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• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  material that I am likely never to use in my future. For those of you who are ... sake of learning (or, in my case, for the sake of hanging out), not for ... trekking to an Athena cluster in the middle of the snowy night (uphill both

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  Today, I walked into my office (cup of iced tea in hand), logged onto ... IN THE HELL?" Giggles floated across the hall from the other summer ... , who's in that other office, found a surprising picture of me under his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  everyone thought the robot that had once been a shoo-in for the win was ... for sushi every other day. We hung out in my dorm until curfew every ... pattern - hunting for the best shortcuts across campus, making daily trips

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  home is where the whiteboard is a tradition, continued untraditionally

  

  we gonna use it for?" It turned out that her room in our apartment had too many windows for it to fit on any wall, so it ended up in the living ... floor residents are thinking of taking in the next semester, polls about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  application cats. Also, last night we discovered a new qualification for ... , pumpkin drop (pumpkins falling from the tallest building in Cambridge ... the aforementioned Lucy to go for a drive. Driving by muscle memory led

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  sign in the cold for an hour vs. purchasing a sign holder."]when it ... day-pass.  Cheaper food: For the price of going out in Boston, Harvard ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  for a battle in a specific location. I instantly registered and made Dan ... soaker for Dan. On the way we stopped at Verdes (grocery store in the ... One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  tests, we had no in-person practice for the first week of IAP ... choreography i made, and started making formations for Heels. Mocha Month in the ... in the MIT dance community. we thought of prompts for the MC's and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  test, but forget to study for it because you were so immersed in your ... a road trip. It's time to lock in. Register for another appointment ... station in Stata and wait a couple minutes for it to print. ... ... You

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  ' accounts for the bloggers. I don't exercise (and am not interested in ... other way than navigating to or searching for MITAdmissions.org. Of course ... interested in connecting the two, mostly because I wanted to respect some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  installed in 10-250, MIT's most popular lecture hall? If not, take a quick ... skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I then turned to page 18 where I saw the title "Seats in Renovated 10

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

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have ... done, so as long as you get us the copies in a timely manner, we'll be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  available for most students, we do not expect that most students have sent in ... good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will show what materials we have processed for you. We should have the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  papers to come in. I leave to use the bathroom and for a blessed moment of ... Let’s face it, MIT’s campus is not known for being the most gorgeous ... : lived in. The hallways of MIT are alive. From well before 9:00 am to well

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  okay, it’s a bit early to proclaim my love for this place, especially ... in the near future.   but i digress.   i had a strange senior year experience—i graduated high school a semester early (in January

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  't comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but ... replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  ’s ART SHOW in the Student Center Wiesner Gallery. For context, the Weisner ... our Animation class in MassArt and it was super fun, as always. We had a really long critique session (which is basically when everyone in the class

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to ... percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie Wonder’s “Visions” for the third time. It’s the perfect soundtrack. 11

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  . Here's the thing: One does not simply experience heat and/or humidity in ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  A typical day in East Campus. Okay, it was not quite typical. It was ... wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion ... ever, after having dyed hair for more than six years now. I've always

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014