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• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  to be strong. Coordinate! Don't wait until the morning of to put ... ordeal while trying not throw up. Throw up anyway. Regret not being able to ... inside. This void will be filled by your new organ! Step 9: Pick up the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  we will not be able to admit them to the Class of 2019. Turning away so ... , next fall. Of the students to whom we do not offer admission today, we ... Update: the once-in-a-century alignment of Super Pi Day appears to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  -A grades are not the only ways to be successful (props to you if you are ... to the discussions around me. Everyone else seemed to be teaching ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  flaws, not dissimilar to the Sochi Olympics, another event suffering ring ... Hall, the dorm that's set to be controversially demolished over the next ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  before because... eh, who cares why? It's not central to this story. I ... to believe: It is okay to be the weird kid in the room. You are not the only weird kid in the room. You do not have to hide the things

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  the perspective and tools needed to achieve it. I want to be kind to ... could really be. Of course, "I'm not sure" is a valid thing to feel. Life ... I took a long break from blogging. I [annotation note="and will be

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  willing to be distracted.   We strung a hammock from the ceiling me ... begging   I think it is too soon to be counting the months. I think ... pandemic because this semester will be different this semester will not be

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  will be forced to make a really lame one, and then make up another person's existence as not to embarrass myself more than the crappy design will already ... exposure. The experience.") Well, I'll write a whole blog entry dedicated to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  mom has introduced to the household.   why   To those of ... It's 2017 now according to the Gregorian calendar. I'm a frosh.5 (RIP ... break, let's share a celebratory non-alcoholic drink to ring in the new

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when ... classes I'd like to take at MIT and realized I'd be here for 8 years. So I wittled the list down to must-haves and can't-live-withouts and it made a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  to be a first-team all-league selection in the Ivy League. It’s simple ... financial situation. If I wanted to play the percentages, I’d be going into ... that. But, if I have to, I think there will always be other jobs out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Parade, be sure to keep an eye out for The Catalina Foothills High School ... schedule did not allow me to visit any schools in the El Paso area, but I did ... , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  auditorium with her book and not even being able to fathom the fact that 6 ... science excited others but did not excite me. Why I seemed to be struggling ... wanted to attend and the 6.7% acceptance rate was most definitely not my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  , the upcoming experience I hope to get in the spring semester will be ... Japanese, I will most likely suffer thanks to being so used to the roman ... back to being a high schooler and how one of the things that worried me

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  showed that not all my life will be connected to the dome on Mass Ave nor ... ! Peep the other two puzzle boxes that will be completed and glued in the ... my body even if I just went to outside check the mail. All this being

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  should not be to exceed the freshman credit limit"). Ah well. =/ So now ... credits will be appended onto your transcript. Moreover, you need to meet ... = 5th week. * You are now allowed to be a constituent of the Class of (y

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... 'd like to focus in the future. The topics are wide-ranging and can be ... 's not just for engineers. Undergraduates in the Dept. of Urban Studies and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  ways to improve bicycle security. And I'm not just talking about science--the ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... because someone or another recommended them to me. The notebook also means I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  -answering machine! (Not to be confused with a "question answering machine", which ... to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest ... MIT as a place they could apply to, be admitted to, and afford to attend

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

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  and beyond. The best advice I can give you for the interview is to be ... students (hi!). The biggest challenge in New York will be finding a friendly ... the town next to mine. I don't remember much from the interview except

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004