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• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  lay in its ability to transport me to another world, another story, and ... the best places in the world to be a student” and the top two reasons ... research, MIT, and life in general. One digression led to a conversation on

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  ’t know how to do, and would relish in scoring “average” at MIT. Shockingly ... in too much of a rush to get here – enjoy this summer, spend time with ... (You’re about to get hit with a wave of sentimentality, braces

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  pumpkin. Time to make a stem! Get an assistant to gather a small blob of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  about lab and about how these past few weeks in Bhatia Lab have taught me ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... best. 2. Get a good night's sleep. Every night. I've been in lab as late

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  website outages, it’s easy to forget nowadays that MIT is a tech school ... department in a nutshell[/caption] “But Andi!” I hear you cry, “How could you ... Pad pros to everyone in MITWE and the Festival Jazz Ensemble! That’s right

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and perhaps most importantly, how to fix old and dirty whiteboards. You know how ... ’m starting this off with the how-to guide. All that other content is down below

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  . Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please."]IAP[/annotation] period and decided he wanted to make an automated nerf turret. Here is how ... lot of torque due to its size. The Nerf Gun In order for this to work

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  strings to form odd or funny sentences, lined them up in a creative way, and ... therapy dog, Blue, to class. :) In the class, we do a lot of reading and ... hospital and at home in New York. I had to miss my final classes for recovery

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  (thing is true) but why? I go to MIT 100% (or so I've been told) I get these ... longer in high school and b) supposed to be somewhere (read: class) right ... how likely I am to Do A Thing today, we can ~extrapolate~. To figure out

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle ... .   To no surprise, I'm not the only person who's experienced this. In ... People walking shoulder-to-shoulder down the Infinite There’s always

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... "C's get degrees" and move on with my life as soon as possible. But--in ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  requested the contact informations of a RSI representative in INDIA to get a ... . ------------------------------------- Anon wrote, "Could you please tell me in details how to apply for an ... take to do so." Seve wrote, "Pls how do i get to track my application on

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

  a state of moving ny --> ma, macg adventures

  

  move-in because I felt I would get too lazy to ever set it up afterward ... in the room, but we could not get it to work after troubleshooting for ... . Smooth and calm. It was roughly 5 hours to get from NYC to Boston, much of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • April 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  told, I haven’t necessarily had to do before. In the end, the month was ... material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  's great to be in such a small department and get personal attention, but I ... Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  . You may also want to keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This ... in, we will not be able to tell you "the reason" why you were deferred ... ) would love to have in their student body. Honestly. A frequent line to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... was so in love with this series as a kid. we are going to pretend this ... group, I made new friends. In mid-November, I finally managed to finish my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... food people have brought to me. Life with a small baby is rich in ... again in our  environment, and then describes the core of the solution to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

   thinking about how i would go to college in a place like this, and now i’m here ... as soon as i got in my room my web.lab team asked if we could meet to ... , where we form teams and we’re taught to build a website, and that night we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  blathered on and on about the optimal way to make money in game and how to ... sitting in the admissions website, crying out for me to finish them, but I ... in your suffocating little cubicle, and you're going to think: Is this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022