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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5 or fewer hours of sleep, I have to get 7+ hours the next night. I ... do drink it. If you’re hungry late at night, go ahead and eat to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  get more green-blue clothes but i somehow never find the time to go ... that you're not committed enough to changing yourself. i don't think that's true. you're really earnest about wanting to be better, whatever "better

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College ... that kids need to be perfect. We get rewarded by U.S. News rankings for ... busy all the time, because parents think that's what they need to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• 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 / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  same goes for your SAT score. I will be the first to tell you that it ... felt like this was enough of an issue that I wanted to get my thoughts ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  would suggest doing your exploration closer to the beginning of your ... to the department you're interested in to see what programs you will ... are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  is picked and you have 1 minute to calibrate your robot. The robot then ... your robot can capture the skunk and then take it back to your opponent ... when it started getting rough. Now that we had a strategy it was time to

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  epithet. Q. (related to previous) Do you spend all your time studying? A ... humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... might help the admissions committee understand why you're applying to MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  get to everybody, but we'll try to answer as many questions as we can ... randomly stumbled on this post, all are welcome. You’re able to comment ... /IAmA subreddit."]AMA ("Ask Me Anything")[/annotation] on April 18 (9 AM EST) to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  We Want You! Write for us!

  

  attend CPW to write an entry > You must use paragraphs in your entry ... . Happy writing! Remember, make sure you get it to us within a week after ... be going insane trying to eat 500 lbs of food, watch people juggle with

  • by Snively '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  achievement. Finally today, we'd love to get more of your comments about the MIT ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a few questions, including: "1. Any luck getting a guest blogger to speak

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  remind your reader. But sadness for a fictional character is very real to ... realized that according to many theories, we shouldn't be seeing anything ... kind of conference I was attending. But when I told him I was going to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  reading your applications so much and it came to me about the time I walked ... getting to the end and realizing there is a piece missing. Now sometimes it ... your lives with me, I'm enjoying it tremendously. Back to my folders

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  battles every single day! Trying to chase your dreams while fighting visible ... ): “...tell your friends to pull up.” This is not just a black peoples’ issue ... therapy to get some sense of how to move forward. And yet, everyone around

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  pretty sure that you're going to MIT?", "What are you going to major in ... encourage your child to attend CPW, to see if MIT is actually a good fit for ... relevant to life at MIT in 2005 than talking to pre-1970 alums. And if you're

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  form and we will be sure to get the interview report. If your EC has ... /Docufide to submit letters of evaluation and transcripts, your school can send ... materials works in the same way. We encourage you to have your school use

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  't get to go. While anxiously waiting for their return, I've been pursuing ... -grade oils. Anyway, the problem is that in addition to getting oil from the ... want to skillet so I can get some searing action on. In a beautiful bit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  ! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... , and you're going to come to CPW and already know the numbers, and I won ... 'm doing the IB course with HL Math, Chem ang Bio. Say if I get admitted to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  get started with this entry, let me dust the cobwebs out of your head ... -inclined, shove your face full of fancy food event that simply isn't to be missed ... have had to wait patiently, doing PSETS, taking tests, and generally

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  have to put on your gear, get on rope, ascend, change over to using your repelling gear, repel, change over to your ascending gear again, and get off ... needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019