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• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost ... I get home for holidays? What will happen to me if I get sick? What does the academic calendar look like? How easy is it to get a research

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  ? Senior spring is supposed to be the best semester of college, where we get ... submitting to the harsh campus restrictions and getting to live on campus with ... never getting to live on campus again otherwise, forced my hand. Since I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must ... has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA ... too tired to function properly after getting home from work. i'll miss ... actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  here's a form you can fill out if you're willing to create a Pepsi ... all to glance about your community and see what you can do to make it ... mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• 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 ... submitted materials. Items are not posted directly to your MyMIT account from

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  accessible only by car.  My research also revealed that getting your skydiving ... reserve parachute, but there's also a little line that connects your main to ... your reserve. I was also curious about how they were going to teach me

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  parent, you could forward this to your math or science teacher and suggest ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  announcement email[/caption] The prospect of getting to fiddle with technology ... slight yet intense feeling of excitement at getting to try out all the ... to justify getting it? Will I use it well? But, wait, what does it even

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  you they're going to steal your firstborn and hold him hostage until you ... of bacon of comparable value to your kidneys in the living room with a note "it's for your own good." Or maybe not. But people get too worked

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it ... application. We generally use them to confirm a decision (i.e. to make sure you're ... supplementary materials? Other than mid-year grades, yes. You're always welcome to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... get a cannoli And if you get a cannoli, you must find a nearby park to ... Haymarket farmer's market to get really cheap, really amazing produce. I got

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  time. People talk a lot about how important your living group is to your ... you don’t literally live with your friends, it takes effort to organize ... . There are so many ways to find your people in college, and I want to talk

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with ... now after graduating from MIT. So today let me introduce you to Brian

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT & Boston colleges Some tips for checking out MIT and Boston this summer.

  

  loved getting to visit me here.) MIT offers information sessions followed ... Reception Center (Room 10-100) to get a campus map, the brochure "The ... also suggest some good places to get lunch or dinner on campus or in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  , meaning I have to catch the 6:25 AM commuter rail to get there. Of course, the commuter rail leaves from South Station so I need to get there first ... need to wake up, shower, get ready for work, and then travel to the T

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  you to your home, hold onto it. Let it get you through the homesickness ... to your hometown to ground you. After all, college may take you far ... Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to ... spent with walking around the campus and the city to get an idea of who the people are. Now to reconnect this to you and your college

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to ... truly incredible getting to know them, and their extended family, and all ... transportation background, I loved using Italy's transportation system to get me to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  : 1. You get to watch Spongebob and not even feel bad about it ("I was babysitting!") 2. You get to play with light-sabers and Nerf guns and not even ... get to laugh at the word "pants" and not even feel bad about it ("I was

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010