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• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  outside. Yes, you might not be able to feel your face or fingers. But you ... think it's important to let the people in your life know that you ... hussling it took to get out of the house. Everything worked out fine. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  happier. Replace the words “I have to” with “I get to” in your vocabulary ... ego are not tied to your argument. If you find yourself arguing with someone whom you respect and love, try to surrender your own ego to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... . Get curious. Collect information. Then make your decision. Good luck! 

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  studying. If you want to go out with your friends to dinner on a Friday night ... these commercials, I really don't know what to tell you except turn on the ... , however, is about making the switch from high school to college. If I had

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much ... NEEDED to get to Union Station to catch my bus to Charlottesville. I got ... needed to get from Dulles Airport to Union Station -- which is about a 40

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... /NR (meaning if you get lower than a C, it doesn't show up on your transcript

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  pens, I might as well work for Livescribe and get paid to do it, right ... , somebody else paid, and all I had to do was show up at the airport and get on ... scheduled for July 24th at 10 in the morning. You're all applying to MIT, you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said ... ) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E ... professor to talk about your work. Group Projects - A term long group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  With 10 days to go until the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who ... would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  him when he gets deferred. i want to tell him, hey! i struggle, and have ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... to get them all done after the weekend, even if it meant grinding them

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your ... gave me space to get started; there was no worry that I was being judged ... play your instrument) for a few months or forever; listen to yourself

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  everybody who I have left on read this summer; I promise I'll get back to you eventually."]instead of getting back to the people I need to get back to ... year or so, my strong belief has been that the best way to get good at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  to my Valentine who will get her Valentine's day kiss when I'm no ... that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... CL South junior goes to MIT a year early Date March 27, 2006 By KAREN ... prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put ... 's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  'm very fashion challenged. So, I headed back to my room to get changed ... been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a ... know, good schools and stuff and i have to get out of mit), internship at

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  and, dare I say, interesting. It was a LOT of material to get through ... in class we got to break away fromo background information to get some ... impressed that you know what its called or think you're just trying to show

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option. You figure that the world is over and that you're going to fail out ... instead of your TAs and professors (whose job it is to help you, and whose ... an exam.) However, you should know that your peers are usually happy to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011