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• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  fun for me, but your mileage may vary based on how much you enjoy ... do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will ... folding.   To get back to the thermodynamics analogy, I’m a little

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... get started to curb your anxiety. International students: everything ... , take the time to think about your interests and how you could describe

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  relaxed and listen to music, snack on a sandwich, or just hangout with your ... show off their unique cultures, get to know you, and help you get a ... diverse and talented group of individuals who use the space to work on any

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  . Learning how to interview, practicing coding questions, working on your soft ... that having MIT on your resume opens up so many doors, and makes getting ... return offer. Obviously, it's nice to be on the other side of things

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  . 1. If you send in your reply form to MIT telling us that you're coming ... to you with a postcard letting you know we have received your reply ... to get more folks to watch it, since the director/producer is a friend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  can get it off your mind completely; after all, you're on the MIT ... . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the advertisements on your spam folder page in Gmail.) 5. Write thank-you letters to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  MIT philosophy. Finally, a note on the classic how did I get here story ... (you're still going to do it, right?), so long as no pictures are taken ... . And I'm trying not to get skin cancer.) A better picture of me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity ... to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how ... , once I read your comment I googled it again, and now that entry I wrote

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so ... allowed to use a cheat sheet." Mollie even wrote a whole entry on tests ... response to my "Don't Panic" index cards, Psylochwa asked, "So if you don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  you're going to get to keep your blog next year? I think it would be ... , but how would you feel if you're doing cancer research and have to ... getting together my sources and protocols to begin writing the first draft

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Updates CPW, admitted students parties, the "telethon," and financial aid.

  

  ! And, don't worry, if for whatever reason you don't get to talk to an MIT ... 't forget about this week's admitted students parties (also listed on your My ... Washington, DC). If you went to one of the admitted students parties, send your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  fellow cadets - because our detachment is on the smaller side, you get to ... fortunate enough to get to ride on a KC-135 (a cool, military aerial refeuling ... more job specific training. And, of course, you’re allowed to stay in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  based on eg. how many of your friends work there or what the work ... pushing allows you to keep an eye on both the cart and the direction of ... ’ll be next to these friends, if i choose this company i’ll work on these

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  until 7pm. How to get there in order of lowest to highest carrying ... is $1.70 ea way on your CharlieCard, same as your ID that you’d use to ... wanted to see how much food we could make with a very low budget. Here are

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  to contact by phone to check on status. When to do it? How often? My ... answers to your recent questions ... to get a recommendation letter from a current MIT undergrad student? Do

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  expected to understand this alphabet soup. Once you get here, though, you’re forced to dip your spoon in and search for the right letter (or combination ... wrong with it.) I learned how to use a power drill and table saw at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since ... delete the photos or if he still wanted them. He hired me on the spot to ... to Mari to "post" to the old, old admissions site This was while

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  , 'Futility.' 'How best can we serve your will?' To which YISUN replied, 'Kindly ... -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non ... the power to unwrite your existence. Vidrun's Technical Interviews (≈12k

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  puzzlehunts if you’re interested in learning more about puzzlehunts and how to ... Chessex dice on Google, we were able to map the 20 sides of the D20 onto the ... numbers, indexing into each answer to get a letter. Often these two phases

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  the other site had the lessons listed as occurring on Tuesdays and ... say that on national television). Any dancers out there want to share ... about their dance experiences? How do they expect us to memorize and keep

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005