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• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and Ends My brain is too fried to think of any original content. So I'm commenting on…

  

  . And I'm trying not to get skin cancer.) A better picture of me ... : lots of people are glad to hear that even a wreck like me can get into ... SAT score or certain extracurricular activities to get into MIT. The

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  enough time to calmly get [annotation note= "I spent the last week of IAP ... the whole day. I’m too old to not get eight hours of sleep. But, it ... wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  data diaries inspired by Giorgia Lupi & Stefanie Posavec's "Dear Data"

  

  protein to get my first strict pull-up, so we split a ticket for sampling 10 ... Spinning Arts exec meeting at 5pm, [annotation note="time for people to get ... people get to spin stuff on fire outdoors."]spinjam[/annotation] setup at 6

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  getting accepted to MIT. We were beyond shocked and ecstatic. We Felt All ... our classes and activities! And even though it took 5 semesters to get ... lot of ppl are concerned about choosing MIT due to it being more

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  least one language and to get some good projects under my belt. Here are ... I've learned in 6.01 and to get down some more Python concepts so that ... out, taking forever to get in. But if I jump right into the deep end and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  considered for Early Action. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get them to ... to MIT, and are worried they will not get here in time, we will accept ... to get in touch with them, as it may take them several days to respond

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  meeting, he gave me a list of professors to get in touch with. One of them ... we could actually get to all my questions. There’s now an e-mail thread ... , great - famous person for an advisor. I'm not going to get any attention

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was ... why it's so hard to get women to consider careers in engineering and ... want to get my flamenco dance troop back together." Headed back to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet other new MIT admits I want to let you know about some exciting

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this! Either you get the decision sooner, or you get extended time to ... -step submission. But it also isn’t an obstacle to get over to a destination- it’s a ... -orientation programs you can choose as a prefrosh to get to campus early for activities

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana ... getting four half-gallon tubs of ice cream and happening to come across a ... and get ready to go with the rest of my brothers. To save 5 minutes, we

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  : it's actually possible to get full credit on something at MIT. Even if ... semester would get really busy once I decided to take on one full-time UROP ... get the post up, but didn't get around to asking my senior lab manager

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  yoga/stretching type exercise to get us loosened up physically, and maybe an improv activity to get us loosened up mentally. Then we get to ... first semester senior who just decided to change her major around, this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That ... although I would like to be comforting: 1) I worry that my words will feed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  ! You'll have at least 2 weeks to send them in. :) Will post when I get ... AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless ... out there! Don't let go of your chance to fame and glory on the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  lab or get a paper published in a top journal. I have to admit this ... you get very used to working together and helping other people think ... has helped a little. Aditya is right, it's hard to get straight answers

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  feeling well rested, getting a delicious homemade meal, or listening to my ... by going to more office hours, getting more learning out of every hour ... a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour ... problem, it was easy to get help if I needed it. We don't have office hours ... makes people less willing to help each other get better marks. At MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Listen to “MIT Is…” with Cynthia F. ‘18 on the MIT Trashion Show, escaping the MIT bubble, and UROPing at the Media Lab

  

  'll meet and get to know our future host, Cynthia F. '18, as well as learn a ... around the idea of an audio thing for awhile, and decided to give it a shot ... guestblogger. Kellen works with MIT students to run the @MITStudents accounts on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2015