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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Answer is Yes Tips for navigating your first month here with a Greek life emphasis

  

  This post is for incoming freshmen (with a slight bias toward ... started packing for your adventure and I hope you're shaking with excitement ... incidents and alcohol related deaths. He came home for Thanksgving that year

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  for Course 1C (civil engineering) majors, but there are lots of people ... focus for this class is infrastructure projects, the keystone of civil engineering. So far we have covered method for financially evaluating projects

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  Ahh Pi day. It's an important day for nerds worldwide, but it's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused ... , decisions day (D-Day from here on out) is upon us and for the prospective

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  time, and now actually gets taken seriously. And for good reason too ... across otherwise. You get to be the dude or dudette who provides the hook-up ... respect your wishes, even if you ARE a certifiable moron for going with the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  officially graduate and should probably stop blogging so...be prepared for that ... of dignity. I do it all for you, dear readers. So, entry number 1 ... (I was in a single, which actually really sucked for Orientation), so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  with Michael about his vision for the next generation of college campus ... school for a Masters in Comparative Media Studies. Basically, there is no ... a thesis for my program, and the profs - from day 1 - tend to scare

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  takes advantage of. For example, you can borrow a laptop, read MIT Alumni ... learned from them and used them to confirm that I wasn't ready for graduate ... often help with funding if you do it through the Institute. Prepare for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... . Jim Ross lecture I admit it; growing up, my brother and I watched pro ... is also a licensed professional wrestling manager and performs for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  ? At least for me, I would be so excited that I could barely sleep the night before. My clothes were laid out for me, my lunch would be packed ... changed a bit, though not as much as you would think. In preparation for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Gold Medallion 2006 award for ... . However, rather than settle for a second choice, the valedictorian at Charles Herbert Flowers High School started applying for scholarships early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  : * (generally) higher pay (investment banks can pay up to around $10,000 for a ... allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  Press has a nice story about "gap years" that has been picked up by news ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  some commenters, I will have some integration bee sample problems up tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story ... I received on Dr. Tabacco's second test (my lowest grade at MIT for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! This entry is a eulogy for my ... projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first ... receptors, which suggests that it's important for maintaining the strength of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  forgot dinner and are in fact pining for a cold drink, hot sandwich, or ... everything's closed for the night. What do you do? Put the two together, and ... lifted, and this vacuum attachment moves in for the kill. There are

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap Gap years are a good option for some students.

  

  picked up by news organizations across the country. I first saw it at cnn ... quotes below for comment. Many college admissions officers support the idea [of deferring admission for a year or two]. While cautioning that a "gap

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... Midwest. So for four-ish days my girlfriend and I went to visit my cousin

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  could see. However, we couldn’t stay up there for long – it was also ... first stop was the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA for short), where we got to ... -camouflaged critters among the leaves. At one point, he even casually scooped up a snake

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  found out about this game, I ended up playing it for three whole hours ... links and somehow end up on the article for Cincinnati, Ohio?" Imagine if ... to this. For example, did you know that [annotation note="btw i

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of ... narrow my eyebrows. When does IAP start for MIT students? Most classes ... ’m sure it’s true for a not-insignificant percentage of the student

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021