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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise ... 's basically an initiative to encourage people to make a positive difference in the world. Past grant recipients have used the money to fund research on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  (1) allows you to get requirements out of the way even if you have no ... required HASSes so it's a good rule of thumb to try and get one out of the ... major. This is a good way to still get started on your major requirements

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  covering everything from Kanye’s visit to Harvard’s design school and a birth on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the ... friends, new line of work. In the first few months of adjusting to fast

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  pumpkin. Time to make a stem! Get an assistant to gather a small blob of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  , I expected to get lost at some point. Everything is so new! Psets ... a mailing list to know where to get the free food), and of course ... I live in Massachusetts. I am a freshman. I am in college. I go to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  quality assurance and it's been wonderful to get back to coding. Burning the ... Culture Happy Hour, it's been great to get back to the roots of 6-3. Two ... "Nat, to hack you need to understand systems better than the sys

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  dorm to work on the project over the weekend, and also get an extra part from a hardware store before class started. It was getting close to the playsentations, so getting to class on time with the supplies was really important

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop ... In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... people asked me to elaborate about what non-meal-plan life is like. So

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home ... that they were trying to get people to think about and get involved in ... getting to the point, which is that Adelaide is wearing a sticker that says

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  , getting tickets to a last-minute concert, etc.  Being present. I keep ... . Namely:  It’s my very last semester (still trying to wrap my head around this) I have already completed every requirement to graduate (except

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as soon as ... or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would ... returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that dream project

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue ... well beyond trying to get into college.   In my first couple of ... sugar and caffeine to get me through the day left me exhausted at night

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... ." Get a place to stay. Hostels are usually the best bet for students ... producing results. Get in there and demand a challenge. And never be afraid to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  't reach that far, I don't have the momentum to get there, I'm not strong ... to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... , a month at a time. All this to say- when my friends invited me to go

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... books and get back to my on-campus family. Update: My flight did not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... . You WON’T be penalized if the report doesn’t get to us by Nov. 1. But ... get to your emails and questions and to quickly process documents. Just

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  being admitted to MIT, students are invited to CPW and get to explore all ... each individual dorm in an attempt to showcase their culture. You get to ... their temporary rooms. Everyone will get another opportunity to explore

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  was to get deferred. i was expecting to get deferred, really. i knew, in ... put all my eggs into one basket, and i truly was expecting to get ... it feels hypocritical of me to write words to you, because even if i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all ... warded off lions to get to school every day. I was a victim of the danger ... for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018