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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  everything I want into a cheat sheet, I have to get my handwriting down to ... .310, we were allowed to fill one 8.5” X 11 sheet of paper, front and back ... order to maximize the amount of information that I am able to distill into

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  ’s capital. I frequent it often for my electronic needs—to replace printer ink or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  an email to these students with this information as well. We use MailChimp to send emails to prospective and admitted students. MailChimp requires that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... ' take on this program because it's one of those "you get what you give ... 's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  (read: cheap; there were no cheap tickets from Columbus to Boston last weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  you have to get some initial equipment/tools and potentially travel far ... tragedy. I need to go to an airport, catch a flight, and get from the ... route to getting fired, and for good reason. Unless I was actually sick or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  suggested a few beginner-friendly projects to get me started. Fix my sleep ... track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... 2023 to sneak up so quickly, and I opened my planner last Wednesday to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  to just die and donate all of that." I then asked my brother the same ... May, Olivia Rodrigo came to Boston on her sour tour. The online ... was alight with chatter: it was obviously going to be a vicious battle

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  convenient way to keep track of the bajillion things that i want to get done at ... life is getting a little too hard and i want to remind myself of all the ... sadly in my wordpress at this current moment, but have not had any time to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting ... began the semester by learning some basics: how to format comic scripts, what information to include and focus on, and how to write for a comic

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  . In many ways, I am now, since coming to MIT, more like my fifth grade self than my high school self. It's hard to tell if this is because of ... . It's been a long semester. I had to take four course 16 classes, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  application. You should, however, continue to get good grades, as we may call ... possible to exactly predict how many students will attend this year. To help ... students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  into MIT wanting to do the same thing as when you leave without even wondering once if you should pursue something else, you probably didn't get ... the institute has to offer its students.  If there's one thing I learned

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  wonders have inspired scientists to innovate. When a group of MIT researchers wanted to create the next and best surgical band-aid, they turned their attention to the gecko. Geckos can scale smooth walls at a whopping

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  had 30 million, but only 16.67 million people were able to get through ... , give or take. So - if each contestant's phone numbers (they each get two ... 's always going to be a tie. Voters just max out each contestant's phone lines

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  have until Mitra gets home to read this entry. So today the first issue of The Tech since the marathon, so of course they decided to cover it ... with an unbelievably fast time. However, they instead chose to use this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Orientation Wrap-Up Reason #457 why I love Orientation: I don't have to pay for food for a…

  

  goes that you should not have to spend any money on food for at least ... been touched on yet. "/> Our CityDays project involved going to the Match School and getting stuff ready for the upcoming school year. A lot

  • by Bryan
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years ... and I usually don't get home until after 1AM. Each day, there are four

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005