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• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... ) and 18.01 (Calculus), it's not too difficult to prove that the answer is ... again. Had I not gone to Six Flags, I would have gone to see the "24-hour

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  , I had nothing to do. Quick aside: The next revelation I had is why I ... was no longer consumed by the fact that I wasn’t where I wanted to be. I ... I felt the sudden urge to write something tonight. I wasn’t sure what

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Over Again Applying to college all over again.

  

  questions in science, but it will also be a little scary to give the next 5 to ... then apply it to biological systems. It will be a love/hate relationship when I begin to write my applications; I will enjoy being able to write

  • by Bryan
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  will not be penalized in any way. At this time, please do not call or ... on MyMIT. Sorry. Know that we will primarily be relying on the required ... stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my stuff before the deadline and it's not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  to look at a design and be like, “I made that. And it will change ... Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next ... the rest of your life. No pressure or anything. I will weigh in with how

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  to what I was going to do and I was fearful of not being able to ... presentation one day and said that one of the most important reasons as to why ... the conclusion that it is ok to not know everything, including my future

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  going to lie: I’m failing pretty badly. Still, I can’t stop smiling. The ... since not doing it on Sunday will throw off my work flow for the rest of ... phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  have them take a look at me. Being sick in college is not fun, no matter ... matter?? Me: Don't...know...why...crying..I..am!!* *may be an exaggeration ... about sending a sick note to my TA, which they normally don't do over the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  's me, the reason my friends at MIT will stop being friends with me ... year. i get to be whoeever i want to be. i realize i can't dwell on the ... I've been trying to write this blogpost for the past week, but every

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  unless you are deferred from EA to RA. This form will not be made available ... international students.   The Early Action season is shaping up to be a ... want to be a part of our community. They are attracted to the innovative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  on the other side of the river to be a nice safe haven for breakfast ... being the target for 10,000 bouncy balls that are being subjected to the ... By Omar Abudayyeh '12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  be creative. That is not to say that the classes I'm taking don ... [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and ... Symphony Orchestra, and the Media Lab, to name just a few. MIT Dramashop

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  not regret. The applying-to-college process can be really hard. It was ... to be proud of and, whether MIT will be a part of your future or not ... be so lucky to have you. Or you will take a gap year. Or you will go to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  have to prepare anything special for the interview. You should be ... I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  usage. The other reason many people found the college essay to be Not Fun ... clue as to what this post will be about. Anybody who read my last post ... college essay is a lot of work, but the work should not be bad; the reason

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  of time to review the materials that are sent in so please be concise ... . That is why the questions are very specific.  Similar to the MIT ... teaching myself the language Processing, adding to Matlab, Python, VB

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  's supposed to be, you know, making the bread rise. Oops. I switched to whole ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... , carefully, using our kitchen scale. Over the next few hours, there would be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those ... there, which can lead to why I made this entry. Check out what happened

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  ’s why I stayed at the Institute, and why I’d recommend it to other nerds (you kinda have to be a nerd here). Now is probably the best time to ... that you need to come in a rocket scientist, not at all. But you will

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  concentrate on figuring out which one will be the best one for you and not ... not be joining us on our campus in the fall. Some other school will ... place for me to be, I kept thinking to myself. But, in the long run, what

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011