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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  the transition from high school to college much smoother and allows ... ~ maybe once or twice. It's a really convenient way to navigate campus and ... Adventures, from nearly burning down Random to eating food that tastes like

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  really lovely way to keep in touch. Once you get over the activation energy ... vomiting more words after being forced to write so much.  As an ... felt like I needed to live more life and read more before I had a right

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  to your balls and toes, takes 2/3 as much energy as walking primarily on your balls and 1/2 as much energy as walking primarily on your toes ... experience there is actually no need to be swinging your arms so much - after

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students each year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds: community colleges, the U.S. military, international universities, and other non
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  them, that energy, the fact that they'll get to have four years on this floor that I love so much when I only get [annotation note="due to both ... 've quit so many of the clubs that once meant a lot to me. [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  year that still needs to be forgiven? Deeds or words that made you feel ... , /especially/ with Raymond since he gives me so much patience in my day to day. I ... go Is there anything else you need to say? Is there anything you must

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  anyone ever needs to know about the unanswerable questions that trouble ... nonzero energy trying to get on Myspace at school. Second, the terrifying ... from “Why can't shopping carts go 35 mph on 4-lane roads?” to "Why does

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  , and transfer to community college. Hopefully not :) but I'm still scared ... , I think people here worry too much. We're all used to being brilliant ... we were playing some kind of game and needed to add up a bunch of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  does not need straight As to get into MIT. Some Bs are okay. Plenty of ... communicated, because now I seems cant find much information as I cannot come to ... , would it be possible for you to tell us what the status is of Transfer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  participants get to burn food and then eat it)? What's worse, is that 6 minutes ... incentives. Fraternities don't really need to invite girls, but they do. Professors don't need to sacrifice their time participating in a Professor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  that we can understand, or learn-what does it mean to say that ... the ... ? What does it mean to say that space is what expanded, stretched, flowered ... certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Everything Everywhere All At Once a free early screening from lsc and a q&a with the directors

  

  it did feel like this movie was doing so much at once, it felt fitting ... Everywhere All At Once hosted by MIT Lecture Series Committee (LSC). MIT LSC ... screenings of movies and projects them in 26-100. I've gone to a couple of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much” once I finish therapy. *Recently, someone I was talking to managed to ... , vernacular magic. Anyway, back to how much my week sucked. Three weeks, 13

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  virtual office hours. I was then transferred over to the Dean on Call and I ... Pad (thank you MIT). And then I headed out because I needed to get out again ... 's AC units. There are still lots of things I need to fix. I stopped

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  then i need to be taking much better care of my physical body than i have ... am already feeling the need to wear a jacket my right eyelid has ... few minutes for the transfer to complete, and then suddenly my new phone

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  hadn’t blogged, shown up to lab, or spent much time with friends. I felt ... I had accomplished much during the week. I did feel burned out. MIT is ... there are those things you need to do, because they are ostensibly what

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  , or all new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your application ... reason" why you were deferred, or "what needs to be improved," simply ... 's nothing that I see to be lacking or needing improvement -- most of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  those not used to public transportation because it involves two transfers ... part, this is based on financial need. Ash wrote, "Is there anyway to ... only admit freshmen to begin in the fall semester. We admit transfers for

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

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  ", whatever that means, i still need to do some things myself, for whatever ... they want things to keep getting done, they need to know the people in ... , and get to know them and understand them and not burn them out. if you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now, the conclusion of our transfer admissions cycle, seems as good a time as any to do so. The numbers for this year look remarkably like they did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008