FAQ / Life and culture
Can I really become an EMT?
If the psets aren't keeping you busy enough you can become an EMT while at MIT!
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Blog / Academics & Research
LIFE! is my favorite entry title.
, in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... as a harmless sounding “Exam 1”. I also don’t like how I borderline -
Blog / Admissions
Summer Reading What’s in your beach bag?
learned how to eat.” Hmm, it is a good book. But I’m still eating cupcakes that I find left out for the taking on a table in lobby 10. Emperor of ... was stopped in traffic on the Mass Pike. (I don’t recommend this) But I -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes
, watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks ... pasta shape -- we just used whatever was in our pantry. And to add some -
Blog / Admissions
The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.
upset about how everyone was trading their "stats" like I used to trade baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks ... , and got H A's in my entire life. I applied and got into MIT. Someone -
Blog / Personal Travel
Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.
armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I -
Blog / Community Projects
A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!
to campus as a freshman, for almost more reasons than I can count. My ... way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days ... It's Thursday. On Monday I'm heading back to campus, along with -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.
I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting to attend 5.13 (Organic Chemistry II) office hours, but instead I found -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.
quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will ... -career Sloan Fellows...we also have to form a IT-based startup in a team...And I ... -breathing startup, whereas I'm still thinking in a more theoretical realm... I love -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.
in Cambridge and doesn't actually live there, I'm sort of detached from ... 't appear to be very fond of us.) #56 - I want this book. (How about it, Mom ... face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from -
Blog / Athletics
Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.
experience. (As some others of you may also be dimly aware, I was in the ... about this, since (as stated above) I was in band in high school. The band ... I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are -
Blog / Classes
Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess
In my last post (which was way too long ago 😖), but I guess I should ... dropped 9.00. It was interesting, but I wasn't in the mood to write an essay ... incredibly interesting to see how much has changed since I left, and how much I -
FAQ / Life and culture
What other student activities can I do?
You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from -
Blog / Academics & Research
Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation
them. In the meantime, I did an Instagram Live for MIT Admissions with ... 13) I am in Seattle, in my parents' house, and more specifically in ... 't know how long I'll be here or where I'll go next. If you've taken and -
Blog / Life after MIT
Full Circle Professor Anna
north parking lot at 3:45am. So that’s how I found myself bundled up in ... I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It ... undergrad at MIT, I got a book in the mail from an author I nicknamed -
Blog / MIT Life
This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above
card costs exactly $15. (In case you're curious or vegan, I blocked ... I might as well tell you straight away that this story ends with Lady ... culminating in the unveiling of a 20”x24” Polaroid portrait of Polaroid -
FAQ / Visit
Where can I find a campus map?
Behold, whereis.mit.edu. Just search for rooms (“admissions”), services (“public parking”), or whatever else you might need. -
Blog / Community Projects
[Infinite] Quarter Mile quarters + packing tape + sore knees == help cure MS
they can turn a dollar bill into four quarters? Truly, we live in the ... Wikipedia, is when: On several days each year, the sun sets in alignment with ... Newgrange and Maeshowe in that the sunlight passes through the mass of the -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can I find admissions statistics?
If you're looking for admission statistics that's a good sign because we love stats too! You can learn the number of applicants, admitted students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions -
Blog / Miscellaneous
today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become
like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am, blinking into the mid-afternoon sunshine, trying to recall how I got here ... in diary pages and used calendars. Another year until I acquired the