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• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... course of my life make me who I am. College will just lead me to another ... successful wherever you go. It is you that makes you, not your school. :-)

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  okay to change your mind. it is okay to change your mind twice. it is ... you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from ... are important for bringing focus and direction to your life, especially

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget ... , this is a hacked website. IAP will be proceeding as planned, psych

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How do I contact a current student?

  MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time ... website, you may follow the adventures of our student bloggers as they
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide any academic or athletic scholarships?

  , artistic, or anything else. However, we refer to the money given directly by ... , please visit the Student Financial Services website.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  ="course 6 (EECS) has a nice program that allows you to work towards your ... friends and remember to message them back and Google Calendar a time to meet ... devices that my lab wants to build. We’re trying to make that stuff more

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  taken, just fake it to make it.  I’ve heard people say -- usually to ... ’t actually know how to do them. And this “fake it til you’re happy” thesis of ... I’ve been hesitant to write a blog -- especially one that pertains to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  What To Bring To MIT Next Fall? If you're planning on having a bike, make ... playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  (make sure you've given us your flight information). If you're coming ... decided on MIT, CPW allows to meet your classmates, check out which dorm you might want to live in, etc. You can see the schedule of CPW events in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  listening to your body and respecting your boundaries. About brief ... language. I used a voice unlike the way I spoke day to day. I tried to make ... make my points clearly, to entertain. But that was the whole of it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  of the “arrives late to the airport; makes it on the plane anyway ... :34pm. And the next one on our way back to the airport. Buzz. Your ... i would prefer to see if I can make it first Ruth ://// or do you mean

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  those available as opposed to having it automatically arrange your classes ... recommendations, I’d love to hear them! 5. Make a mess My sister and I are always ... to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  , exercise, and cleanliness make everything better! I even have the energy to ... to boot, can make me feel happy. Did I think that the bagel was taking ... -yet-cold, when you have to fight to keep your blood running + your body limber

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  . If you're emailing your EC, you may want a subject line that refers to ... and freezers, but, if you're going to put food in them, it is very ... don't think you need to bring your own knives, unless there's something

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... —  in this topic, I wanted to make a quick blog post letting everyone know ... -4: Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making, which the MIT faculty had just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  't still make my heart beat at an uncomfortable rate and tie up my tongue to ... it to do this? Make something up. "We should definitely meet up soon ... steady them. Looking in the mirror trying to primp myself up to make it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , to the companies that demand your transcript, to MIT programs that have ... your classes, a blank slate in the form of a P that equates a C to an A ... loud (or to hundreds of people on the internet) actually does make you

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  approved. I'm just trying to make everyone feel better about themselves ... most epic Google Doc ever to grace the face of the earth, containing ... in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  like to fit. Therefore, some of you will go elsewhere. But that makes MIT ... decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends, applications to graduate schools and fellowships. My stress falls mainly under

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... and move to the front, to make it easier for him to come to you and ... 's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011