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• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  passionate about way back in August, and knew I wanted to ED it, no questions ... -tuned them to a point that I was able to recite it backwards (I'm serious). I ... . I wanted it to be totally perfect. 100% perfect - not 99%, or even 99

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  future looks even grimmer. But it's not too late to turn this around. It can be done, but it must be done soon. We need a shift from single species management to ecosystem management. It just requires a big chunk of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  “fingerprint” that they can use to track you throughout their website (or even ... say in this post, but I think it can all be best summed up with “I love ... kindergarten classroom (the class next door even came over to join us, it was

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  "smarter", I've just become used to working on assignments for longer periods ... because a meat blob full of electricity and chemicals is telling me to do it ... . I'm going to be honest, I just picked this class because its rating

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2011! how to be a blogger

  

  some serious heat.  (according to accuweather it peaked at 108 ... demonstrate your (in)ability to do this. We would prefer it to be a blog ... important than your ability to master it. You may have other experiences that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  with Kaivu we’ve been investigating using interpretability methods to ... artistic experiences. I have a much better model of what it means to be a ... message to that person looking back, and it is this: go find the magic

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random ... 'm doing this semester is here - it's a guide to nice places to work on ... sourced from a Google form I sent out to ec-discuss, East Campus's general

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• 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)

  

  ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... ”."]RMV[/annotation] dealing with the paperwork. Massachusetts requires you to use a friend ... school to use their car for the road test. A US license (with REAL ID) also

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Canceled? HOW COULD THEY!?!?!?!

  

  MIT gives students the month of January off, it's something they call the "Independent Activities Period," or IAP. Turns out, due to budget cuts, it's been canceled this year. http://iap.mit.edu/ [please note

  • by Snively '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  days, it can be ten to fifteen minutes of standing at the stop. Generally ... would want to do MISTI; in fact, I was set to do it last summer, but ... wanted to spend a summer in Berlin specifically – it's a very unique city

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  opportunities on campus that can be tailored for a student’s particular need. It’s never too early to start your leadership experience @ MIT, so check it out ... students can learn about the various organizations on campus, how to plan

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  was used to fling older hacks back on the Great Dome. The hack ... the Great Dome, overlooking Killian Court. It's a beautiful view ... river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  , "Rona, you used to dress better in high school. Then you went to MIT." It's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... what shoes to wear for summer. And no, it wasn't some peer-pressure thing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  Among all the classes that MIT offers, it’s almost impossible to ... vision), actually did make it fairly simple to choose our classes. We ... , the excruciatingly detailed how-to-do-everything-that-you-can

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  legitimate answer to the “what’s your hobby?” question (it used to be UROPs ... the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can ... alcohol after 2am (true to its Puritan roots) so everything closes early and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  enabling them to use their beading skills to support themselves and their ... program is extremely inspiring and I hope that it will encourage you all to ... The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  spring! semester! so apparently i'm doing a lot of random shit

  

  , but now that I’ve gotten used to it, I love it. It’s really, really ... me recommending that I take this class! I’ve been waiting to take it ... well-paced, so I didn’t struggle too much. I can’t wait to leave the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  particular, used mathematical concepts to reinforce his optimism that a supreme ... personally admit to thinking it was part of some puzzle that would perhaps be set in the final, so it’s a relief to discover he just wanted to expose

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  live."][/annotation] I’ve always wanted to dye my hair but not damage it ... , table, etc. But because it’s water-based, everything is easy to wash off ... to put on hair wax in [annotation note=" It seems like there are ways

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  distance it can buy you. She sees money as a way to unlock the ability to ... figured it wouldn't be the worst thing if I stayed a little closer to home ... under wraps until the end of the semester, it's safe to say that we're on

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014