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• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  want to get you in, have some explosions, show Hugh Jackman half ... mutant army to Alcatraz. 5. I am in love with Ian McKellen, and my favorite ... credits if you happen to see it. Which isn't a bad idea; you get what you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 06 The inside scoop on all 54 units I am taking this semester

  

  long run to government finances in the intermediate run and economic ... share a common Website to compare a variety of materials and exchange ... airline miles, since I get to travel to another country during IAP for this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  , so it's best to get lotteried in.) 4. Kelly asked, Hey Mollie, if it usually takes around five and a half years to get a PhD, do you know how MD ... Museum of Science today to check out the reception site. Hanging in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  (ECs) in these cities, and more. Getting to travel the country, to come ... . I'll do a series of entries quite soon about how to visit MIT this ... Cambridge to Honolulu. Now, we're arranging our itineraries, finding rooms in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all ... ’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... school. In my humble opinion, xkcd used to be a lot funnier than it ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to ... means we get to consider changes and additions to questions we include on ... a wonderful institution in so many ways and no matter how you choose

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  frequently. all in a week's work, right? to wail and complain about how ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires ... them.   STEP 2: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN COLLEGE. This is a little easier than step one, because if you didn't learn how to drive in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  .  Even better, there is no standardized system for determining who gets to ... ’re notified of whether you have a spot in that class are subject to the whim of ... something related to course scheduling. In many of these instances, had I not

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  Station -> Red Line to Kendall/MIT), then here is how you get from the ... …no shame in being warm :) And get ready to have a great time! ERICK ... today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Post-Finals, Pre-Graduation almost done...

  

  . It's hanging outside my closet in a (probably vain) attempt to get the ... lottery in for tickets. The website is here, in case you're curious and want ... shot, but we decided to stop at my friend Cam's house in Vermont so the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 5, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Quantifying Angst the most course 6 thing we've ever done

  

  Three weeks ago in 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming), we had to ... to implement takes in any text file and spits out a list of tuples of ... use most frequently in our day to day lives?! We immediately thought of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  departments, nigh impossible) to get a research position in your first year. But how do you get a UROP?  A good first step is to look at the UROP openings website, just to get a sense of what opportunities are out there and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  , and just get to know each other. In the last 1.5 years, I met ... happen. I’ll write some paper, it (hopefully) gets published in some ... some point in my grad school life, I’ll have to come up with ideas and be

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  get an idea:   In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 ... incentive to get us through the day (like during the memorable week when an ... to log into the phone system, and wait for calls to come in. While I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  general tips on how to get back on track. Note that each S^3 Dean interacts ... Resources." This post expands on CLAAASS to discuss MIT Academics in general ... , Arts, and Social Sciences, and 3-4 subjects in one department to attain a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  fulfilled without it. My secondary motivation was to learn how to cook better ... into a skillet to brown, and throwing in whatever vegtables I happen to ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  day in 5.112 -5.12 -INTEGARLS* -3.091, or, How to Draw Pretty Pictures ... Milliseconds of 35 MIllisecond Pulsars How to Finish Your HASS Requirement in 50 ... Theory, or How I Learned to Stop Losing and Love Math -The Cities of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  the freshmen in my fraternity the Class of 2012 in general ... Brass Rat in the spring this upcoming summer :) this weekend! Plans ... ) test getting a head start on my 18.700 (linear algebra) problem set

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008