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• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying ... . So don't run out and buy textbooks yet! Wait until you get to school ... to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  fabulous "artistic representation" (read: picture) of our Google+ hangout ... in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  banner and potentially get new characters.  There is loads of stuff to do ... domains (you get materials to level up characters) and challenges Meeting ... isn’t really a feud, fall in love, then move to the countryside to get

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the ... , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done ... what you have to do now? Chill out. Seriously, pat yourselves on the ... something you're going to want to fill with stress. Make plans with your

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  [annotation note="I used Google sheets to record data and Python (numpy, pandas ... quite a bit. I had a whole Penske truck to fill. I'm not sure why I left ... (which can be expensive and annoying). I was happy to pack all of my stuff

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  , but i'm getting used to it (and was definitely spoiled before)! another ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  that it would be a bad way to get where I'm going in transportation, but ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... welcome ceremony on Thursday night -- the "top 10-ish reasons to come to MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is a zonotope? yes this is a post about math

  

  What is a zonotope? Get a sheet of paper and draw some vectors in the ... [annotation note="What do these colors remind you of? Google? The MBTA ... don’t want.) Then connect these endpoints to form a hexagon. Repeat the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  room, and every laptop has a browser open to either google ... Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree "ooh I'm going to take one three

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  for a place to sit, I named the following constraints: that I must sit ... cold to type, but hey, that’s the outside for you. The class I took over ... . If I’m going to study the built environment, I figure I should share

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  days Cried for about an hour on interstate 90 :( Moved to Maine with ... Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here ... reason. The ~week after we got the notice to move out was... a lot. The

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  tired after I get home from work and the gym to actually chop things up ... I have to think about the real world.  Things like where to live, what to eat and most importantly, what to do with my life.  I've had a taste

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70 cities. It's going to be exciting! It all starts this Wednesday with two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  decided to head down to the athletic center to check it out. I happened to be sitting next to the sports editor for The Tech, and through a bit of ... University in South Korea, where it's possible to major in taekwondo like an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill ... , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT ... . It almost makes me want to stop writing my usual blog entries about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes ... to and from California twice more, and to Arkansas once. (Frequent ... visiting with my family and trying to do as little as possible before the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  you the boot in the butt and tells you to get lost. And then what do you ... wires to a telephone jack, talked about knitting a hat but had no clue how to actually do it, and video chatted with my grandparents in China

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006