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• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  , really. Really. How many e-mails does Mitra send me in a typical day? Let ... The average length of the e-mails seems to vary based on how busy Mitra is at work and how excited she gets. The standard deviation, however

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  emailed the president, Kathleen S. ‘19, to see how I could get involved. A ... weekly check-ins to see how they were going, and helped develop question ... can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  dollars in prizes, and an opportunity to work on software-related projects ... material necessary to get started. web.lab is a pretty intense class. We ... afternoons. Then the next two weeks will be for us to work on our website, with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  to get through. That's how we get values like 50% red, or 4% blue, or ... Disclaimer 1: It was very difficult to know how to pitch this. If it ... say that red "inverted" to become cyan. How your visual system

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home ... that they were trying to get people to think about and get involved in ... if I wanted to get dressed up or not, and finally gave in to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

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

  

  get a B- in 8.01. I have no clue how that happened; I am guessing that ... to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  : Get to work Check in with the director. Check in with co ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my ... nursing home. Now, I was in no position to be picky. I took both. There I

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  asked So you know how if you want to live in a double, you have to find a roommate before in-house rush (at least according to the Next House website ... live in MacGregor? Or will you just get randomly assigned to them as a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  figured out how to track all of the admit packs going to international students via the DHL website (our shipping company), in essence publishing ... bumping threads on the third-party sites in an effort to minimize the damage

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  . And I'm still upset that I didn't get to fully enjoy being in a ... my friend and I tried to build a sleep scheduling website for ... gate at jfk... how i'd missed this[/caption] Now, you have to understand

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... ,000,000 minutes of getting-fit-@-MIT. Those are some big numbers. It’s easy to see why. Smack-dab in the middle of IAP – when everyone is trying to relax

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure constructively, no matter how bad it is, picking out whatever there is to learn ... taking courses in their majors. I went to the student talks that we have at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  than starting. In a lot of ways, getting back into lifting feels a lot ... at square one, but I’m not. I feel like I’m getting back to where I was ... ’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  'd also like to know how many Indian students on average get admitted into ... to answer them now... Matt's Helper asked, "What did you major in, when ... learn some hindi and of course urdu know how follows itself. its grt to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed ... managed to get someone to fill in for the clinician. I was given some ... , my thoughts were, how do we get people invested in continuing these

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  wanted to get more work experience, and those things were true, but i also ... how i would have to smash my foot into the ground a thousand times more ... was currently in, and as long as i did so things would naturally get

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... to process STEM-related content in the mornings than at night. Doing ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  to the Admissions website, and were going to feature staff and student ... wanted to give applicants and the public an opportunity to get a view of the people who worked at MIT, to give you a chance to get to know us

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025