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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  times during the evening. And snacks if you want - I'll have popcorn. Who ... of Those Times of the semester) the French House social chair, Emma '14, sent out an e-mail to the house. It made my day. The subject was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  will be in time for the application submission to MIT! However, I have an ... contacted your EC and attempted to have an interview but were unable to ... marks you have received to date, and if your school system produces any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT ... you set your mind to.” Mom has empowered me to think big. When I feel ... we have quarterly retreats). I turned to Hardi. Me: “Hey, what do you

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  to partake in. All of the dorms have their own unique feeling to it, so ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one ... than scandalous, since you're supposed to create clothes out of atypical

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  classes, there were specific times dedicated to actual instruction. Having ... life when you decide you're actually interested/have the time. Most ... and smash a ball or whatever. tl;dr you have to take PE and you're

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  your applications for early action. Truly. I consider it a privilege to read your essays, to learn about your cultural heritage and family ... our process means that we have to turn away many students we would love

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  just the knowledge that I didn't have a lot of time, if any, to revise ... taught at MIT for some time, although I have never been able to figure out ... easy to be sold that story, especially at MIT—to be told that your job

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  each other—there's no expectation to—but you're friends, and so you ... time of the semester, it's very common to just see people bringing all of ... , which is the second-best time of the semester. mit has several a capella

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  ’t change--indeed, it’s possible they won’t have to so long as the way we ... when you’re debating you expect people to attack and slash to bits your ... the problem is not how much we have to do, but how we think about it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  ask me questions any time; you don't just have to wait for a blog entry ... . I have read countless times that MIT wants you, the applicant, to "be ... happened to you at what time, and then post the information? Not 'just

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  means that you have more room to shine and stand out amongst your peers ... they give us exams in which we feel like we always have no time to finish ... next 4 years? If the answers to all of the above is "yes!" then you're

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which ... type of relationship you have - on the spectrum from just hooking up to full blown monogamy - it'll take up a non-trivial amount of your time

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  don't have to take a HASS-D your first term. The HASS people want you to ... , just like a normal person. I was so excited to have spotted him (I'm kind ... the project my postdoc and I have been working on to the entire Picower

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  , because we have a standing agreement not to go to dances. We used to go ... , you have no need to hump somebody on the dance floor, because [fill in ... means I don't have to take the FEE, but do I still get 9 unrestricted

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  can really set a pattern for your time at MIT. My advice: choose your ... I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn ... , unrelenting rain, and chilly temps since the weekend. Welcome back to Boston

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  have no choice but to drive. I happen to hate driving for more reasons ... worth your money. I urge you all, when deciding where to go to school, to ... Illinois, I wouldn't have *matriculated. Though the MIT campus within itself

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  What now suckas!? That's right. I have a brass rat. What.

  

  have had to wait patiently, doing PSETS, taking tests, and generally ... -inclined, shove your face full of fancy food event that simply isn't to be missed ... WAAAAAAY a long time ago, Chris blogged about Ring Premiere. We

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  years I didn't have a book to read, a paper to write or a set of problems to get started. But for the first time in three years I genuinely ... fully describe Interphase, I have to break it up into three categories

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

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  of 2017, where has the time gone? Excuse me, I’m going to go sob now ... ashamed. Two, if you're really determined to overwork something, at least by ... material to rely on for strength. But hey, if overworking is your thing than

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to ... to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022