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• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  will, it comes pre-installed on many new laptops, but a downgrade to XP ... you're dead set on having a desktop and wouldn't work with anything less ... , everyday student. If you're going to be doing basic typing, Mathematica

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  from applying to MIT. This is an amazing place and if you’re still contemplating whether to apply, this is your sign. Do it! Learn more about the ... still very much adapting to the new culture and life in general. I have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  common question I get about the class: no, you do not have to draw your ... . Next week, we move on to worldbuilding. As part of the storytelling ... website.   Faith spoke to us for about an hour, and then we had

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• 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 ... devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We ... for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  Interphase? According to the OME's Website "Interphase is a rigorous seven ... session of Physics, Calculus 2 never ceased to turn your world upside down ... , Chemistry took on a whole new meaning. Finding enjoyment in the daily "CLICKER

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  mates. To find out who your interviewer is, log on to MyMIT (if you are a ... to the new site, and my travels around the country for the office, I ... , USA). Be sure to include your full name and date of birth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  sometimes, you want to be a little subtle in your MIT pride, while still ... your campus as they arrived. We have decided to make company shirts available to the public. Since so many people reading your blog visited our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  quick entry that answered some of them publicly. What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  to you. They might even add your resume to the thick stack on their ... plenty of dreams in attendance. Check your “most visited” website stats ... Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  feasibility. It's a lot to see on one page, so I broke it down into a quick list ... difficult considering I'm not entirely set on what I'd like to concentrate in ... recommended to"]I have to take[/annotation]now to stay on track for my major

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  balance, how to find on-campus student employment, and how your online ... tracks; the drop-off point is ahead on your right. For those flying to ... 20 minute one-on-one appointments to answer your questions and help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  , and practical know-how you have to learn on your own. The CFP is ... Andorra in a few days, so you'll be able to see it in on TV! [caption id ... recently moved to a new, modernized building with a lot of neat technology

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  ]. On a simpler note, you’ll discover pretty quickly how you fare on ... the Bloggers, I’d like to say this: Be excited. Hold on to that ... evalute your strengths and weaknesses after. Allow yourself to change. In

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I learned back when I was first on my way to MIT, as well as things that I ... you want to add a new one to your toolbox (and maybe later, to your

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  choose to do so, but if you don't choose one (i.e. staple your applications ... attend CPW, then you'd have to select your choices (there is a lottery in June) based on i3 videos/dorm websites and/or previous visits alone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by ... Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW attendees based on their representation of MIT's revelry in unjaded vitality

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  students and faculty, but when I clicked on your website's link to its ... to confidently announce to the entire class that the new girl ‘talks ... adopting it as an integral part of your personality as you try to develop a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  being said about you. Your essays are the only time that you get to speak directly to admissions committee. Make your voice count! Don't use your whole ... Kiribati). Instead use your voice to tell us what you are passionate about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  most people, you don't have to learn anything about your body for your ... different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind ... . I was pretty new to this skill, but it's honestly a quick learn ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025