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• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  by three dimensions: a) feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; b ... more without working over time. The problem seems to be a lack of executive functioning: a (relative) inability to follow-through on the idea, i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  track to creating a kickass presentation. So we brainstormed, considering ... the project had been rejected, and we needed to come up with a new idea ... Autobiography), or giving several presentations to a classroom full of your peers

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  't care how much you like your temp assignment. I'm sure Mollie, who's a ... decision will allow you to make a stronger contribution to it. Let me try an ... right and don't feel the need to justify it. They've derived their

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  . In three weeks, I will need to declare a (yet nonexistent) major. I ... , I thought I knew how to handle life. In fact, I had a clear vision in ... new paths. It’s horrifying sometimes to think how much knowledge there

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  . Conceptualizing FIRST THINGS FIRST, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA. 1. Create your ... storyboards again, and try to create a vision as you work. Struggle as you try a ... little sound effects where you need them. Adjust the hues in a scene to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  . My team and I first attempted to create a virtual reality platform to ... toys too. If you want to know more, I think their website does a pretty ... barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  've gone to a medlink, if it was worse. how much worse, though? i don't know ... be a flagrant violation of rules to attend class, and a bad idea anyway ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  a dorm has a ball pit, I need to stay in it, because it is ... various couches in the lobby. Jon had to separate from the group and go to a ... 's hard to take a half hour nap after going two days without sleep. After

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the ... blender. I was a skeptic (how can you beat WillItBlend?) but I decided to ... blender -- with a catch. Blenders don't speak English, so in order to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  implementation. You choose how to write the code that does what we need the robot to do. You choose how to interpret it. Everything just needs to fit a ... Computer Science. It’s been a year since I came to MIT, slightly over a year

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  to date the other person because i thought it’d create a lot of anxiety ... i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating ... which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  dress shirt, tie, slacks, and a coat to class. But that's certainly not ... said, I think no matter how much you like to look good, there will be at ... thing we created. It's quite difficult to visualize my invention only by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  , though, is a precious commodity, and I’d like not to squander it, now that ... much work and far too little desire to do it. I put on the largest shirt ... myself to high school Shorna. It’s a very strange relationship I have with

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  walked around for three hours. Then, he was off to do soundchecks. A few ... Black Eyed Peas played to a sold-out crowd at the TD Banknorth Garden. I ... were taken, he asked, as he generally does, if I could use a few tickets

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... wonders of educational television, I wanted to be a cosmologist like Stephen ... -prizeworthy than I imagined, but, also much like a gourmet pretzel, it grew into a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  independent study, you can create a more formalized way to take advantage of ... you to a career in animation -- is something we would have really wanted to hear as high school seniors. So, here is a part 2 post, kind of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  . Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would need to give a student during the admissions process. What we do is choose the best students we can without regard to how much money they will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  we can have a safe relationship" "I want to become a teacher. We need ... week that I didn’t find the time (or the energy) to step away from it all ... an entirely new continent (whoop, whoop there more to go). There’s a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  . Weekend 5 Fun fact: I am a dancing machine. Does MIT offer outlets to my ... : “Bless you. You know, I’m interested. What does a typical MIT frosh* even ... various fraternity brothers coming to serenade you as a musically delightful

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012