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• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... an admittance to Phillips Exeter, arguably the best high school in the ... inspired me to expand my own horizons in ways unforeseen. The smallest of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  the first week of October, but didn't get to it, so I'll continue the ... pages from problem to problem, mind drawn to a blank. By the last 30 ... by the time I got back to [annotation note="After German, I may have

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  on November 2, 2006. This is the easiest way to get a UROP, most people ... serious responsibility. The UROP website reminds you to consider your ... works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  their time! Try to get your application components to us in advance of the ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule your interview is fast approaching! You can find the contact information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

    Hi. Meet my Google Calendar, the metronome to which my life ... right across the street from my dorm. So I will miss being able to quickly ... , I know). This is the class website; don't worry if you don

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  are other ways to get to/from the airport. The cheapest way is by public ... from your hotel -- call them and figure out your best way to get to MIT ... tracks; the drop-off point is ahead on your right. For those flying to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Underground An ode to the MIT tunnels

  

  . I googled "how to write an ode" but then got distracted by one of my ... we parted ways. After taking the Silver and Red Line back to Kendall ... first, I balked at the idea of walking all the way back to Maseeh with no

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  . Meeting your potential classmates and teachers is one of the best ways to ... Station -> Red Line to Kendall/MIT), then here is how you get from the ... your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  - to determine what the best move is in any given scenario, since the ... closest my team will ever get to a cash prize is the 27 days we spent ... nation. The course is able to slide by as a humanities because the focus is

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology a non-comprehensive analysis of the 95 tabs I have open on my phone

  

  need to, which is sometimes often. "Poem 133: The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver - the "Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and ... browser is that, when I'm done looking at websites, I just close the whole

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  register by the deadline and then try to register late. Also, it is true that ... 't count on blog-commenting as the best way to keep in touch with us. Letters ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  to have the best year of your life and then just say "But I waited too ... to get your adventurous little self out of the country! I know this ... have any interest whatsoever, try as hard as you can to get the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  a lot more motivated to get out my helmet. The best part is that now ... hard way by not checking the weather forecast and getting stuck in the ... used to be. (Aren't we all :P) Everything is the same and different, all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  : 1) Google's homepage. 2) My favorite constellation is the APOD ... Atlas and Pleione. To the best of my knowledge, no one really knows where ... , for example, is Maia: the oldest sailing sister. She gave birth to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  down to the great exercise that is [annotation note="which involves a lot ... you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... , because you’re not equipped to face the disappointment of not doing it. But

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  perhaps, that the horse is still getting warmed-up, that the horse is warmed-up and now ready to go into training, that the temperature of the horse is abnormal. There is also an additional strap worn by the horse-rider, an

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  , so who knows why.) There was a lot of “ooh, that place is hard to get ... . The first time I visited the MIT Admissions website to look at the ... easy to brush off of your shoulders. Not every day is a day that you can

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  scores, "the match" is important, they want to see your passions, etc etc ... website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... it by taking the Turnpike, then you have every right to think so. But I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  brought to you by Sahar H. '17, founder of the Sleep is for the Strong ... This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week. Maybe you still have seventeen lectures to review and the exam is tomorrow

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  assassins. the premise is simple: everyone gets a randomized target, and your goal is to assassinate your target. you win when you're the last person remaining. the way assassinations work varies year by year: one year it was

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018