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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  grossly underpaid and need your donations (PayPal preferred) to buy space ... close to a win-win situation as you can get without opening a jar of peanut butter- you get to tutor underprivileged kids, do AIDS and cancer

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  you can come by to use the restroom, charge your phone, refill your ... almost certainly how you should get to campus! Or you could walk, or bike ... option, by far, is to drive to campus. The traffic is very bad, the roads

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... good examples to build and anchor your argument. Specs: Your paper ... -reviewed scholarly books or articles related to your topic. This means more than simply

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... it by taking the Turnpike, then you have every right to think so. But I ... Waterpark. This means I get paid a very small hourly wage to stand outside all

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Pageant and pomp and parade The whippoorwill of freedom zapped me right between the eyes.

  

  , and he was able to get a really great vantage point to take photos the ... best measure would be to get some sleep and just watch the fireworks from ... to go down and get as many free tickets as possible for anybody

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Cloud i live there now

  

  I just restored my laptop to factory condition to get rid of an ... contacts (stored by Facebook and/or Gmail) My calendar (stored by Google Calendar) My other documents (stored by Google Docs) My other music

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • February 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  field extensions to love and all relationships. The whiteboard by my door ... engineers, and we love to stay updated on their projects. One day, we may get ... dozens of posts, and whether I’ll get to writing them is unclear. I hope

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  brochure or a website (or Google Street View if you're really obsessed ... really means to be here. First, there's CPW, where (if you're like me) you ... 've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  if possible. 4. Take a writing class -- you really get to know your ... department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a ... will to improve is the surest sign that you're just not that into what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... opportunity to do anything through the Office of the Arts, by all means take it ... addition to your week of breaking stuff in lab and eating marshmallows for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  by knowing what I have to look forward to and how I could get there ... important to me saying, "Get your shit together Caroline." Getting my shit ... started to keep track. I adapted a Google Sheets Monthly Budget template and

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  to compensate by progressing in difficulty at a slightly faster rate ... nightmare that I was trying to double major in 18 and 6-3 and had mysteriously forgotten about 6 required classes, which I would have to pack into senior

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... ’t randomly hit up someone on my floor to go get boba. Plus, many of my closest ... undergraduate experience was cut short by COVID-19, and this was a good way to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  events in your undergraduate career where you get to see so many people in ... committee was to get changed and get hyped.  At 6:30pm, doors opened. I was ... were finally getting to show the class of 2026… the Bezel! [carousel

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  get to campus by bus, or about half that if I decide to drive. The bus ... didn't want to move too far away, because it would be too hard to get to ... accessible by bus or subway. I thought I might want to bring my car from home

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  by stores designed to make you buy more than you came in to get. Make a ... =toast, sandwiches, etc) If you know you’re going to have a really busy week, stock ... potatoes or sweet potatoes for 10minutes and get a solid hot to-go meal out

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  normal year, would get to and from their classes. It's where you'd pass by ... a regular semester, I was always in such a rush to get to wherever I ... to get lunch sometime. It's where you'd try to deduce if passerby were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  as by studying historical manuscripts. "When independent methods ... In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  can get to Kendall Square by taking the Tech Shuttle, but in case you ... foot by considering that option. Allow me to demonstrate by using this ... 's the coolest way to get around.)But I'm getting ahead of myself. On to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  to adequately describe the eclectic mix of videos that are added by the ... on our website you're really just not trying. That's more of an opinion ... MIT was named the most visited college/university web site by 4

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010