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• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  much fun as it is being pompous and loathed by everybody, just don't do it. Nobody likes that guy. You don't want to be that guy, do you?) 4 ... towards your applications but you like talking to, or whatever. It doesn

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  art style is very unique, and although it took a bit of getting used to ... album is no different. It came out a bit ago, but we just got around to ... final. To be honest, it felt a little worse than a final because it was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7 ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice ... Fenway Park, home to the Red Sox. In front of me is more of the Back Bay

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  give me enough alertness to get me through the rest of my day... plus it ... . Caffeine is great in a pinch, but eventually the piper must be paid. 2. It really is better to get a good night's sleep before a test than to stay up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times to be at MIT. It's all the geek-culture, learning cool things, without ... sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  excited to wake up and make my way to work. The routine has it's own kind of charm to it. In addition to experiencing what it's like to be a "real ... and I, we've really gotten to know each other. In between splitting and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  . It is apparently supposed to continue snowing later today, so I ... First, I will note with some sadness that it is currently raining ... asked me to take pictures the next time it snowed (snew would be a better

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  a real life product. This course is a FANTASTIC opportunity to get to ... that it looks like we only have fun in the class, 2.009 is HARD WORK ... is well designed and functions flawlessly. It's intense. Our product

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  probably enter the T if you were travelling back to South Station. It is an ... now, if it is after hours you will need to walk around the building (see ... you’re hoping to make it to MIT, it should say Alewife. If you were

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: I am growing an ... 's a million fun things happening in the Kendall/MIT Open Space it is ... feast upon it  What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? MIT students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  . Now, granted, it is IKEA, so it's hard to tell whether it was originally ... wrote it to show people the way that I chose to tackle an electronics problem that was presented to me. It's not something that I learned directly

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  two, summer is officially over. And with that, it is time to bid the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest series adieu (not going to lie, it’s a bittersweet ... it getting chaotic? How do I make sure that there is variety to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  ). Here's when you know it's time to go to bed. Roommate Jon: "Did you get ... Mathematica could do it." Jon: "I know, the same thing happened to me. I think I figured out how to do it though." Me: "How?" Jon: "Here, look what I did

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  that it was at his house, which was quite dark, and seemed kinda scary to ... wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your application, and often ... my other interviews. My Dartmouth interviewer was so cool as to make it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  stylish that Ben had to buy one. We saw some pretty awesome bands ... getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon ... . Afterwards, some students stuck around to ask more questions of MIT student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is ... , almost everyone i know is in it. you don't have to figure out where you ... your reasons for choosing mit are your reasons, it might be better not to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to be done! Tomorrow, at 10:00 AM (ET), DARPA is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  lesson to everyone at the performance to highlight how dangerous it is to ... is basically a talent show with acts ranging from magic acts to dances ... , if you want to know who the Sexy Borskis are, here you go. Fainting is

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  to doing it. The entire process took less than fifteen minutes. And it ... . . . while, yes, I can still get it back (New Zealand allows you to file tax ... March 2018. From September 2017 to August 2018, I lived in Auckland, New

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... for the class. The best part is I have the opportunity to take him out ... his busy schedule. Currently debating whether it’s too weird to ask for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017