Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview ... transport a slingshot apparatus to the Kresge massacre site

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  class, it gets recorded on your transcript merely as a "P". If you get a D or an F, the class doesn't get recorded on your transcript -- it's as ... semester. Juniors and seniors also get to take two classes on pass

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  how to manage your time efficiently. Beat up anyone who gets in your way ... prodding, as long as he gets to bite back. Aside from class, there's a huge ... they don't care about all the time just to put it on their college

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  have him/her submit a letter on your behalf. It does not need to be ... 't matter to us as long as we see it somewhere on your self ... coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  shared your writing with us. It was fun to read through your talented work ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado, who grew up without internet and turned to books for entertainment like

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  clubs and classes to do, I also have to figure out how to balance that ... drink water. (Speaking of which, here’s a friendly reminder to go get ... organizing stuff. I have tried to start using a google calendar, but it’s not

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A World of Pure Curation an interview with holly h. 18'

  

  because it was like the day before, and so I Googled “How to Name your Exhibition”, and apparently there’s a WikiHow article called “WikiHow: How to ... this, and also analyze how it all fits together. If I knew how to do that

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • April 5, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  shout "On your left!" or "On your right!" and I will never be able to ... man gestures to his lane, and I oblige and set my basket on the counter ... . When I get back to my room, I realize that only an hour has passed. I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  admission site blogs waiting for the application to be released. I saw your ... 's gaping maw ready to swallow me whole again. In other words... BRING IT ON ... assorted shrubbery. I went on this trip to Peru with the St. Marcellin

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  depends on how it fits into the overall context of your application, but you ... , but i guess i just enjoy ranting on your site. thanks for listening ... Happy Valentine's Day! Answers to questions received through 2PM on

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far ... 'm far enough from MIT to understand how its pressures affected me, the ways it forced me to grow up, and how to pick a healthier path in the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... ’t have to be a story form, just tell us what’s been going on. You don’t get ... we ask each other to increase our odds at getting on Jeopardy, or the

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned ... search. To recap, here's how my internship hunt went: Rejected by ... by Google APM (final round) Rejected by IBM PM (didn't get passed

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  , applying to college - it's a lot to handle, and I remember very well how juggling act feels. I also remember wondering how on earth I was going to get ... probably isn't going to kill you. If all goes according to plan, your senior

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  provide some good restaurant recommendations ;) If you're on campus ... visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Kevin’s reflections after an IAP externship at a start-up company Kevin '08 takes a step back and re-evaluates his goals after an IAP externship at…

  

  to make doesn't exist yet? How will you make money? Who are your ... can opener—you just can’t get anywhere with it! “Well duh,” you say. You’re ... continued to hone his development skills since then, working on a plethora of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  markings indicated only a single lane. And don't even get me started on how ... I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... excuses, and this Thanksgiving trip was the catalyst I needed to get started

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... getting sick of dining hall food, or getting used to it. i will be eating ... get a copy of some book shipped to them. i picked the unbearable

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  have yet been exposed to. Don't blame me if you fail your classes. Dr ... it is, of course, not what you're supposed to be accomplishing ... countdown clock gets closer to zero, our thoughts are all with you.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  something or other to happen, given how new we were--but still, you’re never ... appearance. It’s cool to be able to get stronger, to do tricks in the air on ... Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019