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• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  you have to actively stand around and make sure you don’t burn your food ... ’s frustrating to hear “listen to your gut” and “use your best judgment” in a recipe that should provide clear instructions… but listen to your gut and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I ... even put them on the MIT Class of 2012 website SO if you wanted to put a ... - they're affixed to a placard next to the door). Also, we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT-vangelion (Pi Day 2023) 3/14/23 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  , March 14, at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... you need to reset your password, just go to apply

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  't stop once you're a college student (often, it gets worse, lol). * In many classes, they count for little to nothing in your final course grade. You ... notorious for taking some people more than 10+ hours to do). If you're

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  high school to really understand what you're getting yourself into. My ... for 4 years, but it takes 5.8 on average to get your PhD. Harvard Haven ... ), you'll talk to your fellow students and find that their acceptances and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... and motivating you to "do well," your success in college will ... the end of the day, they aren't going to do your psets for you, or call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  a bad day, perhaps your EC had a bad day - but don't let it get to you ... dimension to your application and also chat with an ex-MIT student about his ... to know what you're like in real life. Come on, you are more than just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... ability to study smarter than your average freshman. No doubt that any of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  to college admissions, once you get past the surface differences.) One ... spring, it will be time for me to leave MIT and venture out into the real world. So, I've begun to search for the perfect job to excite, challenge

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  appreciate inquisitiveness and curiosity. This way, you also get to know your ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... have two.) At a certain point it seems weirder to walk into your family

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the ... usually talk to the lab's professor about their work if you're particularly ... , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  microphone, you don't have to answer any questions--instead, you get to witness people's confused, surprised expressions. You're the one that gets to watch ... things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  melting spoon. I didn’t get the opportunity to use it very much. I made one ... about Florey is that when you ask your hallmates if they want to burn something, you’ll get an enthusiastic yes before you even finish your sentence

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... grocery shopping. Over IAP, with mostly nothing else to do because I ended ... note="because it's like, really close to east campus. temptingly close

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

   (or, getting addicted to success) Soon you're not so special, and that's fine ... sociocultural factors and your willingness to be quiet as a child and not your ... special, so who are you? You're a person who clings to it. You try even

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  Ouija board. Your only hope is to call the office and get the exact number ... 't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the ... knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  out of your dorm and take the T down to South Station, you can get on a ... pay $26 for a ride--after all, you can just get upperclassmen to to tell ... to be a half-mile walk out of your room and across the Harvard Bridge

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• 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 ... the strength to capitalize properly no more (nor the energy to invest in ... cannot get here fast enough. My brain is very fried. There's only a couple

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your own opportunities. Dedicate yourself wholly, totally, completely to your ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008