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• 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

  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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All my pasts and futures A blog entry about band and quiz bowl, to prove that I'm still hip.

  

  -of-consciousness prose and doing chemical kinetics homework that it will have to wait until ... " I have ever heard--I wish you were there to hear it. But maybe you ... DID YOU KNOW? Beethoven wrote only one opera and it was called

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 19, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  stayed in place despite its best efforts to escape. MIT's victory ... Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  . If you can't come to CPW, don't worry, I still love you! And I'm *super ... Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to ... printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011