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• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  ;dr not actually, but I was CONVINCED a trip I had planned to Italy was ... thought I aced, passed a test I thought I got a 30% on, and had no clue on ... everyone has to take to graduate"]GIRs[/annotation] and a class essentially

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than ... school or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family – or who come ... students to worry less about this question. Half a century ago, B. Alden

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  to the mix, whenever I take a study break to call my mom and complain ... morning, as one of the Starbucks-ers called 9-1-1 on a sleepy dude who was ... wore a t-shirt nonetheless, it's only because I have a jacket to wear

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... @mitfgp on Instagram to stay up to date with all the fun things we’re doing). I also wanted to say a huge a welcome to the Class of 2024! This

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  between properties, and a giant tear in a friend's jeans as she tried to ... impression that finding a place to live during the school year would be easy ... occupants that was below 7, bedrooms too small to turn into doubles, a weird

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  /principal to leave spaces blank on the form. Please ask your counselor ... Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good ... guaranteed to have a rewarding and memorable summer.   ... students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  excellent time! The one thing her post is missing is a section called "how to get home when you oversleep and you have a morning train to catch" so I ... – like, 5AM late – talking to students on Saturday night of CPW. When I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another fun problem Skip if you don't want to do more physics.

  

  If you liked last night's dynamics problem, here's a new and exciting one for you!

  • by Snively '11
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  ... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn ... -shelteresque pantry are now looking pretty spare, so I decided to indulge myself in a ... Goosebeary's yesterday, I was down to a mere two dollars in cash. Luckily

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack ... community's first event on a whim, I wouldn't have joined the floor and met ... swear! I went to [REDACTED] lectures. (lmaooooo jk i'm a great student

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  many p-sets to finish! After a while, I realized that my dad was on to ... life in general to be happy with your work, and MIT is a place where this ... and all that certainly helped. There are just a few things I learned

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  -sounding extracurriculars!” But come on, you are still a teenager; it is okay to have ... to convince an admissions committee that you are a good fit for their ... . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  to hike Mt. Everest, but when the high temperature for the day has a ... obligations and a near-empty campus. It’s pretty cool to be able to focus completely on basketball, and have extra time to do all of the things I put off

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  day before that we invited the early pre-frosh arrivals to a welding ... Ever wonder what a deep fried McChicken would taste like? How about deep fried Bertucci’s Pizza? We will have a selection of the finest local

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2021 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  reasons, and I was responding to an email on my phone at the end of a busy ... to occupy it, one thing is constant: email. During my two years on ... announcing large social events to publicizing important surveys on campus

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always ... to blogging propriety: "Imagine you are writing a letter to your ... parents, and potentially anyone who knows how to use a search engine

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  Desk might also turn up to sing a few songs. Pinkies, on 8/28 from 10PM ... To all the prefrosh who are about to arrive / on their way here ... theme is “Wild Wild West” and we plan to deliver on this - come to the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... 've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to ... yellow badges, which are to the A.A. Martinos Imaging Center what driver

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011