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• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  to have gotten into Yale law school solely based on his own efforts ... as GPA, class rank. He is quick to shy away from any action that he ... evaluates his scores based on comparisons of his scores as related to the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  go on your transcript or not. My point is, you meet a lot of cool new ... As I sit back and reflect on my four years at MIT, I would like to ... numerals -- On some forms and posters, people refer to their course (major

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  [/annotation] and testing the headbands to see if the impact on your head changed at all ... ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... assembled and ready to take on one of the most notoriously demanding classes

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  people, and I want to improve! So, on the first weekend after classes ... ="Summer Science Program"]SSP[/annotation] knows that I have the tendency to do ... hey! PNR exists for a reason, and now seems like the best time to try

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular basis? Which do I walk on a whim? To answer such burning questions, I ... my mind and soul that I will be late. I still try to walk quickly, but

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  of MIT's new Initiative on Technology and Self, which is working to ... for an hour and a half every Monday afternoon to nibble on biscuits and ... measuring the bus service on Massachusetts Avenue to determine the estimated

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... and was trying to process the new landscape, new people, and my new home

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  to major in? Am I set on Computer Science? What else should I be ... year made me reflect on what a semester at MIT has meant to me (aside ... to focus on pursuing those opportunities I have in front of me and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 Already?!? Back to work tomorrow... wow do vacations go fast!

  

  week. (So please don't write to me 10 times asking if I've received your ... real holiday falls on a Sunday. So you should be able to submit stuff ... Hi everyone, Just wanted to say hello. Having been out for a week I

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  people are too stupid to know they are stupid. Impostor syndrome, on the ... . When I first came to MIT - having never stepped foot on campus before my ... , but your fellow students and brilliant faculty are there to provide some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Admitted Students A quick update.

  

  Beginning today, admitted students can log into their MyMIT portal for new content, including a Class of 2010 guestbook directory (post your picture!). And also, feel free to use this fresh comments space for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  things that made me happy lately from the first week of classes

  

  to your living community"]GRA[/annotation], a PhD student in Course 4 ... chill week, which is a week filled with events for new people to have an ... listening in on breakfast conversations. “The curse of this degree is that now

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  without lanes, fill it to capacity with rickshaws (India’s take on ... been amputated bangs his head on your window. When you go shopping, a ... assumptions guiding it) on many an occasion. Nonetheless, we decided to carry on

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I'll admit that it's been a slow week for me, so I'm going to ... Economics Department to receive the Clark Medal." According to Soundings ... dating websites. When I read it in Freakonomics, I freaked out. And then I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  Apparently opening up the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue was only ... on her shoes. The voice feedback ("Your average pace is..."") is ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a ... 's Admissions staff retreat, here's another quick update: We admitted another 10 students from the waitlist on Friday. I don't know if we'll take more people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF 2015 Recap researchers talking, and talking to researchers

  

  Songela '19 (who works at CSC) light some things on fire, and also to watch ... experts in your field of research. As such, the best strategy is to provide ... to us. I may post another blog about research (and our new research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

   one flight of stairs ok maybe that's a lie, i used to live on stickmen (which is ... in comparison to Tetazoo. I quickly abandoned this thought when I ... primitive as a toaster oven. On a seemingly innocuous trip to the latrines, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... severely that we are forced to give up on our quest. However, I wanted all ... peak, and that is precisely what your new head monk did - he must have

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  that catches your attention. A brilliantly parodied logo appears on the ... Arts Hacking Arts is a festival and hackathon that aims to create new ... You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014