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• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  front of the house. i think that was the first time in five months that i ... students without leaving my chair. i attended the first week of classes, and ... first floor of east campus, i will be getting it from the student center

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  this fall (Yay! Welcome officially to the MIT Class of 2013!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you're making the best ... Hello MIT Class of 2013! Here are some things that admitted students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  -minute cramming for that week of IB exams, SAT Subject tests, the June SAT (is that ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary national assessments. The first SAT test I took was in 7th grade--I don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  with the notion of “half”, I did a zig-zag that still partitioned the page into two equal areas. The teacher, who by this time of the school ... -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  : Shouldn't we be telling these people about Battle of the Bands? Shaye: yeah! BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!! It's gonna be awesome! W00000T!!! It's gonna ... these people about Battle of the Bands? Shaye: Alright, alright. Battle

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one ... applied for the job and after a couple of phone interviews and some ... show up (we were roommates). Items of note in the hotel room include a tv

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  during freshman orientation or during the first few days of classes." jtron ... all of your options. Most freshman in their first term take a math class ... the MIT Museum. Not at MIT, you could take a tour of Fenway Park, walk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can anyone join the Experimental Study Group (ESG)?

  Experimental Study Group (ESG) offers instruction in the core first-year subjects of biology, chemistry, math, and physics through small, discussion ... floor of one of the central buildings on campus. Eleven staff members and
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of ... the length of a FIRST Robotics' Build Season, to the state of political ... Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  not the most of any dessert. I count six for cookies, [annotation note="The ... things you're doing, and past the expectations of what you should be doing ... "]what YC does.[/annotation] You feel trapped in the bubble of it all though

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  are. Let's face it, you just spent the last four years of your life ... posted online) so that I'd have plenty of time to just roll the essay ... " because as much as you think you know about yourself, by the end of the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  House, and the thought of having to feed all of them, plus visitors from ... charcoal from; I had no answer. Turns out that the UA was delivering a bit of ... hopped out of the truck, hollaring directions to a bunch of other students

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  probably the complete opposite of me as a person. First, no, I wasn’t popular ... definitely not the whole picture. All of that said, the Big 5 test, unlike ... thought to reconsider my initial hatred of the MBTI. Could there be any

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  . Walking to the other side of the first floor, we pass by several common ... 'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door ... outside. I'll be honest - I'm not the biggest fan of the architectural

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  out of the ~20 cheerleaders on the squad. I think I'll just list what ... architecture in the Veneto Area (around Venice)... mainly the work of Carlo ... trading floor and met the CEO of JPM (Jamie Dimon) as well as other JPM

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  be in charge of what you want to do. And that on the flip side of fearing "falling behind" is being constrained by the pressure of following a ... very eloquently this summer on the life changing aspects of hiking for a

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Piece of my Heart Hey, look, a Turkish internet cafe.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The proliferation of "standing cafes" in Germany was ... understanding of the language. For example if somebody at the bank says "blah blah ... started work today and had to see the doctor. The first thing she did was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  the first floor of the Infinite Corridor -- not quite as strong an ... Yesterday was the final Friday of IAP. IAP went by so quickly, and ... applications yesterday to experience 5 fun events. First was the famous MIT Charm

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  communication, power design, and image processing. I was reminded of the first ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test ... moved onto the written portion of the test, where I assigned

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024