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• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  . Coming to college, I realized I no longer needed to be grounded, that I had found a group of my own to call home and no longer needed the protection ... trying to realize that I don't need outside validation in order to feel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  much as I could before it dripped to the pavement. Once the ice cream ... proves that it is possible. And she does have time to go out for ice cream ... , in order to make the assailant scary, to make the danger real. I needed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  classes in any department. However, students need to fulfill certain subject requirements to apply to medical, dental or other health-related professional ... -related professions are encouraged to complete a prehealth registration meeting with
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of ... based only upon the places that look most fun to live in - while being ... critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  -up question to this during the interview was how I'd handle this situation if it ... who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  to the second professor's office to ask in person because he does not ... professor's signature on the forms you need to get signed Be very relieved that you do not need to do anymore professor tracking, because the grad

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  explain what MIT is like, not so much to explain what admissions is like ... there? You don't need to be doubting yourself as you enter finals or a ... your application, it's much easier to approach every test, knowing MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  a less appealing piece. But what does that have to do with life? If ... . Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the ... 's three stops on the Red Line to Porter Station"]Where is the nearest yarn

  • by Ella T. '25
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... who is your mentor. Also -- you do not need to choose the teacher that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  academic to walk around the bomb site. As a writer, I am much more ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he ... still think Neil wins. (No offense to the guv'nor, of course.) Of course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  Agent B only needs to destroy the machine once." Have fun solving this ... I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... bioengineering major so it might be interesting to revisit biology and see how much

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  ramifications of my project will mean for them: some need space to put pipes in, others need to know how much heat will penetrate my shielding. Everyone I ... you need to carry cake to work on your bike, then you sort of wish for a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  floor of Barker, where I went when I needed to work for eight hours ... ’ve learned to keep moving. Sometimes I still need to cry for a few hours. I ... .[/annotation] Everything that happens to me is intrinsically linked to metadata about the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  WEEK OF CLASSES Monday - Calculate the Scores I Need to Pass So far, I ... grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The situation (aka scores needed to pass): [annotation note="Intro Chemistry"]5

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  while. And, sometimes, a distraction is all you need to rediscover a sense ... process to being on campus, when you are starstruck. Starstruck by the ... the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . Learning to drive stick-shift in a car that once belonged to my favorite ... . A million too many thoughts and intentions. I need to chill out ... much yet. My teacher is Rob, a photographer I met in a coffee shop

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  you need to do before you're prepared to take off (see the analogy ... need to ask for help. That's why we have pass/no record. The space dog analogy continues to apply elsewhere as well. Once you leave home, no matter

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  on? Which means that, well, you have to handle the waiting ... otherwise. :) Back to what I was trying to say before. One rejection does ... Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric ... pretty much anything possible, but we had to use both the lathe and the ... my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... , so I wouldn’t have to go up to strangers and say, “Hey are you the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018