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• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  think my next computer purchase will be a desktop. In general, a laptop ... speakers will do wonders. 15. Flip flops. The floor of the bathroom and ... housing assignment! I *believe* every room comes with the following items

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  the pan. The first crepe will probably not be as good as the rest of ... motion; this will be more difficult now because the pan is hot and the ... batter. From here on out, the crepes will be ready to flip almost

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  haven't processed the sadness of being robbed of a year of my college ... the quilt, but I will replace the in progress pictures with the actual ... got to be a part of the team. Splash 2018 - I had attended Splash as a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  the summer, I had ample opportunity to compile what may (someday) be the ... about the things in your life that are cool and unique. Don't be afraid to ... 't have to rub it in.) The bottom line is, don't be afraid to reveal what

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  chance of being admitted to MIT. With that said, in the last few years we ... in EA. That's a small number, but to be honest so is the number of RA ... otherwise, the decision would be different. I understand this ambiguity can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  about how life will be and also an innate satisfaction about the beauty of ... the Barbie’s aren’t around–they merely sit and wait for Barbie to be in ... sounds, I was always used to being close to the top of my class. After a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  う一度　いつまでも - though I don't think it will show up on the URL =p] Can't believe it ... the topic of Japan... This is where I'll be spending IAP this year ... Amazing Discovery of the Day: After nearly three semesters at MIT, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  've helped make that will live on after me, this may be my favorite, and it ... coming week I'll be tabling at ISEF, the world's largest and most ... with the international strategy recently announced by MIT. I'll be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  live free, or die." "Ha, it could be the name of a Die Hard movie. Live ... police car, the only title that could possibly be better is Die Slowly 4 ... DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  happens to be the official name of the course. The class has been offered ... . Several years ago, Sussman said that he wanted to be the last person to ... the students will opt for other means of learning the material, but for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  will essentially be submitting the same app into an equally competitive ... students are excluded from the count). Will this discrepancy be a matter of ... how the essay will be seen. If you see this as the best response to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  : “Show the admissions committee who you are!”, “Be passionate!”, “Don ... score is high and you are a good writer so you will probably be fine.” Man ... lieu of repeating clichés or telling you that you will probably be fine

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... as we thought it would be), for mitBEEF. The food was definitely ... CPW is not exactly a picture-perfect descriptor of what MIT life will be

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  had to leave campus, and the resulting panic will go down in some ... note="let the record show that it was pulled off"]could not be pulled off ... maybe the adMITs of the future will find this next year."]Two months later

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  not be able to stop, to be entertained, but at the end feel like they ... for being off topic. I don't care. I still strive to fill the Internet with awesome and will continue to do so on into the future. So, that

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  will be born on my birthday, vs. an average of 0.00274 = 1/365 for the ... 's unlikely that we'd be getting married in the same year -- I'm significantly ... * some factor accounting for the likelihood that we'd be getting married in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... wrestling can't be the only thing all 4000 of us have in common. I just don ... yourself into a human being for the admissions officers -- and from what I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  ’ve really enjoyed being an athlete at MIT because it has given me the opportunity to continue playing the sport I love while also being able to devote ... automatic admission for athletes, and that will catch the attention of the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... Events Board booth. Throughout CPW, there will also be other academic ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  choosing), while others will have to watch the pie run out and be stuck in ... gets their dream slice of pie will treat it the same. Some gulp it down ... are to tasting it, you must reassure yourself that the world will not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014