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• 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  MIT. When you're stuck, there are friends there to help you deal with your problems. And when there are problems you don't know how to deal ... -looking problems, until before you know it, it's gone and you're moving forward

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  achievements of your friends, current/future classmates, professors, or even ... moment occurs as soon as you arrive on campus. Or in the middle of your ... should always remember, but especially when you’re feeling a bit

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  . Recitation This is usually your first line of defense when you leave lecture wondering if the classroom had changed without your knowledge. But this is ... will swear that recitations are the worst possible waste of your time

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  Blogosphere: “Yo, Anastassia, where’ve you been? What’s your freshman ... . Your absence had me worried.” Anastassia: “Hakuna Matata.” Blogosphere ... event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... : Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you ... ’re hoping. Okay, so you've almost certainly made your decision

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  disheveled with sorrow. Also, when you build your own ray caster from scratch ... into your 'camera'. To save computation, you cast 'light rays' in reverse, from your 'camera', and see what objects they hit. And by 'bounce' and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement. You're about to walk, drive, pogo stick, fly or boat to Cambridge, MA ... interest you. You're no longer trying to impress anybody. Cleaning the banks

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  make your flight. Even though it’s rush hour, the Silver Line to the ... see whether your ID matches the name on your boarding pass will feel it ... front of you. And, of course, as you leave the security checkpoint, your

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside The Bubble Life? Oh yeah, I forgot I had one...

  

  about your next blog you kinda promised last time on the blogosphere last ... brilliant and inspiring people and the sweetest research, but you’re also in a perpetual state of studying and exam-taking from your first exam to your last

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  what it all means!) But in many ways, I’m really not your “typical MIT ... ” (although, Professor Guttag – if you’re reading this, I DO think you are funny ... very much like writing a good recipe: you have to list your ingredients

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  into the CPW live chat already know, your hosts will be contacting you this coming Sunday or Monday. If you have any questions for your host ... idea to exchange e-mails with your host before you get here, just to get

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  , you should return the postcard coming in the postal mail with your ... pushy. Be sketchy. Let your grades drop. Not choose another college to ... waitlist, do I have to go to MIT? What about financial aid? You're not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  in the postal mail with your waitlist notification (decision letter ... . Bombard our office with way too much stuff. Be pushy. Be sketchy. Let your ... aid? You're not required to enroll. We'll give you a financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  would be a class about manipulating time to your whim through various ... it turns out, managing your time is a fairly easy process. Here are ... you go to schedule your week you don't have to try and remember all the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  up a lot of your time. Here are my top ten ways to earn money at MIT ... year you're smarter, have money, and have a new addition to your resume ... in need of test subjects. No, they won't pick through your brain or

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  postcard coming in the postal mail with your waitlist notification (decision ... much stuff. Be pushy. Be sketchy. Let your grades drop. Not choose ... have to go to MIT? What about financial aid? You're not required to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  in one of those neighborhoods where your elementary school was one block away; your middle school was three blocks away; and your high school ... your own puts a different filter on it all. In high school, my mom didn

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  just numbers. If there's a letter in front of your building number, that ... campus, so if you're out there exploring the vast, unknown frontiers of Cambridge, you're better off consulting a map or getting laughed at by Central

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  to go off of or do you know what you're doing like the back of your ... extra choices won't diminish your chances of getting your first choice ... go ahead and put the other two as your second and third choices -- they

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006