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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to ... .  Look, there's a reason I'm writing for MIT Admissions and not Vogue

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen ... teaches fundamental values (the tagline is "Friendship is Magic," for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... the academics that he doesn”t feel much affinity for otherwise. It was a ... humanities focus for these brilliant mathematical and scientific young minds

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  Well...if there’s one thing you can know for sure about studying at ... realize... Spring semester so far, the new battle for architect majors in ... learning all about model-making, 3D modeling, 3D printing, etc. But now for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  in the sun for the last two days, and when I got on it to ride to work ... -off for the summer months. I just got back from Alaska. More on that (with ... apply. As per usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  late. And now, to hit the road for Vermont. Hope this helps with those ... time for 2010 (think about it -- the writing of this post spanned almost TWO YEARS. I should get a raise for that), it's Cam's thoughts on the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  presentation in the same week, I'd never been so behind on work. For Thanksgiving ... , the commotion was a welcome change and a nice bend toward normalcy for a ... winter clothes and all manners of sustenance for the finals and final weeks

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  this comes as a surprise you may have been looking for that other Institute of Technology......) But one of the largest challenges, at least for ... psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  VI-A Course 6? Work experience and a Masters degree all at once!

  

  's name for its EECS department) lets students work at companies and use that work as material for a Master's thesis. The companies can be right ... after their Junior year working for the company, getting a feel for the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... well-matched host for the weekend. Tonight, we had a meeting with the MIT ... a host for you, and they'll be in touch soon. There's no one standard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  almost died for the three weeks leading up to decisions. March 15th was ... always enjoy a good laugh, March 15th was definitely not a laughing day for ... else was. I was thrilled for Aditi, Omar, Star (aka Tamara), Isshak and

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  imagine, especially considering that our official motto is Latin for "Mind ... Course 2 students (Course 2 is Mechanical Engineering, for those of you ... conference rooms for group design meetings as well as a couple of labs for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  any questions since she's in the MEng masters program, which is only for ... except for the computer major, the MIT undergraduate students aren't considered for graduate work at MIT, is this true?" In lieu of responding to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Friends, Carafes, and the Infinite Corridor What a week! Watch Tim play his instrument after a morning of camaraderie and cheap…

  

  rained for the majority of the week and everyone generally stayed indoors ... . While I rested most of the weekend, Sunday proved interesting. Join me for ... to the Z Center with nothing to show for it, I headed up Mass Ave to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  for guidance counselors" where all the colleges/universities set up ... for my early flight and didn't get to sleep until after 2AM, so that was ... , and registered for the conference. The first big event was Freeman

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  to open for cancelled, so all the guards ran around the waterpark going ... ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway ... 't get- OH MY [edited for content]." Yours truly somehow managed to receive

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... have? Do you have to do p-sets for Biology classes and if not, what is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  .01, Physics Mechanics (you’re still on the hook for Electricity and Magnetism ... unit credit for a lot of other AP tests, and if you score a 5 on English ... summer and you have more choices for introductory humanities classes. But

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  , my family sat down around the kitchen table for a discussion. My dad ... for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... some sacrifices for my education. It's totally been worth it -- not only

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  one would notice for weeks; these include things like "big iff [if and ... scooting around campus much less from now on :o For the past 3 years, my ... . No easy way of getting around at all. For the most part, this was fine

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 18, 2021