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• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can ... really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up ... don't know how to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  need one in math, one in science, and a third in any area of your ... immature'?" It's possible to be "too honest," yes. :-) I've seen this in a ... 's very similar question in my Q&A #5, about 1/3 of the way down the page

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  ?) 3. Get in the kitchen with your mom and don't leave until you ... like I miss my own bed. Also, you'll get to spend quality time with your ... early action decisions. SIX DAYS! Six days! Man, that's a short time. When

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Training.  During your sophomore year, you apply for a slot to go to Field ... your summers if you want to. These range from spending a couple weeks on ... wide range of opportunities, and I’m able to serve my country in a way

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  interested in a varsity sport, but I definitely didn't speak to the coach until ... group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found ... to be doing a 2.003 pset, and it really isn't a lot of fun. Adelaide

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  write it down: When did you get a sliver of the moon in your eyes? It ... ="768"] When did you get a sliver of the moon in your eyes/And how'd you ... , ranging from absolute flaming garbage to (at least in your opinion) pretty

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  interests with others helps to get your thoughts and priorities in order. In ... assigned a faculty advisor in the department you’re interested in, and ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  't recommend taking it as a program to pad your MIT application (something I get ... that image came up in my google search and I decided to use it). The ... only that; we're allowed to keep cats. I love living in a dorm with pets

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe ... entire prod staff on my side. How do you make a picture in your mind come

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  it your goal to visit an event or party at every dorm, and get a feel ... and the Toons in Lobby 7 to sing your hearts out in a room with amazing ... .  If you cannot find a Medlink wherever you are, try to make your way to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  dualism in Western thought (7 pages), 21A.100 paper on cultural relativism ... genetics (15 pages) 39 pages of writing in one week, plus a test worth 20 ... So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  on success, meaning, and time existential musings about big questions with no answers

  

  in the sense of rushing to try and get an answer. yes, the answers to ... to procrastinate on your Regular Decision applications or a distraction ... to get, what are you supposed to do with your 80 to 100 years on earth

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  Head) came up to shake my hand, saying, “Thank you for your leadership in ... approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard ... social innovation. We have to innovate, engineering the ways in which we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  that numbs both fingers and souls alike, we only get a few short weeks of ... club event has been offering free cider donuts to lure in a special breed ... have your homework every week to be like, “write a poem! read about how

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  of them. I ended up having to pay for a storage facility in the area ... ... rubs hands v. Making a control group In order to make comparisons ... used it mainly to get a second machine opinion on the sentiment of each

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  to any member of the MIT community via a Web page) reveals that this ... get from East Campus to LaVerde's Market, you enter Building 66, pass ... 'll ask "8.01 or 8.012?". As a celebration of MIT's devotion to numbers

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Women’s Initiative A bit about my classes - and why girls are awesome

  

  /high-schooler, you should get your science administrator to check out this page, so we ... much get to watch videos in every class and check out various photographs ... .03, though it's extremely obvious that I haven't taken a math class in a year

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  -grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made ... pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... , instead of trying to bust my ass to get an A instead when the rigid

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  we hadn't really done before, and to get to leave a "mark" in terms of ... ‘20 were very involved in!) originally founded in 2017 to paint a long ... more than a full year since we could make any in-person contributions to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech ... to get as much experience as possible in the fields I was considering ... art, That it's not just a factory part, If you try to design When you're

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013