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• 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  voice. In the process of learning how to put together an effective piece ... friends, new line of work. In the first few months of adjusting to fast ... distilling my thoughts over the last 4-5 years. That is, in addition to no

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  was going to be in the best mood ever and they'd get away with murder ... in. No, don't give me that humility crap, you get into MIT and try to ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college ... likes we get or how many people we Snapchat. Like I said in an earlier ... up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  story of how I ended up in 6-2. 6-9 I entered MIT last fall knowing I ... several stories about people planning to major in one field, only to declare ... in course 3. Before coming to MIT, I’d never particularly enjoyed

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW ... 're getting ready to welcome the prefrosh and their parents to four days of ... great resources so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  in high school and i want to learn more about how i can get admitted ... people applied to MITES, and how many applied to WTP. In addition, I wanted ... my chances of getting in is close to 0 if I were an International Asian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  was another huge success and an easy way to get involved in charity at ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or ... enough to participate in both in very different ways... SK Late Night

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  hand? when do you get to learn how to do all this anyways? Yes, you can ... /meters, approximately (or, exactly sizes, if known)? Is it possible to find in Internet ... wireless access in all rooms? According to the mit wireless access map, it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  I've learned in 6.01 and to get down some more Python concepts so that ... out, taking forever to get in. But if I jump right into the deep end and ... weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wolfram Alpha Tonight!

  

  't search for websites, in fact it's all a closed system, but what it does ... want to a ridiculous degree of accuracy and depth. I can't get into too ... I don't know how familiar you are with "Wolfram," but I'll assume you

  • by Snively '11
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  need to learn how to do is fail, but not let failure get you down. You ... you're wondering how to make yourself shine in the application. :) ... situation anyone in our family encounters. 1. Get psyched. 2. Stay with it. 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  , they had a friend that was just accepted to MIT EA. I'm not sure how much ... I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Healthy Eating Craze It is not difficult to be a vegetarian here at MIT

  

  've started to use this website called calorie count which does all the work for ... yogurt smoothie in order to increase my protein and potassium consumption.  All you have to do is put a banana in a freezer for about a day and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 11, 2013