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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  the name, short for 'help exchange'). If the helper is lucky, they ... : This is generally the case, but definitely ask about the conditions and ... -back culture to a lot of the places I've found on HelpX, which is pleasant, but

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  the time. As it turns out, the name is simply part of this 50s ... nerdiness is futile, so I might as well be unabashedly proud of it. The second ... ; our research, however, is centered around the natural compounds produced

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  access at the office but not in my apartment. It's been rough, as you can ... who are not eligible for competitive supply, asked NERA to assist in the ... actual market price of the energy at the time it is delivered and an agreed

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants. ... Yes! Undocumented and DACA applicants submit the same application components and go through the same selection process as all other students. For
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  that's where the money is." Well, organizations love Facebook (and other ... " thing for us is the prosthetic kind. So tell me, what could we create in ... I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Funnies An Appetizer

  

  me in this regard, but mental capacity is not quite at its peak ... the websites; I could only stumble through them, and I couldn't bring ... Sorry for the slight gap in entries, this weekend was crazy. I've got

  • by Snively '11
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  a person is not knowing how to separate work and life. During school, this manifests itself in not ever seeing my friends. Over the summer, I ... aren't all the metrics that a game is usually evaluated on but are the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  semester! AHHHHHH!" No, this IAP I'm very much not busy, and it is wonderful ... 't still want to save them up!). The point is, $100 of prize money wasn ... digital format. It also records whatever is being said and maps it to the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... compare stats on some of the most popular Olympics topics (who the heck is ... longer living in EC? Geographically, my new apartment is at the time

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  application. For SATs, is the SAT I or II more important? Are SAT IIs after the ... you haven't taken Calc yet, but this will not be a deal-breaker if the ... needed to. On collegeboard.com's website, there is an option to send scores

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  MIT Dining Halls my controversial ranking

  

  : ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 - Maseeh is one of the biggest, if not the biggest dining hall on ... pretty repetitive and not healthy. Distance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Baker is kind of the ... better campus and it's not without notice, and also a lot of the issues

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 19, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  the breadsticks; call back Eat food Wait for breadsticks; try to concentrate on assignment. Fail It is 2:34 am Eat breadsticks Try to ... Yahoo Answers how to concentrate Bing how to concentrate You are the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  impossible not to notice the tremendous amount of resources that MIT is pouring ... development at MIT: D-Lab. D-Lab is actually a trio of one-semester classes; the ... throughout the developing world. D-Lab is unlike any other I've taken. In most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  time, and marvel at how this is the first time you’ve ever seen the green ... because they’re pretty cool. notice that this is probably the first teaching ... replaced with owo reflect with the other staff members on how web.lab is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  , classes are settling into a rhythm, the pumpkin takeover is underway, and I ... from the Charles River – how cool is that? CMS.307 - Critical ... bloggers) have said this is one of the best classes they've taken at MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  not hold true at other schools. As far as I know, while the MIT MEng is ... , the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad ... was a nightmare—the day the portal opened, the website crashed almost

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below statistics are freely available on the MIT website. What are the early action ... enough? We do not make decisions based on test scores. There is no formula

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Magnetism, for which I sought out a little help. The Edgerton Center is quite ... with once saying, "The trick to education is to teach people in such a ... (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program). Across the hall is an electronics

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  .  Coffitivity is a favorite website of mine that re-creates the sensation of being ... …" Those percents add up - not just in the homework component of your grade ... . The MIT environment is far from cutthroat, but that doesn't change the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  students begin the 27th. I'm not sure what the timeline is for dorm rush this ... out right.) I feel like the purpose of a class plan is really more to ... in the afternoon). Taking more than 66 or 72 units in a term is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006