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• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... towards one solution too early on in the process.  Be open to other people ... success profile can be a valuable framework when you start a job -- a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  being deferred or rejected in the Early Action pool. I watched as many of ... that this blog be a conduit for useful tips on the admissions process for ... from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... mom, cleaning around the house, meeting up with high school friends, spending time with our family, and also speed walking. During the semester

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  those little pauses during the day - something that I know will be much ... will be taking for the upcoming semester. Well, the thing is, now that ... must not be important enough in the first place." And thus I've mentally

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  have a lot of fun with these psets and always know that the TAs will be ... spinoff of Minesweeper), which, despite being one of the more notorious labs in the class, has been pretty chill so far. I’m sure I’ll be eating my

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad school interviewing in biology gives some insight into the admissions process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  , because you will be sharing costs with people at some point. I swear by ... of battery, so mobile ID would be bust. Maybe you want to tap onto the ... can literally be anything. A cup of tea? A good stretch? Opening up the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  , and send in the form to be run in the housing lottery. The form is ... people in your living group will probably be your most important social ... to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  week, Friday can also be the slowest and the longest day of all the ... has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... -H classes, but the tutors for 24.09 were extremely nice and willing to help

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  help a teacher can provide would be very lucky. On the other hand, a ... would probably be willing to help their struggling friends (A side note ... of the class. Or somebody happens to be one of a dozen people on their

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

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to ... new admits in the ATL Be sure to check the listing on your My ... exciting opportunities for Admitted Students coming up in cities around the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  , and I know that those students will be very competitive during the ... the applicants. A similar number of students were denied, while those students in the middle, about three quarters of the applicants, were deferred

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  Dreilпњљпњљnderpunkt! My blogging will be a little sparser in the near future because I ... whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was ... couldn't be all bad. MORAL OF THE ENTRY: Read Everything is Illuminated by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  figure this out, the happier your MIT experience will be. I mean, within ... named because a railway president wanted his trains to be considered the ... about MIT, I will neither be going nor blogging. If by some black magic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  the word "home", "being" is two different words masquerading as one ... itself; just to the little scrap of whatever happens to be directly ... . Being the same person in two places at exactly the same time, living two

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  the bed that its owner will be forced to get up to find it when the ... , I figured the holiday season would be as good a time as any to ... products and can be ordered! Clocky, the alarm clock that runs away

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  [annotation note="i also want to be clear that these experiences, like working in the ... move on. The boxes on my to-do list are unchecked, but they will get ... community than I know now. There will be people who are, objectively, ahead of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  girl from Chicago studying at MIT. She will be taking Tony Stark's place as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel ... the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  the information will be available in September. We're still ironing out ... by training (MIT-educated in Course 2) so I wanted to know all the details! So, we decided to ask YOU the questions we had always hoped you

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  much faster than I need to be going at this point in the walk, which is ultimately an endurance-based effort, but the speed will provide me a buffer ... to know that I am capable of mustering the force of will to take 93

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021