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• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  sure I'd ever be able to get any work done. I went on a student-led tour ... -California, I had about 12 hours at home before getting on another plane to attend ... behind-the-scenes upgrades to do on this site, some print redesign projects

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  downstairs with your dirty linens, or the emergency pizza button on (I believe) 2nd West using an internet ordering site to save precious seconds when ... enough to get Jeremy '09 in our suite this year, who idolizes Mike Short

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  18.S190 that's .0093 more than 18.S097!

  

  ) real analysis seeks to, in addition to other pedagogical goals, teach how ... expected to 1) learn hard material, 2) learn how to prove hard material, and ... . Suppose I want to go from the corner on 1st and 42nd to the corner on 2nd

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  pretense about the amount of work that still had to be done on the trip, I ... under wraps until the end of the semester, it's safe to say that we're on track to have a gorgeous Google Glass app. :) And for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  all have the same amount of time and get to choose how we spend it. We ... or two of some idea that I ‘keep meaning to get back to writing’, I ... legend!!!!!)   4. Forgetting which blag I blagged on So we get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are ... willing to give an extension on the May 1 deadline for financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (and free food), but I don’t try to get involved with them at any deeper ... —it’s possible to want to cultivate your professional prospects while still being ... towards your “real” career in STEM, to instead write. I was writing because

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  . Everybody gets to publish, everybody gets to read, and everybody gets to ... advertise for their schools. Nice, neat, Photoshopped pamphlets arrive on your doorstep and as you flip through them, page by page, you get to see aspects

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests ... would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the distance from your high school studies, the more creative you'll have to be
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  Campus Safety and find out how that institution plans to keep your baby out ... where you want to spend the next 4 years of your life. Go to the place ... your parents accompany you to the visit ask them to also take notes so

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  about the above scholarship. I would just like to ask your views on how ... journey. We do our best to make it worth your while, including staying after ... wanted to get an extra letter of recommendation from my boss at work

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  months talking to your offspring about the college process. I must say that ... saying - they need you to help get them through this process. Here is where it gets counterintuitive for you; to be effective you must say more by

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... you feel from your classmates or your family. The support you get from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  farewell to my fifth semester at MIT. It's kinda creepy how time seems to be ... on time without my alarm clock. So with the end to this semester, it means I'm on my way home to spend the holidays with family and friends. It

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  ? me either I just googled "hard math") To fulfill this, you're required ... I know what you're thinking, "Whoa, two posts in two days? How can I ... class this year is 21M.030, or as you'd want to tell your grandmother

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the ... -house activity: I have to “cook” some days. You’ll be surprised how much one can ... . They invite you to their offices to discuss your papers. It’s bizarrely

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  House, had a holiday dinner on Saturday night! (We're supposed to have a ... answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to approach the ... :30 PM on Sunday. One of the biggest drawbacks to this system is that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  years before returning to the island it was born on to mate and lay eggs ... wingspans as a sort of sail, and angling the feathers on each wing's end to ... story, and was informed about how common they were on MIT Campus. But

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  Here is what Google Calendar has to say about my first two months at ... post about being busy. In essence: deciding how to spend my time here ... to get work done. I found that the best test of whether I really

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  out how to condense your life into 100 words or less), I'm assuming you're ... desperate attempt to see an online grade, a college decision, or how many ... 't know how to use my camera.) And although I had a lot of fun sitting with

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012