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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in ... some sort of Associates’ Degree, from a community college*. So I became ... and March. There were a lot of emotional things going on at MIT, and in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small, and rapidly decreasing) degree, and my composure will vary drastically ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  dinner, some of us went to JP Licks for some ice cream. (This summer I have eaten ice cream at least 5 days of every week. I have an addiction ... Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  ’t be returning in September. At the start of May, the end of my ... -way ticket home. There was a semblance of relief, knowing that years of toiling away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  is 221 feet at a 75-degree angle. It reaches speeds of 77 miles per ... looked at that first drop, I felt genuinely scared of a coaster for the ... before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  (at least for me) OX'ing a class at the end of a semester exists as a ... Sometimes you put a lot of effort into something and the external ... 's like trying to pop a pimple, where you'd poke and prod at the pimple for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  at the ripe age of twenty-one i am beginning to feel my body weaken ... of workouts, i’ve begun a habit of working out at 2am on friday nights ... teenager i could walk in shorts in 40 degree (fahrenheit) weather without any

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  not be able to offer them admission. At that point, we will consider our ... . However, this year, we saw an unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of ... have not been able to go to our waitlist. Today at 5pm Eastern Time, we

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  Penguins at LSC for the impossible-to-adequately-reiterate low price of three ... at LSC. It's absolutely one of the most amazing movies I've seen in a ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  you take advantage of what MIT has to offer, there are going to be ... whether you'll be able to take advantage of everything MIT has to offer for ... Okay, now for the next post addressing one of your requested topics

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  sororities, five of which are at MIT." Sororities are involved in academic ... Ever seen the first few minutes of Legally Blonde? MTV's reality TV ... , you know (just kidding!)? Just like everything else at MIT, sororities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  ). If you just want to see the fruits of our labor/insomnia, show up at ... was able to buy one of the last tickets at 3 AM. Thanks to Dave, the ... actually not too heavy on the wallet at all: $15 gas tolls: $3.60 x 2 = 7

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  what the name of Nance's baby is? We're very curious =D" I think I'm at ... . ------------------------------------- Kinan wrote, "I was just looking over at some of the comments that other ... " brochure, which I think does a very good job of offering suggestions for your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  hours of sleep, the scenery at Glacier National Park almost brought me to ... most of this hike at an average pace of 2.6-2.8 mph. This section of the ... smile encouragingly at me and say things along the lines of, "<

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  -- back when many of them were at MIT, course 9 was just psychology; the ... "Material Girl" at the top of your lungs. I found a pair of 4-inch Steve ... to real life. A GRT is MIT's version of an RA -- I guess at most

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  trading, and research. I have never worked at one of these jobs, but from ... Fund, or Fed (generally at one of the Federal Reserve's regional banks). You can also do this sort of work at places like the government's Office

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2026, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... , but still well above our pre-pandemic baseline of ~9,000 EA applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  More on food

  

  required to buy x meals per week at the school dining halls. One of my ... pretty wide variety of food offered on any given day, so if you don't like ... I think I'm going to be fixating on food for a while, at least until

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  distributed at a swanky event at Top of the Hub, a very classy restaurant at the ... at his feet, there are reeds in the form of the Roman numerals for 24 ... background, the Stata Center (opened at the beginning of my junior year at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  medicine at the slightest sign of a recurring cough or a stuffy nose that ... 's worth of medicine. At MIT, I'm covered under the MIT Extended Student ... for $11,000 USD, the cost of a 3-day inpatient stay at the county

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009