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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  can send in our January scores, I would like to take the SAT again. I ... . ------------------------------------- Rafael wrote: "How tall are you measured in smoots?? :)" I'm not sure about ... that the earliest I can start is in August? (I like to get things done

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  trip and started looking in to how I could attend. Maddie Hickman is ... awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack ... more release info then. Keep in mind, I was in a very toy-oriented mood

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  many pertinent questions were asked in the last entry, I figured I'd base ... . I'll post an official number when I can. Oren asked, "I'm assuming you ... in the background [of the stack of applications]." I need my music

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  has officially been two months since I arrived in Italy, and I must say ... month or so in Rome, I was in my “tentative” phase where I ... bus stop when I arrived in the morning (which I found slightly odd

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back ... descent in wikipedia rabbitholes [three cool rabbitholes i found: marathons ... . So did I look up training plans or strategies on how to get my distance

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... comfort in it once i got ahold of my senses again and remembered how to ... or barrage through. i can really see my strength in this environment

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... this was just about two years ago, but yeah, apparently I can say that ... freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  myself useful in ways that I can be for people who are struggling. 5 ... back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by ... , I sat with my mom in my house, watching the ball drop on my television

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  syndrome this summer, and I can’t tell if it’s because of the team I worked ... for shirataki noodles! I snuck in vegies in my dinners! And I actually ... pressing desire to learn how to drive. The one time I used public

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... Kresge Auditorium is on the left. You can see the Alchemist in front of the ... Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  makes me feel Old. I can only imagine how it makes y'all feel. I've just ... that she is "halfway done with MIT and I still do not know how to MIT very well." And even though I'm an [academic] year older, I can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  're also backed up that way in case I ever lose my phone. You can also share ... you should download and test out in your first few weeks of college. I ... can attest to how well they work.     Note Taking: Evernote

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I ... a UROP, and I am now pretty confident in sticking with physics ... . Yeah! Advance mankind! However, then, in my case at least, I asked myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... post as a reflection of how I regretfully spent some of my time during ... than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... little Christmas tree in front of the Student Center. I saw this snowman ... fete, with more Nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this ... infrastructure, because I can’t imagine biking everywhere in Boston or Tucson ... . In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  my laptop so that I can actually use it in Europe. Work is challenging ... asked in the last post how I got this job. Actually, I Googled ... . I joined College Confidential. I finally decided that, no matter how

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  rises, I can spot the hills in the distance. One day, I’ll snap out of my ... day and exercise whenever I can. I should invest in a water bottle and ... what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... set in stone as i imagined: i’ve already switched jobs and roles, signed ... brutal. i was reeling from moving to a new city and living in a house with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021