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• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  to call out BS, animated by an earnest belief that there is a truth out ... like I was developing a sense of myself. That fall, I applied to a bunch ... in fact a terrible way to pick a college, and I soon transferred. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  , and it also makes a great excuse to not to work. Mostly, though, it just ... own comments like 2 weeks before I got around to doing it. Way to make ... having a painted room over a white one without having to do any work? Mike

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  espresso, a million different types of cereal, and peanut butter and jelly-making ... seriously. I cannot stress this enough. Try to pick a place that fits you in ... ), not the summer, to be the time when you're truly making your living

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  introduced me to, and which I think about a lot MIT websites (5) "Emerson ... a few tabs I keep around permanently because I am likely to refer back ... ..." - this is not a poem, but it is a quote from Martha Graham to Agnes De

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  comfortable a cape would be if it had to pass through your mouth. Probably not ... something important to say at the end of this entry. Here's a quick ... 't as easy as changing a global setting, meaning he had to go through each

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  . But actually, to our surprise, having a “plan” and a “major” and a ... vision), actually did make it fairly simple to choose our classes. We ... animation classes. BUT *excited inhale to prepare for a long run-on sentence

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  new group. To make a long story short (one for a whole other blog post ... many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  composure, to make things feel a bit happier and nicer. Wanting to find that ... able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... does add up to a substantial amount of time. The commute starts pretty

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  , she simply probes deeper in her questions and gets us to think like a ... MIT History Professor Pauline Maier makes the MIT homepage today with ... research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  interviewing applicants. It’s a unique and amazing way to stay connected to MIT ... -stress and rewarding as possible, and to that regard, I’ve put together a list ... these suggestions should help to alleviate a bit of nervousness regardless

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  openings website, just to get a sense of what opportunities are out there and ... me to do a Reddit-style AMA (Ask Me Anything) post.  I wasn't able to ... intellectual stimulation. I didn't want college to be just a continuation of high

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  ’s Day plans. I didn’t, so he asked me if I wanted to go out to a nice ... courtesy of straightforwardness? Wouldn’t it be better if he had a chance to ... , we struggled through a problem set, we sat next to each other in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  that. Trying to develop your own personal website can be a great ... recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I ... - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Making the Pi Day Video the experiment, part 2

  

   Let's get right to it. What went into making this year's Pi ... across an animated short of a lady making bread. I probably watched the ... talking about. Despite that little hiccup, Angela was excited to be a part

  • by kellen manning
  • March 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  credible answers to a few questions that the painfully shallow news coverage ... students be? According to Minerva's website, their admissions process will ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  'm writing an article about the tournament for the MyMIT website, so I won't write much here. On Friday, I went to Charm School. I had a hard time ... the MyMIT website, so be sure to check that out when it gets posted

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a ... websites. I spent a great deal of the summer before my freshman year at MIT ... student, you're eligible to purchase a discounted monthly T pass. If you don

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  !11!!1!!!1 10b) Repeat Steps 7-9 with slight tweaks, until you make it to Step 10a ... I'm going to start this out with a quick disclaimer: no, a double ... student/person/wizard/etc. for only pursuing a single major. Do what makes

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a ... positive thing to people's lives. this is a good feeling and i'd like it to ... , commemorating nostalgia. i saw a tumblr quote today: "if you want to learn what

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be ... MIT, where the education is likened to drinking from a firehose.  As one ... our medical facility on campus.  Maybe you need a checkup, or to get a

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011