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• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... routine. I invest in acupuncture and massage appointments to help my muscles ... , partly because I wake up at 8:55am to get to a 9am class. Every morning I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  see how that applies. But it IS possible to balance it all, and in fact ... some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If ... in all the things that don't change from week to week. Like, say, class

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  confused applicants. I'm not going to tell you how to get into MIT. That ... conducting mine. It was really easy to get a new EC. I just had to make a phone ... players' average skill level. It's super easy to get involved in any IM

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  ! You should also look into how you will get from the airport to MIT. MIT ... in the US so you don’t have to immediately worry about getting it ... "]PCP[/annotation] at MIT Medical and get a new prescription made as soon as possible

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  us scattered in 17 rooms on the first two floors of New House, one of ... maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is really to come and talk to us in person, as iHouse is just too diverse and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  buttons that allow you to zoom in or out, get background information and ... , sustainable difference in how well and quickly students learn, how much they remember, and how fast they can shift from absorbing facts and concepts to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  equation, not to mention slightly more German. I was awash in sleepiness ... want to make the point that the entire ordeal in real-time was treated ... -needed arguments were raised in the early stages of the battle, not to mention a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  when it is in fact only mid-range cheap.  I get to my room. I’m allergic ... ; the machine is kind to me, has free seltzer and coffee in the break room ... ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... New House, which basically means I get to help cook dinner once a week ... everything else I'm already doing, I don't know how it's going to fit in. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... to get my license.  How it’s going so far: I failed my driving test at ... knowledge test in Oregon to qualify for a new permit. However, due to COVID

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Pluto Flyby and how MIT was involved

  

  to the Earth and begin transmit it. The New Horizons team estimates 16 ... pick out details on Pluto as small as the ponds in New York City ... Binzel, a New Horizons mission co-investigator, is also professor in MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my ... engineering in mit, but dont know how to do that! i am taking SAT in february ... mom asked, "So, my kid is coming to EC in less than two weeks (EEEEEK

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  imagine. (Not to mention my gas stove, which I don't know how to ignite ... West to get there. GAHHH). We all got off from work pretty late, but ... am capped at this amount of information, I'll try to get some other MIT

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  with a session for new attendees in the afternoon; I’m excited to learn ... I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... due to the weather conditions in both Boston and DC; the first real

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  and Big Hero 6, and in the spring he teaches "How To Make Something That ... everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get sucked in. Through my experiences last semster though, I was able to understand more about myself and where I'd like to go in the coming years. MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  -campus, having to get tested twice a week, and all the new rules they have. We talk ... back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... doors to the rooms were open, and the light was streaming in from the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  take pictures of the machines (: In the meantime, in order to orient ... Shop training, they actually teach you how to make a neat little flash ... coordinates. However in order to establish your coordinates, you need to edge

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  managed to do a lot of what I said in the letter. when you get this, i hope ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... .01[/annotation] [annotation note="you can take the Advanced Standing Exams to get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the ... , things seem to just fall in line.

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014