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• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  the option to stay in your temp dorm if you want, although you shouldn't succumb to laziness and not explore just because you sorta like your temp ... at least to use the i3 videos to narrow it down to your top three or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  you have any questions you want to ask live, this is your chance! We ... if you didn’t win Math Olympiad, you’re not who these colleges are looking for (also not true—admissions officers consider your application

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  . -- There are murals on the walls! You can paint on your own walls and customize your room in almost any way you like. -- East Campus is mostly ... stuff, impostor syndrome is fairly likely to cross your mind in East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  -stranger. "Friends from CPW? From your pre-orientation program?" =~ m/people I hadn ... . Sometimes, your energy is spent, and you need to be helped back to your feet or propped up. Your friends take care of you when you need them to, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  , including an int'l olympiad medal)." Don't worry about the writing, and your ... some extent, so you can't really divide them up so cleanly. Your above ... : "I could've sworn that I've seen a photo entry in your blog, Ben, or

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  Common App essay, but more focused on how your past academic experiences ... .[/annotation] If you’re anticipating a decision from MIT this Saturday, maybe you’re ... with the hope that the odds will be in your favor. You’ve already taken

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  empathize with the state of mind of not wanting to commit because you’re ... is to say, if you’re a curious person with an open mind, you can convince yourself that practically any subject is interesting while you’re in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to ... to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  Pecker, but if you're willing to lump a bioengineering, bioengineering ... ="It's kind of scary how quickly your belongings multiply after living here for ... multimeter in my backpack. Why wouldn't you have a multimeter in your backpack

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to see your decision by clicking View Update. There are no interim screens

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  to do anything other than play Animal Crossing, here’s your excuse to ... ’t your thing, I get it—I was trained on Brahms and Bartók. As an alternative, for anyone interested in expanding your music catalogue and shaking

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  feels like you're in a hamster ball, surrounded by due dates ... from every direction. And so you walk all over your workload, checking ... . But as you slowly but surely make your transition into being an

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Me Anything! Responses life and admissions

  

  Thursday, 10/26, 7-9pm EDT. That's over now, but you're welcome to email me ... a piercing/tattoo with your friends under 18 or go to a club under 21 ... you're on campus! What has been the greatest challenge you have faced

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  this anxiety perfectly. He wrote: “'You're taking four classes? But So ... . Breathe. Your time at MIT isn't defined by the number of units you're taking. If you're the kind of person who can maintain your sanity or enjoys the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  sneezed in your lifetime! Some people also have experienced instances of ... common reason for injury is having something in your mouth while sneezing. A straw, for example, may stab the roof of your mouth as you move your

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of ... : What better cathartic release of your pre-college frustrations than a ... . Between REX events and orientation meals and generous upperclassmen, your

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  about often in order to function and go about your daily life, the way ... is small and laughable, like people saying “haha your name is salami ... Calculus class” “really, who?” “um...me?” “OH but you’re basically asian bc

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  your choice and CharityCheckin thanks them for their donation on your ... how they donated money to your charity. For the business, it increases exposure because their donation on your behalf is shared to your Facebook

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  , you got a strike. Four strikes and you’re out. Things would continue ... , no matter how much you cut into your Hamilton time, there is always a chance your roommate will beat you. Because this is MIT, so the odds are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  the first year you're doing it on Kickstarter? Yeah. In the beginning it ... cold, sitting on a toilet outside? Um. Yes. What's your favorite part? I ... that. So who are you? What major? What are your interests? I'm course 6

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014