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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] It was 5:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in ... tell you how you can solve your plots. A few of those sheets had not yet

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... 'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... baseball to politics was like) "If you're making a true prediction, you're

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  your toothpaste is. You may want to open a window and set up a fan in ... eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you ... with access to a chalkboard. so unfortunately i cannot teach in this blog

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... looking to dive into a theoretical physics book. Truth be told, you're ... someone has a little too much wine and gets up on stage and tries to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a ... have a flexible plan A, B, and C It's hard to get anywhere without some ... . 5. Try new things Don't be afraid to break from routine once in a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poems Robert Creeley today.

  

  new poem and write a short essay response, which we read aloud in a ... tomorrow, but, writing a response to Robert Creeley's "A Wicker Basket" just ... , and between 45 min and an hour to write the response, usually, in

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  instance, I was lucky to get one or two of them in a given year, presumably ... 've also been on OpenCourseWare from time to time in an attempt to learn a ... Massachusetts, the precipitation comes down in shovelfuls. Now if you're like

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... what was covered in class and eventually i get it and i figure out how to ... benefit in another...and what you're supposed to be doing at school is

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  love the word nerd, I was quick to post a reply that said something about nerd pride and it being a badge of honor to be called a nerd in my book ... raising his own son to be a nerd. And Ann Hoevel trying to sort out the

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... was being collected into a lower than my arm in order to establish a ... because they're getting a B in an "easy" GIR, and end up hating bio forever

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... Questbridge College Admissions Conference at Yale. The idea in a nutshell is to ... a Group Leader in charge of getting my group of students around the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  get a haircut. A lady at Walmart cut my hair boy-cut short and then my ... little more training than a stapler) to put two new holes in my ears. A few ... point came when last weekend my friend Ami ’14 decided to get a cartilage

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule ... early agreements. You do not need to have submitted your application Part

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  on that in a minute) you're bound to find a group of people with whom ... you can re-rank the dorms you'd like to live in. Maybe REX changed your ... to pick a place you feel most connected to the people in. I can

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  be as good.) The point is, IAP is great, you get a chance to explore ... up a Bose Home Theater System in my room. And still more to come ... So you're interested in MIT. (Why else would you be reading these

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  bridge and being in Boston. Also, it's so expensive to pay for a concert ... it to a concert. We saw the electronica band Ratatat in London. (Listen ... to your major and how many people within your year in your major want

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  to the context of your overall app - what you're interested in, what ... SAT I. A 720 in Math is NOT MIT material. If I do get 750-800 in Math ... wrong with asking a counselor to review your essay(s) and offer feedback

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  that you’re strong enough to get over it, however long it takes." If you want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that ... be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  in the end they want to know the same things: who you are as a person ... applications to MIT, they should make sure to submit materials in a timely ... they're also incredibly selective. I'm beginning to be a little more

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You needed to be a leader with drive to change something about your community ... mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011