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• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  sleep earlier, but the process of getting ready for bed has way too many steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  Lobby 7 on my way to take the 3.091 (Solid State Chem) midterm. Quick ... to get lunch. Run to Masseh to get food to-go. 13:57: Run through the ... cow hanging from the ceiling. Mooooo. 17:15: Make my way to Barker

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  . It probably is dangerous, the way I talk to people. I have the ... , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in ... I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  application is, by its very nature, an invitation for you to highlight your ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... about the things in your life that are cool and unique. Don't be afraid to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  to the singer, which is somehow impossible despite your best efforts ... spiraling, smaller thoughts and feelings. Here is my best attempt to describe ... of desperation as you get closer and closer to the end of the day; a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  at MIT, so it was a nice way to get the gang back together after CPW ... . No one at my small high school did research, and we had, to the best of ... ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of ISEF, and you want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  is the best advice I can give to someone trying to choose between ... 'm pretty sure now that there isn't any other way to get it in your head. So ... to finishing it, so naturally the best time to start working on it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  to get a turbine to generate electricity for the village -- can it get up to the magic number of 230 Volts? The best parts of the film ... places, goes to India. It is through initiatives like D-Lab or the IDEAS

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  after you submit it, the best way is to use the Midyear Report, an online ... probably important to get some information out there for people regarding the ... more things to know: Deadlines: The deadline is January 1, meaning

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... I started: “Well, we both know you’re insanely smart, and the fact is ... good afterwards…” “Look, yeah, I get you’re trying to make me feel

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  top universities in the world is being right next to another one of the ... closer in the future. I decided right then and there I was going to get a ... or getting the much cheaper Google Cardboard, which works with any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  ) are a great way to get a preview of what campus life is like at MIT ... time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the ... decided where you're going to live, REX is a great opportunity to find out

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  racking. So here is the best that I have to offer 1. Take a DEEP BREATH ... interview! The interview is a great opportunity to connect with an MIT alum ... would love to attend. Our ECs are the BEST ever (and I’m not just saying

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  who are brave enough to live in the dorms with your kids! You'll get a ... required! Just be sure to return the MIT Reply Form by May 1st ... meetings. Not complaining, just want to get the facts straight so that we can

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  . (One of the many luxuries of IAP is to be able to spend hours just ... is way harder than it looks, but I hadn’t retained much of the actual ... lump, slowly pull upwards to elongate and thin out the walls. You’re

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  like the way the class is structured - essentially, I go to lecture ... (a lot of them are lottery only, so the best thing to do is to ... scratching your head and wondering how exactly MIT is allowing me to take this

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to the meat of this post. MIT is the greatest place I know to study any ... . The low student-to-faculty ratio is definitely something you should take

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Is MIT a diverse community?

  At MIT diversity isn’t simply a word, it is an integral part of the MIT experience. MIT Admissions is committed to reaching students from ... currently on our campus who felt the same way before their dream became a
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Engineering. This is a great way to get introduced to the field, with some ... perhaps the most famous class at MIT, and Prof. Slocum is one of the best ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology is giving its best scholarly treatment to a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Twenty-One Days Abroad in Twenty-One Photographs a curated photo dump of an IAP in Spain

  

  assignments. Not really sure who the person sleeping is, but p.s. I like your ... is one of the largest public parks in Madrid. According to its tourism webpage, the park is sometimes referred to as "the green lungs of the city

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2017