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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  - deciding what you want, what you need and how you're going to get it. When ... getting good grades, and one of them is knowing how to cook amazingly simple ... , there's more to life than getting into "the school of your dreams." In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  , how would you describe your first year at mit? relieved that you're still alive, dying for fall semester to start? from hearing about how hard ... (everyone's got to do them but at the same time, you're all thinking "pass

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  lockers. All MIT students get Athena accounts, which allow you to have your ... as your Athena locker. So Ben sent me a link with info about how to ... . It will include a picture of your truly, so you can all see how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, "Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links ... the dates of summer activities section, we're just trying to get a sense ... really appreciated your presentation in Winter Park, driving to the other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact information securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  you're going to get another fair shot. Bloggers who were deferred and ... to your application. You may not rewrite your essays, redo your ... because we want to reconsider your application (the one you have already

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two ... , and love among the creatures of Earth, we will all learn how to be a ... . But trust me, it looks like this, and you should have it on your desk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... on the impact. (thanks 11.011) There's no one way to measure ... vaccine to low-resource communities? How do we counter the economic and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third ... course of a few weeks, you have to learn how to deal with classes (which ... high school), how to balance extracurriculars, studying, and life, and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  What's that? You're dying to find out how we managed to ice skate on Frog ... shopping on Newbury Street See a Red Sox game in Fenway Go to Faneuil Hall Get funnel cake in Downtown Crossing Go on an MIT snowriders ski trip

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  get to critique scientific papers right in front of the authors! Every ... ! The thought is so terrifying and yet so cool. We also get to hear ... on the math department carpet—in my defense, how could you pay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get ... beach over radio and talk to each other on air while driving (probably not

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  arbitrary wing in Next. You’re allotted one week to wander around and figure ... you some background on the [annotation note="To be clear, literally ... your room”. He says “the room was completely inferred”"]ride to my room

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  'll give you all a few days to work on it, then I'll tell you the funny story ... room, and every laptop has a browser open to either google ... was awesome. I'm learning how to cook. And the food came out really good

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  attach slippery objects to my feet and get on a frozen chair dangling from a scary-looking wire, then get dumped off on a snow-covered slope so ... watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  recommended pressure and were almost ready to get back on the highway before ... look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... still get our gift and she decided to spare us. i picked out first band on

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have ... 's campus and being happy to be alive. Ali Yahya on CC was asking about the MIT campus, and it made me think of my favorite places on campus to sit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  monument has been on my bucket list for a while. It’s 294 stairs to the top ... chowder. We got pretty lost on the way back to campus—turns out riding a bike and using the GPS on your phone at the same time is not an effective

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  with Ed, one of the instructors, a transfer student was getting advice on ... contests happen on campus? The students I'd spoken to were familiar with 100 ... crack their code and submit your resume. It was great to see Doge was

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on ... , Lily, and learning about Dragon Boats. Aaand learning to paddle. On ... advantage of the windsurfing lessons, learning how to rig the sail and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014