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• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  it's Tuesday or Thursday, go to class from 7-10. If it's MWF, go to ... it harder to make that progress. So I feel very stunted and though I ... buy pastels from the store. I'd go to yoga classes and pole fitness

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  cash, got strapped to a skydiver, and was pushed out of a plane.  It was ... it take, how much does it cost, is it self-paced, etc etc) and ... redundancy built in to the skydiving gear you wear.  Not only is there a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  any news in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if ... 've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all ... in your life. This is not required nor is it expected, but if anything ... action applications for other schools. You should still put the same energy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  process out there, but it is still useful to learn how other places do ... to or support is even tougher to get into, because it seems more ... is not to get MORE students to apply to MIT, it's about getting the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the fact that the earth's revolution around the Sun is not perfectly 365 days

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  already because they mailed it back to my house (along with my ID, which is ... tires seem really skinny. ANYWAY - this is another "don't let it happen to ... you say it is, because I am a sane person."So yeah. A list it is. 1. I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  with the radio. Sidenote: I love Cape Cod because it is slightly cheesy ... . Best idea ever.) I even managed to not get sunburned, which is really ... , ate a leisurely lunch, and went into the city to shop a little. It was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  . 2 Maybe this is because I’m a math major and it’s hard to have casual ... of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... , résumés: I was having none of it--my focus was on adjusting to the new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  accurate, but it is true that the work done by a chemical engineer usually ... engineering researcher is to turn turkey carcasses into oil. Now, my grad ... is forming giant brown-black polymers akin to bread crust in the 250 C

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  get to attend their funerals. People keep telling me that maybe it is ... live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... opportunity. And what matters is what I am able to do with it. And boy do I plan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  your life in interesting ways, if you let it, but you have to let it. I ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  for the first month of the semester. Indeed, it was a sad day. For 1 ... giant lecture halls) to watch Yaffe cover crazy amounts of information in ... molecules and processes. The picture below is what the board looked like last

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport ... of my system first. i’ll preface it by saying that this is my very ... draw of this city is to find different ways to spend a lot of money

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  still struggle. As someone who tends to struggle with perfectionism, it is ... with, and that it is something that I should not feel ashamed about. To ... their life. It is extremely common for someone with an eating disorder to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  said, "$35 is totally worth it for the two seconds Ina is going to spend ... and gave it to her as a present. The best part is when Ina signed it ... her in person. Since MIT is actually RIGHT NEXT TO Boston, unlike a lot

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... decided it was best to cook most of our time here. Despite the expense of ... see an ant crawling around the kitchen, but I am glad that it is normal

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  to be traders on Wall Street. I think the class of 2012 t-shirts say it ... happy to tell you if you come to CPW, but our first story about Harvard is ... ? Or even a prank? Let's put it this way. Dear Zug, You attempted to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  guest-blog about it, and I figured, hey, science is awesome, MIT is awesome, what's not to love about the combination? So here it is, *groan ... ’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  ". So there is an FPOP for entrepreneurship! I looked up their website to ... . Having started and exited six companies himself, Nick is no stranger to ... -powered phone charger built into backpack, an app reduces the headache it takes to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016