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• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  transit usage. This data can then be used, for example, to alleviate traffic ... obtain the transportation patterns of individuals, perhaps using it to ... legislation to regulate the use of transportation data. Cities across the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Hi all- This is a quick update for our Early Action applicants ... everything into our system. If you have applied to us Early Action, please ... ’t panic. We have not yet begun to review partial applications. But we will

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  feasibility. It's a lot to see on one page, so I broke it down into a quick list ... My mind has been struggling to internalize the scary fact that it ... those feelings to the side, but now that spring classes have started, it

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  it must be a draw for many other people too. Yet somehow I made it to ... layering of your favorite passages. It doesn't have to make total sense and ... lengthwise. It is quiet and I am not sure where I am allowed to go so I circle

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!" so, of course, I say yes.  It wasn't until 12 hours before it was due that I started writing and it was only THEN that I discovered I really didn't have a lot to talk about

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  . It will include a picture of your truly, so you can all see how gorgeous I really am in real life. As you probably know, it's kind of hard to ... it. Any images we bloggers post here need to be hosted in our Athena

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  use the provided parts to make air cannon to get a ping pong ball to ... was. Note my amused face in this picture.  Or it can be bad when ... completely worth it! Thus, I think it’s safe to say that I do my best to

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  : As you can see, it is best to use a hook size that matches your yarn ... .[/annotation] In the end, I think there is more to crochet than stitches. It's a ... ="Unless you'd like to burn yourself. Then use a triple crochet."]will make a

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Greek Way What I did for a Klondike Bar, caesar salad, chicken florentine, mushroom ravioli, chocolate torte,…

  

  actually called the ceremony, but it used the word "covenant" enough times to ... -hazing agreement, but you can use your imagination as to the kind of requirements for ... hours and 15 minutes to elect 16 positions. Why? Because it is important

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... - it's a chance to adjust to MIT and learn the study habits you'll need ... for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  hot pulsating heart of Massachusetts (Boston) to its limpid appendix ... . . . never mind, I can't even try to finish. Liz and Ruth were lucky/early/contriving enough to claim their own bedroom. I slept on an ottoman, but it was only

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  be.  You could be too.  Or you could be something else.  It's up to you to decide and no one can tell you otherwise.  Anyways, it’s great to ... MIT has to offer, things can and do go wrong.  It’s a law that holds

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  The college recruiting process can be a confusing world to maneuver ... I just want to quickly say that doing any of the things I suggest ... process. If I had to do it all over again, I personally would do the tips I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet ... offer specific advice for educators here. We hope it helps!
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  a scenario, all the dogs quickly learned to jump over the hoop ... to date them. it wasn’t until two years ago that i realized i didn ... expecting to feel things can cause you to feel them, and changing those

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  9.00 with no context are you a cool rat?

  

  . And thank you to Ken for linking it again and contributing to it! "When ... close it before your classmate sitting next to you sees, you will hold a ... moments to type that number into his phone before he forgets it." "You are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... cute and surreal, and it warmed my heart a lot to share this experience ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the ... aggressive, but hey) - and yield to oncoming traffic if it should appear ... traveling with a group, do not, under any circumstances, use all four lanes to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  a scholarship.) I missed drawing. I used to draw a lot as a kid; I ... pages, but it still took 60 hours to make. I felt like being a writer and ... new perspective on what it means to put something down on the page. It

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... pretty excited because I can now write the date as "2-0-0-0" rather than "1

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008