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• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  high time for me to find a job and start my life. There was one problem ... couldn’t breathe. Add that to the fact that every time I went online I saw ... important things we ask on your application. All right, back to what I was

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  . Then your left hand. (It really helps to trust the person holding on to your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust the person holding on to you.) You think you're leaning as far forward

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have ... dressing up as an electron orbital (e-mail me if you want to claim your ... time to go shopping for supplies. I settled on dressing up as Trinity

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  time if a) you are on track to pass the class, and b) you have difficult ... nice to have concrete answers to the phenomena of my life. It got to the ... this have to do with you leaving Maine and moving home?” Well, on about

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  about your next blog you kinda promised last time on the blogosphere last ... perpetual state of studying and exam-taking from your first exam to your last ... past couple weeks, I still managed to spend time with my family, visit

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  how hectic my schedule is I always make time to hang out with my friends ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  (everyone's got to do them but at the same time, you're all thinking "pass ... amounts of my time and soul to. Does that answer your question? =P The ... goods and bads of freshman year, what do you have to say about mit now

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  , Dance, Revolution? That's enough from me. Let's hear what you have to say. ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... around the office hoping to waste as much time as possible. I count making ... others applauded our brilliance to spend our time constructively getting

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  much time gaming or Facebooking or Tumblring (I'll have to admit that I have trouble with those last two).  You're spending $55K a year to be ... 'll realize that for the first time that time really is your most limited

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  that I didn't get to see during term. (It's not that I have no time to ... time I reorganized my closet (I'm not even kidding -- I used to have an ... TV shows to watch. Adam and I have been eagerly awaiting the season

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  , almost directly beneath the Citgo sign. A brownie in a mug! I'll have to ... share? Summer, it's warm, its nice, embrace it. This is a great time to ... /dy. Times are rough. I often forget how to take derivatives. I'm sorry to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  to your field -- spending time on an extracurricular sort of means you didn't spend that time in lab. But you're welcome to submit that ... the fact that I'd had time to complete two majors, work 15 hours a week

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  door.) Made good time to Hartford; checked into the Hilton (didn't see ... rockin' (usually we have to bring that stuff with us). They had a free ... first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  writing your essays, you don't want to be generic. You have to keep in mind ... would be to finish your applications way early to avoid all of the stress ... know you to write your letters of recommendation. You may even want to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  bookstores in Kendall Square. The Coop is guaranteed to have your textbook and ... ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  better time to have friends than in college. the experience of living ... time i ate at baker dining again since freshman fall, and i have to admit ... to yap and have fun  ... and not to be meta and all but i just read

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  mean we don't really have one. You, your parents, or someone else will add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere ... dorms with dining halls (McCormick, Baker, Next, and Simmons) have to sign

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  materials. You have a whole toolbox of reactions to use. If you're able to ... , but something was fundamentally wrong. I didn't have time to really sit ... . Maybe it's simply whether I should go to bed at a decent time or squeeze

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the virtual platform. Everyone seemed to have a great time, though! And ... involved when you're clicking between Zoom meetings, but students are able to ... ! These couple of days have been a testament to how amazing the MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020