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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  some puzzles, and slept over. On Sunday afternoon, I learned how to play ... them to another room. Then on the first weekend of February, the weekend ... I’m going to waltz classes on Monday nights, Tech Squares on Tuesday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the ... once you make one friend you often get a bonus prize consisting of your

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  ’ve never really known how to deal with others’ envy, and it feels weird to ... -blank: “Do you think you’re getting all of this because you’re a girl?” That ... unrelated to math. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how I should

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  options. You want to explode things and paint crazy murals on the wall ... 's got to be one that floats your boat. Us bloggers represent a nice ... get work done if I need to, without being too distracted or bothered by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  get to know the tools that they'll be working with later on, but I think ... would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I ... that story. Suffice it to say that declaring a history major on top of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you want more examples, you have to read them on your own time. In class, we ... (family, social drama, getting sick, etc.) take a greater toll on your time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... sleeping late on weekends, and tears, smiles, and hugs still feel the same to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Remembrance Another year of old people remembering things

  

  late for my work-study bookbinding job, but managed to get there a little after 9. My "hi" to my coworkers died on my lips as I looked at their ... realize that the news was playing on the radio. We pulled up a news site on

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 11, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  goodwill, and how, if you’re a smart young person working on problems that ... ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more people can’t get access to that incredible feeling on the other hand, it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  know how many students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to ... means we really like you, and you do not need to improve on your ... your school to check on your academic progress. What are the realities

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  is to know when to fold, when to cut your losses, and when to get out ... . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I ... to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I ... nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... perfectly describe how I felt when I first put foot on campus, but sadly I don

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment ... me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  was little, I used to always get a 96-box of Crayola crayons for the ... biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  important in education and how it has tried to build that into a lasting ... the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... they're not as bad as they used to be? On that uplifting note, I'm going

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018