Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  schedule around, and get ready for the semester to actually start, all in the ... decent background in calculus, I would be able to get through it quickly ... drinking it every night because I quickly found that it was a great way to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  , come visit me. They're probably the closest people I had to best friends ... the blogs. He was, in fact, my best friend at MIT. But due to some ... course it's okay. I'm just happy to have my best friend back. The next two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  's start off with a quick biology question:Q: What's the best way to entice ... crammed in your tiny room trying to solve the hard problems together and ... this week are waiting for the newest psets to come out, come in your hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  you end up “doing CP*” is an okay way to “do CP*”. No matter the type or ... this event. We’ve all done our best to pick of the pieces of a scattered ... isolation and misery because of the way that I am. You know what? I came to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  kind of defense is man-to-man defense, where each player on the defending ... offenses try to make defense harder by spacing their five players around the ... around the court, each one standing in a way that prevents direct runs to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  Wednesday the 12th, so plan on emailing or commenting your questions to me by ... your hands, don't let the rest of the world pass you by. I'm sure it ... DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  way that you might love the gym. You go in all excited to be healthy and ... upon by a great collection of butts belonging to the also awesome friends ... my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  every prefrosh I did and did not meet: the best is yet to come. :) ... ’d asked to help us get the event started had had different ideas. We ended ... campus to enjoy every year before the start of fall semester. Whether you’re

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  ." Get a place to stay. Hostels are usually the best bet for students ... them and get gas). Bikes are fun. Walking is good for your health. Public ... your own, living the life might sound, in reality, you are there to work

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the ... your grades just the way they would appear on your transcript. No need to ... grades are released, OR by February 15th, whichever is earlier. The form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  dashboard (Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform by the way). Usually it'd look ... hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all getting desensitized to the negative connotation of procrastination so that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Out of Context Quoteboard SFW for the blogs, unfortunately

  

  that is surviving an MIT semester. The concentration of emails sent to ... honestly, most of the quotes that get sent to this list have similar energies ... ...on the toilet!" “I tried, and by tried I mean meticulously googled

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  you need to update your application after you submit it, the best -- and ... provided answers to some additional FAQs: Deadlines The deadline is ... the scores that make you look best, and we do abide by Score Choice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  What's that? You think the celebrations ended with the Toast to Tech ... groan, now.) MIT is a fairly unique school when it comes to on ... students are not required to join the campus meal plan (although don't worry

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  of your life! And the rest of your life is going to be so much more ... , to which I retaliated by going out and getting Daily Paperfolding or ... to read your mind. 2. Resist verbally. Firmly tell the EBE to leave

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s trending?: My Computer Vision final project Where trendy styles = adding styling to trend lines

  

  network was able to attain 78.8% accuracy on the test set. If you’re ... slope. It is a testament to the human visual system that for computers ... -based image, it is of little use. If we can begin to analyze the data contained

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  ways you can spend your IAP. The MIT Externship program is expertly ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... you to one starting point. Asking many people this question is a quick

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the ... this program is only open to MIT students, the application pool to these ... that the MIT Alumni association coordinates. It is a super cool

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... the line and beginning to organize a way of systematically getting ... ! 8. The absolute best memory of airplane food is flying from Taipei to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  responded — responsibly — by changing or cancelling their activities in the ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting ... principle for our process is that "we want young people to be students and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020