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• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  's really up to you which one to take. Personally, I think it's incredibly ... from the hat, we knew it just had to be "Mitra Lzhpb*n!xobile" (name ... sitting so close to the stage, because it ruined the illusion of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... level. While I’m sure these clubs appeal to a large variety of people—it’s possible to want to cultivate your professional prospects while still being

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  /meters, approximately (or, exactly sizes, if known)? Is it possible to find in Internet ... wireless access in all rooms? According to the mit wireless access map, it ... connection is mention. Whom to believe? :) If it has no wireless access, is it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  to Python (6.S189), and it's actually a really fun class.  In the first ... groceries at Star Market.  But it's not that bad. Besides, you get to laugh ... I've been going to as many of these events as possible. Looking Ahead

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  It's snowing. Hard. Blizzard-warning, dangerous-to-be-outside, MIT ... can learn it, and that the best way to learn it is to do it without ... programmatically, like change its profile picture and search for somebody to follow

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  your life in interesting ways, if you let it, but you have to let it. I ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  mind when I was diving because it was just fun to be twelve feet ... skip scuba once to finish the pset (and I did finish it, somehow still ... ’ve been here: prioritization.  It’s not groundbreaking to point out that

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  . After a summer of being mentored myself, it feels weird to finally be on ... things to blog about. But, since it's my last semester as an undergrad, and ... write a really great paper. We're hoping to get it published somewhere if

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... /website/blogs. I really feel that MIT cares about its prefrosh and wants to help as much as possible, and I appreciate that very much. Thanks to all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  supplementary materials after the deadline, but some won’t. Be mindful of every date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet. Don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Life loves going wrong when

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  you believe it. You have to realize that being the best at everything you ever do doesn't mean you're amazing -- it means you're afraid to ... -- it's pass/no record! Live it up. You'll figure out what you need to do

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  've made it more explicit."]modified[/annotation] our "challenge essay" to ... we're asking it, to help you get the information you need as quickly as ... , and instead to store it safely in your inbox. How you do this will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  just tried to write a blog as fast as possible. this is not very high ... ="confused? sorry to say that it doesn't really get better from here"]SO NOW YOU GUYS ... to say it might have been the best food that i’ve had in a while. we

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  of course, I have more concrete reasons to prefer it, too!) After the ... , but it was surreal to find myself sitting aside current MIT students ... at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  it's definitely possible to be actively involved in both at once, and I ... from place to place. I'm dead serious. --- Happy May! Yay. It's the ... teaching SAT (probably it was an opportunity to finally "get back" at ETS for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  as many awesome courses as possible before I graduate. As for how to ... classes you've already taken in this major, a general plan to finish it by ... registration/student information platform, to make sure it went through. Some

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  ’s issues, I think it’s a useful thing to think about for everyone. After ... burnout. They seem to lose their motivation and desire after a few years in ... nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  apply to MIT. I knew it was—theoretically—possible that MIT would accept ... primary interest, would that be possible? Or would it be feasible to double ... scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  (known as the "yield"), we admit about 1,400 students. However, it isn't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help ... 't know if we will be able to select students from the wait list until
• Blog / Events

  dtyd weekend all party, no planning (for once)

  

  sure our performance was as hype as possible. after, I headed to Felipe ... "]DTYD[/annotation] LIV was on Sunday, so the days leading up to it were filled with events ... Reddit. it was the event that convinced me to join the floor, so I've ran

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 19, 2023