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• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  ! -Common Failures of Class Scheduling -Make a Website! -GIRs: How They Work ... exam. By noon, I was bored with the GRE practice exam, and decided to use ... day in 5.112 -5.12 -INTEGARLS* -3.091, or, How to Draw Pretty Pictures

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  ’d be taking three technicals in fall; didn’t it make sense to take the ... schedule for next year to account for those goals, which fell by the wayside ... ’m gonna try to re-wire myself to take breaks via reading instead of by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Boston while you’re here! You could be making several visits to “our fair ... When I arrived at MIT to start my freshman year I had never been on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What student disabilities services are available?

  MIT is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for students with disabilities. Our objective is to ensure that qualified students with disabilities receive equal access to all of the Institute's programs
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... had gotten into mit, that i was going to make something out of myself ... head. every time, i want to lash out and make some snarky comment but i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to ... college admissions process is spooky and mystical, presided over by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  adrenaline rush. Being able to make meetings or classes across campus in ... hard to feel like you’re making any progress at MIT. A lot of progress is ... sharing one’s life experience with others. And as a way to make the world a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  blogs are the most active bloggers and best make the transition to being ... freshman orientation quickly approaching, that time of year is upon us! As ... this year's senior bloggers: Laura and Lulu. Our objective will be to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  the end of something makes it awesome) and Arlo to my left is making ... It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing this summer, which is sort of embarrassing since I keep making reference

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  checks out. some studies tried to quantify this by making people walk on ... upper body tilts by maybe 5 or 10 degrees when i’m trying to walk quickly ... very quickly by bulldozing through everyone in your way. i do not

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  home and to make it a big more comfortable. Problem: Nowhere to cook Solution: Just make your own kitchen? I woke up to the noise of Raymond ... for the day, we took a quick run to Target and bought all our kitchen

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  manage to claim the story that involved interviewing some guy who makes ... grossly underpaid and need your donations (PayPal preferred) to buy space heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got shut down by the police live on stream. That time I accidentally ... . Be upset, take time to process, but make sure you take something away

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  those people. I was a good student. I defined myself by that quality more than I ever admitted. But I did, undeniably, fail to graduate on time ... . Well, I started to, but every post inevitably ended with a positive

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  makes you a lot more attractive to graduate institutions -- and, once you ... MIT and need to do psets. This is what I have to look forward to: I realize that most of this readership has never applied to either grad school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toy Design Wrapup What am I going to do with all of my time now?

  

  Playsentations began. The first group to go was Tube Racers. followed by ... prototypes ready to show at Toy Fair 2009, and generally make sure that these ... Tension filled the air as people were ushered in to 6-120. Scientists

  • by Snively '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that makes these shows possible!  At the Admitted Student Welcome, we usually invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  startups and how to make them work, especially the writings of Paul Graham ... rather how to solve "problems caused by the language". Sorry, that was too ... to make doesn't exist yet? How will you make money? Who are your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  have been trying to make this a year of personal improvement. Just to ... you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There's no better way to do that than to look at my webmail inbox--to see

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  make things from scratch. During IAP we went on a snow day adventure to learn how to make our own beer and proceeded to set up our brewing station ... of things to make It seemed that no sooner than I had arrived on

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011