Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh yeah, and to get an MIT degree. After four years, I've completed neither goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive Some thoughts for everyone.

  

  A few of you are starting to receive your decisions. To those of you ... very, very proud of your accomplishment. To those of you who didn't get in, please continue to hold your heads up high. We didn't have room for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  beautiful words by my dear friend Amy F. '20. It's conclusions she's come to ... ado... How do I meet know more people (To new friendships! A special thanks to my dear friends Matt Q. ‘19 and Noah M. ‘20) Recently, a friend

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT, Time to Step Up? just in today

  

  Youtube video supplements in college admissions As applicants, what are your thoughts?

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  while you guys. I'm happy to report that I'm alive and I'm actually doing ... 's something that I've simply convinced myself to be true, but MIT in fact does ... ) and it still doesn't feel like I quite have the grip on how to navigate

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  's exactly what it sounds like. Undergrads get to work with professors, Ph ... that MIT offers to their undergrads. However, getting research faculty to ... to be! Here's some general tips and comments I have about UROP hunting

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  Do you want to relive your favorite pop culture moment? Do you enjoy ... talents? Do you long for opportunities to support a good cause while being entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  . This is probably due to the fact that I'm not on campus and, while I'd like to blog about things I've been doing around my house, it's not going to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  This week in blog entries posted by people who no longer go to MIT, and sometimes go to trivia together, and eat each other's nachos: my ... to still take advantage of the incredible opportunities MIT has to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I ... stuff, what have you -- I try to always keep a tab on what's going on in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Whether I like it or not, my senior year at MIT is coming to a close ... today. (In fact, I’m starting this post on a plane from Boston to Las ... trying again and again to write my [annotation note="although i am very

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  even got to hear me read out loud in Middle English), the art of writing ... in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be here for CPW itself - ESP is flying me to California, to teach

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  Many bloggers have been posting about their decisions to live off campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I'd like to talk about exactly the opposite - deciding to live in the COVID

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the graduation speaker for Commencement 2006. Bernanke has recently been nominated by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week ... like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been ... a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and actually type everything out. So here we go: Dear Class of 2016, Welcome to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... details may be specific to Plaz, the overarching message - time management, the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011