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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  to camp during the summer) Owning Your Own House What distinguishes ... -odd-year-old house in Cambridgeport. Owning your own house means you can modify it as you see fit. Think that wall needs a mural? Want a rope ladder in your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  water landing, your seat cushion can be used as a personal flotation ... swear you're never going to fly again. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, my ... don't lock their room doors; locking your room door will stop theft in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc. But first, let me answer some FAQs. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  include your full name and birthdate ... CollegeBoard to send the scores to us, they will automatically go into your ... will put your application into the best light. You're also welcome to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  you’re feeling like you need that, scroll below the bullet points for ... distract you from your own writing, I thought it'd be fun to [annotation note ... . Pretend you’re a journal editor in 1905 for Annalen der Physik. You receive

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  was your initial reaction when you got into MIT?" Janet: "Aww man, I ... , Interview... 4:00 to 4:57: Host: "What should you write about in your ... you're very capable of doing - admissions doesn't just boil down to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  competition, "Cry if you win because you're happy, but don't cry if you lose because you're sad." [paraphrase] I think that has some relevance here. The ... opportunity if you're admitted, but I hope that people will be okay if they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  , and every semester that you’re registered for a class, you have to pay ... or a Research Assistant for a lab, the job will not only pay your ... to complete six classes and write your thesis. I was able to get three

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  mental health problems? is your BMI over 25? have you ever smoked?), you ... said. "i think it should be on your chart? maybe you just can't see it ... -diagnosing depression this WHOLE TIME, and you're telling me i've actually been going to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  's fine. well, depending on what your view is of "much", this isn't true. i ... you're probably doing fine then? cj: not as if you'd know how to make it ... about the same. normally, one of your cards matches one of the opponent

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your ... you're reading right now, which redesign we undertook in 2010. We ... your help: I've often said that MIT's identification as a research

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  UROP, and she replied with a chuckle, "I see your handwriting hasn ... many hours per week are accounted for by your classes and ... lounge with other people instead of in your room by yourself, or take some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  your eye through a telescope. Professional radio astronomy - my kind of astronomy - never involves sticking your eye through a telescope; your eyes ... why YOUR project is important. You describe exactly how much time you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the ... attend, your next mailing ("The Next Big Mailing") has all of the awesome information you need to get you started, including instructions to set up your e

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  intelligent. So, for example, as you drive home from work, your car should send a wireless signal to your house and tell it to turn the heat back on ... mouse are very NOT intuitive. Computers should be able to recognize your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  yourself up in your room trying to get a 100% in every one of the 16 AP classes you're taking - don't surrender to senioritis and stop doing homework entirely. Just, you know, chill. When you think about it, you're way

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  last-minute answers. It's fashionable here to loudly announce your ... . "How about you take his 16.05 exam and he can take your 2.005 one?" "Okay ... some people attack a marathon. It hurts so much while you're in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  impressed that you know what its called or think you're just trying to show ... cuts off the circulation to your arm. By the end of the day, we all had ... , of waverip.com and tecker.com I was curious as to what was up with your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your own code, circuitry, whatever, up...you're turning in your lab as an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005