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• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  student, I’d like to get more invested in activism on and outside campus, so ... on a daily basis. If I actually did want to publish a paper on the ... discovered that if you’re ever in a place you think you’re not supposed to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  .01 forces you to really get what's going on, a quick scouring of the formula ... the ups and downs of the three papers on the table. Writing a letter to ... for understanding how other people read your essays. The second type of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  inspires me to get my stuff together. I caught up on my work, I eat and sleep ... past weekend, I rushed my mom and sister to come visit me at MIT because I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... students on our database (MyMIT registrants and others) inviting them to the ... "bonus points" on your application. We do not look more favorably on those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... the MyMIT section on interviews. To get to this page, which has ... . "Your interview gives us a vivid sense of you as a person and how you

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  site and some of my previous blog entries, you can get an idea of some of ... As an Urban Studies and Planning major, you can fulfill some of your ... .027, "City to City." This course includes departmental funding (!) for travel

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  know about ytterbium How to impress your friends with homemade poi An ... parasites which could live in your eye Commensalism and you How to avoid being ... -minute lesson on it! Bring your wackiest topic suggestions, and watch us

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  what you're going to get. But I do expect that my MIT experience will ... On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After ... . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  to get, what are you supposed to do with your 80 to 100 years on earth ... (allowing others to build on your work, perhaps) or helping professors get ... to procrastinate on your Regular Decision applications or a distraction

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  . Congratulations on your final decision. You are about to enter an intensely wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a ... , and how to put what I have learned at MIT to good use. Anyway, although

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  "](bars),[/annotation] but even with so many options to choose (don't get me started on our ... know that you could only be awaiting (all of) my money to support your ... arrived! After so many hot summer nights in Colorado reminiscing on your

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  remainder of your weekly meals. So you’ll have to shop/budget/plan on your own ... additions to this post. Bonus: a recent post on Save ... will spend on the rest of your week's meals). This means the Pilot 2021

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... " dictate how cool you are. You gain aura points when you do something cool ... . I lied to someone's parents It was[annotation note="Parents come to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  knuckle pool because nobody really wanted to walk 5 feet to get the sticks ... to support my thesis of inherent DDR-incompetence by jumping on ... way to the wastelands of bygone travels. I landed in St. Louis on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  covid. without the rhythm of the semester reminding me to get tested on ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... i didn't know. with everyone gone, it felt closer to how i felt when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  You’ll get your hosting assignments soon. All hosts are asked to reach ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... especially helpful at the end of the weekend. How to get into their room

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  idea how close i’m getting. the google doc i’m writing on right now isn ... pressure on myself to get things right the first time and i get frustrated ... and the idea is that you’re just supposed to follow your stream of

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  your schoolwork!). Because eventually, you're going to get to go to that college, and you're going to get to (not HAVE to!) kick up a storm again and ... talking about how to judge whether or not you're suited for MIT, and vice

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  / https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/advice_on_how_to_approach_your ... to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... will reach out to you using the contact information provided on your

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went ... with the content and know what I'm getting into. I've never learned how ... tonight. I'm heading to a skate shop this weekend so I can learn how to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022