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• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  school who was killed. You couldn't have said it better - people do need to ... makes this blog so much more fun. Happy holidays to everyone! -B ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Choosing a Major there are so many

  

  with writing. I’m lucky to care about anything this much.  I just need ... public policy in this way exactly, but it does seem to me like a clear way ... she loved it so much. I like making things, but not as much as she does

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed ... ="Mechanical Engineering"]course 2[/annotation] to be more specific. Once the semester kicked ... need to set myself on a path that isn’t robotics, I feel like I’ve let go

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  't perceived, and broken down to its component parts. in a general sense, maybe ... collection of black and white shapes. on the other hand, to me, it appears ... it is difficult to return to the previous sensation, of seeing the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flame War A play-by-play of the Class of 2012's first flame war.

  

  sent a link to a Google Docs spreadsheet where we were supposed to fill ... expected us to treat a completely unmoderated shared document with respect and dignity. *To be perfectly clear, I don't want to discuss the merits

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  Florey definitely does refer to Fifth East, and Jim Tetazoo still refers to ... ? The thing about hacks is you can only pull them once- then you have to ... or behind a door that is supposed to be locked does. however the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  material well, there's no good reason not to get help from them if you need ... The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  I managed to need so much luggage for a 3-month trip to Germany ... unpacking. Instead, it just makes me want to get out of my room as much as ... tell you, time really does start to lose all meaning when your life is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  ! Adjacent to the woodshop and full of machinery for your metalworking needs ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  me, has been finding the time to try and pset all that needs to be ... 's ceaseless efforts to eventually control us ala matrix means that every once in ... some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and ... With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I'm feeling some kind ... , I've been able to fall back into the routine of life at home. In

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  need transportation, walking works just fine, it's completely up to you ... . Remember, you only get to pick this name once, make it count. ... This entry is going to be a completely random collection of things

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  to get as much experience as possible in the fields I was considering ... What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  and trying to figure out exactly how Jackson flung his paint. Every once ... without much to say. Here, someone in the back of the room had just pulled a ... , but the room's silence told us everything we needed to know: that blip

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  going through a "jesus I do NOT have my life together and really need to ... random shit to keep track of, but honestly, I had so much going on in high ... . I don't really have much else to say about it. If I had used it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  mind-opening. The course is open to pretty much anyone in the MIT ... or industry experience. You definitely don’t need a Ph.D. to start a ... the first kick they need to get their company off the ground. MIT

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  will be very humble, but I don't care. To me, money isn't needed. I just ... You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  water anyway and why do I want it to such an extreme!? Does this mean that ... around. I did so many things, there is DEFINITELY too much to tell, but I ... , venturing Boston to find things I needed, meeting more people, getting ready

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  dedicated a few hours to poring over everything that I needed to know. For me ... spending much later at an ungodly hour of the night. To me, this also ... I'm not new to the blogs (though we do have some wicked bloggers up

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  'd just be so excited to be a (fill in the blank here) grader. Things have changed a bit, though not as much as you would think. In preparation for the ... .110) and Mechanical Engineering (2.772) class. I'm hoping to have time

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006