you hold them too close. Still, I add to the list. Markers of ... and uncontrollable, I return to the list. I remind myself of what I know

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  get your groceries and sit down to have lunch at like the same place! I ... a month ago, and I couldn't get myself to edit it. But now - I ... FREEZING. I finally got a chance to warm up and get food when I went through

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] Duolingo Champion How to immerse in education while learning nothing

  

  Spanish, and recently decided to get back into the habit of using it once ... the leagues restarted, I began working to get ahead of the initial ... website, ~34 hours of practice on Duolingo provides an equal education to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  , it's the response from you guys. Getting your comments and immediate ... for me: If you'd like to post the link yourself on your blog, or just ... .") In essence, you’re asked to squeeze your entire identity into a couple

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  great idea, because that way you can get your MIT ID card, which has your ... finally managed to get to the point where the wireless card detected a ... I ask for?! P.S. One last tip for frosh- make sure to pick up your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  all this time, I never cease to be thrilled to get to finally meet all ... Services so you can stop in and get your questions answered. On Thursday and ... supplemental forms are due, how to pay your balance, how to find on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  details/tags, that you want to keep track of, you're going to have to get ... . Meaning, unless you're wiling to spend hours pouring every ounce of your ... work. Most people know how to use Sheets, anyway. Plus, it's in your

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020