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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  walking up the steps to Lobby 7 every morning. That was a habit that started for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... being connected to MIT has provided for me. But most of all, I miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  before that, a group of our then-freshmen ('13) teamed up for 6.270 and won ... .k.a. Write Your Own A.I. For A Game Of Heavily Bytecode-Limited Starcraft 6 ... (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  two for hanging up your heavy winter coat (if you don't have one, you ... A couple people have asked about suggestions for useful items with ... shipping expense. Just bring enough stuff for a few days to hold you over

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project ... another elaborate drawing like the one you were up all night doing, why not ... see what happens. “Just see what happens, Mom? I have a plan for this

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our ... . What are the realities here? I know that while we plan for the worst ... MIT waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  called it "the most memorable elevator ride" he'd ever had. 2. Making up ... up. 4. The incredible and indefatigable MIT Cheerleading squad, featuring the bloggable Mollie. For MIT students, they're remarkably happy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... : Everything happens for a reason, (insert name here) is a bad person, I will ... fantasy novels and took advanced math class. Middle school was hard for me

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  back to New House. At around 7, volunteers arrived for clean-up. We ... . Rhythms were broken, routine thrown for a loop (or many loops), and I spent ... scheduled for Wednesday, and classes were cancelled in anticipation of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for the Class of 2013 The "Next Big Mailing" is on its way out, and with it lots of goodies…

  

  characters.Signing up for your account will give you storage space (an online ... as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no longer remember, the NBM ... -do list for the summer.For international students, information from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  it’s up to us to actually do so! I’ll sign off for now - it’s been a ... around for two weeks swatting at mosquitoes and eating a lot of food ... : Collect 60 free t-shirts - ~40% complete. For whatever reason, the free t

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  , graduates, and/or faculty submit proposals for something cool that will ... interactive learning models for project based science, mathematics and ... environments; * Publish educationally innovative content for wide

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  lots of emotions for day 1 of my freshman year. Thoughts ran like mad in ... accompany excitement. When I'm wrapped up in feelings, I turn to two things ... dancing alone in my room to some tunes. Here are 4 songs for you, with

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  't injure myself again, but it still just ended up being a long, long, long ... avoiding ATMs almost intentionally for the past few days, so the most I ... her if I could borrow a dollar or two to pay for my burrito. ...and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  how I came up with that completion percentage for Sidequest 10. In short ... wardrobe and this has not changed for the past two years. You get tired of ... one for this year because most of the companies I want to work for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  , in my very first blog post, I came up with an assortment of general ... its utility for physics and CS. I suppose I still don’t, since I’m not ... 'll spoil the punchline for you: I'm officially a course 8 major now. And yet

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  between GIR levels is fairly common. PE Requirement Sign up for a PE class ... . Registration for PE is first come, first serve. Classes fill up quickly, so plan to wake up at the start of registration, at 8 am on September 2 for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Astrology Forecast for the Class of 2023 Some big aquarius energy is coming...

  week. Tonight I'll be at a welcome dinner for students in FLIPOP, the new ... myself. Here are the results... *Disclaimer: The data for the US ... incoming class comes from all over the world. Also, this is mostly just for

  • by DJ Rock
  • August 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  's already been two years since ours! But CPW is honestly just as fun for undergrads here as it is for pre-frosh, so we are all just as hyped as you are ... getting lost looking for events? Instead, get lost in this year’s Next Big

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  eat the lard for the next year." Alright, so it wasn't actually like ... means that you have to live in that dormitory for the year (unlike ... words to REM's "It's The End of the World As We Know It", for serious

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  EA pool that ended up getting admitted. It could be more or less this ... working hard!) as well as a text box for any other updates you'd like to ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012