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• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!

  

  that they're insanely competitive. Your best bet is to check out the ... the Boston Regional. Way to go, guys! That, my friends, is water ... staffing the ambulance- you get to make your own schedule and of course you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  , the “score” is determined by word2vec, a cool way of quantifying the ... <3'] is Semantle.[/annotation] I was introduced to it by Jenny W. (G ... English word. Like Wordle, you try to figure out the word by guessing other

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  wall in order to get slow internet, all I have to do is turn on my ... Red vs. Blue Oh. My. God. The internet is coming! To Boston! Like, like ... beginning to the two best days of my life. Even registration at something

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  , and the day I feel like I need to lie about MIT is the day I'll start ... -acquainting myself with the mystical ways of the Mac (which has been dead to me since ... the english language, and generally trying to get over the shock that I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  basement is generally referred to as Infinite 0, the main hallway is referred to as Infinite 1, and every floor of the Infinite above that is indexed ... normal year, would get to and from their classes. It's where you'd pass by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  sooner. David D. '17 You're coming to MIT, one of the best universities in ... find a way to serve the MIT community. Not only will you meet amazing ... or you think your calendar is looking a little too bare. Try to figure

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  's hard. The best thing you can do is communicate it. Voice your problem ... apartment or go shopping by yourself or even go to the gym to clear your head ... rental car? Will you get a bus pass? Search early. The best deals are the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... , officially. To quote their website: "Throughout the year students may also come ... to get a tour of the famous strobe lab myself (I'd never been inside

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  present: MIT bingo two ways, as done by the MIT admissions bloggers! The ... dorm to work on the project over the weekend, and also get an extra part from a hardware store before class started. It was getting close to the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  't line up properly; your workload is far more than you're used to or should ... weekend. (Fyi, the 1998 Ford Explorer is the best car ever made.) Somehow ... 've been to the Cape a number of times, so I was confident that we could get

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  is called "the Infinite" (just run from New House to 26-152, the ... - includes the traditional free lobster and steak dinners) and - if you get to ... Boston and fully intend to work my way through the majority of it over the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  tickets sell out quickly the closer one gets to Chinese New Year (this year ... government. One of the great perks of being at MIT is that all this stuff gets ... trip to China began by crossing the border from Hong Kong into Shenzhen

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  . Below is a list of ten of the best spaces for both of these activities ... trying to get card access for the last week. Self-identified ladies, this ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  the MIT shuttles to get back to campus.  She thinks that she is ... in order to try and get some sleep.  My advice is to do what feels best ... willing to do so.  And I am sure that your host feels the same way

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  basically when someone holds the rope that is connected to your harness. Your ... out. On the way back, we stopped by NYC and had a chance to walk around ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  paragraphs). I think that visiting the schools you're considering is a crucial ... for yourself as to whether MIT or some other school is the right match ... students feel? How well do students cope with stress? What is the general

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Higher Ed, the best thing a student can do is whatever will advance his or ... solution to a real world problem. Each year there is a theme to the robot ... . You get judged not only on how many points your robot scores during the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  different ways to use them. You will not get the answers only by guessing ... works the way it does. It is the best, hardest, and most fun big-game in ... -problem-making-person did not plan for, or if no checking-person is able to get the right

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  asked, "Now that the Interview Information is posted on the MyMit website ... and freezers, but, if you're going to put food in them, it is very important that you label the food with your name, because unlabelled food is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• 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)

  

  I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... excuses, and this Thanksgiving trip was the catalyst I needed to get started

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025