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• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  you're planning to come to MIT you should read up on the cheer before you get here, since it's sure to be legendary by the time you get here for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  would like to ask you to showcase your past business plan to the students, pretending that they were the people whom you wanted to get funding from in the ... entrepreneurs and a VC representative and the audience. The idea is to get all the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  ’t ever achieve your dreams. But I’d like to tell you this: eventually, you will get to the place that is right for you, not just because of merit ... disappointed if you couldn’t get into your “match” school, right? During my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  you're finally going to take that shot and how magnificent it's going to ... do it” (Amelia Earhart). So if you get scared, “don't be afraid of your ... , it’s hard to wrap your head around all the sheer size of a lofty goal

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  friendly company? The math gangster you dreamed to become? Now’s your chance ... . Start here. First, from fellow bloggers: -- On getting to MIT from the ... exactly where you want to live, exploring may help you meet your new best

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  learning, and if an education is what you want your daughter or son to get ... in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in ... 't think that's going to happen in the long run. Make your decisions based

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  's only .75% of your grade when you only need a 40% to pass the class ... works best for you, so yes, you'll actually have to study for your midterms. Do your psets so you can get into a habit of knowing how early you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  the news with as much interest as your kids are. But getting the "answer ... easy since there are many decisions still to be made. Before things get ... grandfather or me. When the dust settles, you'll need to help your child make

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  responses of your friends vary, and it's fun to discuss different answers when ... introspection. One example, "to what do you attribute to your success," generated ... ? Check. Getting closer to them as you learn things you never knew about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  explored your options in person, first? This is when you really get to learn ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Freshman Application Is Now Live for prospective members of the Class of 2020

  

  )  Regular Action December 10: Last day to contact your interviewer and ... school to receive your scores when you take the test or we will not receive ...     tl;dr: Click here to apply to MIT.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  it to other animals), but you get a clean biologically-derived fuel out ... grotesque biological slurry of turkey carcasses (left) to 250 C, you get the ... lighter subject (get it?). You might expect an MIT laboratory to be really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  have to drive a long way to get to anything. This was the first time ... , and New Mexico. When we return from such travels, we have to write up a ... Posner of Yale. Bowen is an earnest, funny fellow who went to Penn, taught

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  bargaining didn't get me very far, and it became pretty clear I'd have to make ... My mind has been struggling to internalize the scary fact that it's been ~1.5 years since I came to MIT. Fall finals season helped me shove

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  play as you're getting ready to head back to the 'Tute, because, well ... to after your little brother has insisted on listening to Owl City and ... still have four glorious days of summer break left, so I will continue to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  . You don't get something for nothing. In addition to rerouting your life, making you rethink your values, and so on, MIT can do interesting things to ... your life in interesting ways, if you let it, but you have to let it. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  dictated by the circumstances of one's birth. ????? You don't get to choose if you're black, white, or somewhere in between. You don't get to ... adjust to life at an institution like MIT. I regret that I didn't get to go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  semester of your MIT experience, and it's coming to an end. Sophomore fall is ... years, or maybe because you're "locked in" to your path and desperately ... decisions about what you're going to do after you leave. You haven't been

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mari McQuaid Name: Mari McQuaid; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Verona, NJ

  

  everything "right" to get into MIT or any top school. It's really important ... talents and interests. Let us get to know you as a three-dimensional person ... Traveler Convention. Got to love the wonderfully hideous modern architecture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2005
• 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