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• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I work on problem sets with friends who seem to be getting to the ... achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems ... at MIT is how to carve your own MIT experience without thinking about

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  college apps are likely still an irksome item on your mind. I'm in Southern ... fit various classes and how best to shape my time at MIT to fulfill ... , catching up on the sleep that seems to hide during the term. :-) I've been

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  and tried miserably to do it all, Getting new emails by the hundreds, on ... semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you’d come back. I’ll pray, beg, get on my knees, if you think it’s gratitude I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  and on your own for a few weeks. It’s a good thing to know that you can ... nice to learn what it means to earn your own money. 5. Get an internship ... whole bunch of other responsibilities, it's tempting to just veg out on

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  able to advocate most compellingly on your behalf and have them send ... may find that MyMIT and your text editor disagree sometimes on how many ... their letters must be on school letterhead and signed by them to be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  to find on-campus student employment, and how your online student ... the iceberg...to get a head start on your plans check out our improved ... students are welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... various projects you worked on or groups you belonged to and worked with ... they'll say they would love to be your lab partner or roommate if they

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  be skeptical of promises to revolutionize transportation from people who can't fix BART, or have never taken BART. And if Google offers to ... not listen to people who promise to make Mars safe for human habitation

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  days Cried for about an hour on interstate 90 :( Moved to Maine with ... ’d invited me to live with them somewhere on the east coast. I knew that not ... ’d written them little notes to fill my break times on my journey. But when I

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your decision. If you're still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts ... The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  depends on how much you can handle. What you are interested in. Your preferences, if you have a grip on them in the first place. How much you are ... . You will walk back to your room at 5AM. You will eat inedible food. You

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  somewhere first for it to run on!" But since I didn't want to run a server off ... or forget to check Google Tasks, as I am wont to do: "Feed Kristina ... for twelve weeks and I didn't get to touch a kitchen this summer, I ran

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  go to every conference they can get their hands on, so it wouldn ... way to class this morning. (Click on the picture to see the glorious ... 's a lion on his head. I also wanted to share the "Picower manifesto

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your official transcript to be submitted
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  as a kid, i used to always be on edge when interacting with people ... instance, last fall i filled out a google form to go live with 30 strangers ... insecurities happens to be loneliness, other people get ensnared in emotionally

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete ... any questions that may arise. Additionally, 20% of your grade on each lab comes from your checkoff, which you can complete by going to an open

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  . National Ice Cream Day was on July 16, 2006. Even though I did not go get ice cream on Sunday, I will celebrate this holiday belatedly. The ... ) Herrell's D) Christina's Boston and Cambridge are home to many other fine

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a ... this past week, classes went over fine and we're on to the next one.  Amen to "Time enjoyed is not time wasted". -- While on the note of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  before we realized we simply just needed to get outside of our room. We ventured outside behind Baker House, only to get knocked over by the blizzard ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013