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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a ... worried that I wasn’t doing enough, that I wasn’t a good enough writer, or ... Today I'm hosting a guest post by Jade Durham '25, who — alongside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  a reasonable and attainable goal! Do a handstand. - I cannot do a ... four times a week - Accomplished! I actually started becoming way more ... things. Maintain a 4.5/5.0 GPA - Accomplished! So this is kind of more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  As evident from my last blogpost, I'm doing a lot and it's taken a ... Amazing Spider-Man comics from 2001 onwards. I tried do a little bit of ... responsibilities and just sit for a couple of days. This week has exploded in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  completely obsolete in the media. In my opinion, this essay doesn't do a great ... 's what I wrote about, and what I would change if I could do it all over ... important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ;_< >_>), but this time I was doing great! I finished up a few drafts ... It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... next year, hopefully teach you what not to do. I started early. Like

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  with all of your friends, do your problem sets as a group, and most of ... going to work, but I DO genuinely believe that MIT has a similar ... are, because first semester freshman year is a ball. My awesome pre

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes ... ) is a four day event which is only for admitted students and their ... weekend on their MIT portal; in fewer than two weeks, we will send out a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... . We will wait for the results; please do not rush reports. When

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  whatever they were doing and exclaiming a great "HURRAY!" before continuing ... This past weekend was a 3 day weekend because of President's Day ... ramen place in Porter Square), but also I've left behind a lot of good

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... drew a mail carrier. I only know this because the crayon drawing still ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  or second quarter. (If your school uses a trimester schedule, please ... needs it by February 15th! We do. Even if you have no midyear grades to ... that there is also an option in the Report for students whose schools do

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to ... sense of immediacy and a let's-do-it-because-we-can attitude that you ... was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  opprotunities? A generic answer is "Judging them in their 'contexts'", but how do ... . If you do use your new teachers, I would give them a bit of time to get ... . ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote, "On a completely unrelated topic, Matt do you have any idea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the ... how to collect the glass from the furnace on a pipe or punty (long rod ... thinking, “hmm I wonder what happens if the glass gets cold how do you even

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  no good photos of that night, I do remember having a good time dancing ... I spent spring break in Iceland, mostly in the backseat of a white car on the asphalt roads of Route 1 but also behind a waterfall and atop

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  . A flashback to a previous entry is probably a good way to begin this one. Remember when I was a contestant in a blogging scholarship a while back? In the end I got a very commanding 4th place out of 20, and I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  ) other schools do not have the time and resources to make such a class ... a piece of tape. For the round of 32, my robot was doing splendidly ... .007 has come to a close. If you're saying, "2.007, huh?" click here and read

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  hit a point where it felt like I just couldn't do anything else, at ... build the Beta processor. Yeah, a processor, like you'd find in a computer ... optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  priority in housing preferences."]having a single[/annotation] has been great ... -smelling room is either: a room lacking any perceptible scent, or a room having that has just a slight fragrance. Avoiding bad smells is pretty

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  ’ve talked to have described a “tension” between trying to do work that is ... RENT puts it, “how do you measure, measure a year”? Evaluating time on ... saying, and economists do actually measure the “time value of money”. A

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020