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• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  commute! Some days you can find him walking from his home in Cambridge to ... it back to the my office and found that the source of the traffic was ... man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  time and read it, you won't regret it: The Prodigy Puzzle I'm glad the Times has seen fit to devote more inches to the topic of gifted education ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  . So why then do we ask for this information? Simple - it helps us to ... , it is your choice to decide what to include in your application ... remember, only you can have the pieces to make the puzzle complete.

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the ... . (Actually, I should say that it's really uncommon not to do that.) There

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  at it then was “A free trip to Russia? Heck, yeah. I can totally skip ... ’ve seen of the archaeology site, I thought it was going to be underwhelming ... world the skillset and mindset needed to start their own companies. It was

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer?! (2010 Edition) Happy summer!

  

  exciting picture of what you're doing this summer! You don't have to be in it ... . You'll like it. lesson one: LEARN TO PEE, lesson two: LEARN TO POOP ... AUGUST 10 Update! I'm bumping this to the top of the page (shameless

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  "]HASS[/annotation] ones, so my workload isn't as bad as it could be, but I'm struggling to ... . It's pretty consistent. On weekends, I either take a few hours to ... about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  department and opportunities available to its students. :) Well, you may have ... period than if you were to pursue them separately or elsewhere. But it ... . That doesn't mean you can't graduate with your undergrad class first - it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  Yes, it's been a while since my last entry...much has happened. I am ... celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  classes and south of sixteen. You don’t need to find it. You don’t have to ... *everything* else to make up for it, that this is my one chance to take a lot of ... pattern in myself before but only recently have I come to see it as not just

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  't strive to be the best we can be (because some of the people here are ... that it's okay to be average (academically) is something that's hard to ... honest, this is Sparta MIT. It's physically exhausting to get A's on every

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  ? When was it supposed to start?” “Half an hour ago,” said the other. They ... campus is to the left of the frame; you can see the Green Building on the ... same lab I’ve been in for the past year. It’s extremely unlikely to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... back and answer the questions that I can (please limit your questions to ... the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  HOZIER, KING OF IRELAND, IS HERE TO SPEAK:  It can't be said I'm an early birdIt's ten o'clock before I say a wordBaby, I can never tellHow do you sleep so well? You keep telling me to live rightTo go to bed before the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  've had an amazing first few weeks here at MIT, and I can't wait to share it ... , “Wait, it gets even better!” and pointed to my bed. So I walked over and saw my blogger photo taped to my pillow.   IT'S A FULL 8.5”x11

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We, the people

  

  to get a turbine to generate electricity for the village -- can it get ... places, goes to India. It is through initiatives like D-Lab or the IDEAS ... population, you may be able to see it in your region -- check it out!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  humanities major, won't it be easier for me to get in? A. Nope. Wouldn't that ... . With the grueling coursework every MIT student has to complete, it ... Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  seemingly obvious hole in the middle. So I know how easy it is to dwell on ... to cover all the weaknesses that come with your environment, because it ... microbiology as you are - but it's also good to show initiative and look for ways

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  buildings in this area of campus, but in addition to the many dorms it ... roofdeck. East Campus has its courtyard in which the grass refuses to grow ... physical place, to an unsurpassed degree - it's a more natural activity for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  being said, if you can find it within you to do so, please vote for me. A ... link to the site where you can vote: If you'd like to post the link yourself on your blog, or just spread it around to help me out, it's http

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008