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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team ... , and basically that meant don’t get in trouble, don’t get the team in ... picture. The entire team chooses the captains, who are expected to keep in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or ... this year? teach nance how to publish his blog entries so that i don ... 't supposed to do? yes 041. Been in love? yes 042. Fired a gun? no 043. Been

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... Oxford comma advocate.  Gotta stick to some principles in life.) And so I ... , but also in the knowledge tested on exams.  You can't expect to skate by

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  decorate the living room and what kitchen utensils to buy or get rid of. In ... team, a little overwhelmed, nagging each other in the chat to get their ... semester goes on; this post is my attempt to get them all organized and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  's written in the CalTech website how students studying Biology find themselves ... in their freshman year and goes on to graduate. You can do it. And how ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  to be part shameless plug for my website CourseRoad, and part ... ? Whenever you get a chance, try to read as many of those as possible. You ... of software to help MIT life in some way. Without much else to do, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  can see exactly what our soldiers actually get to eat out in the desert ... summer, where she gets to "work from home" one day a week and sit in her ... to his thesis defense in full uniform: Doesn't Professor Tester (my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  time around: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how_to_get ... . Having the chance to get that coveted position in the lab of your dreams ... 're doing. 12:45pm – In which I decide to write a poem because I don’t feel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  and science early, and I get hooked. Sometime in 2000 I read about ... department of defense to pay for my education. I'm sworn in as a midshipman, participate in a week-long introduction to the Navy, and on August 28th I take

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on shape and the prominent beaver on its bezel, but the specific details of ... of 12 people chosen at the end of freshman year to represent the class

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the ... Delivery in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, Ring Delivery got pushed back a ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  not in Intel has the same grades and apply to MIT, whose likely to get in? Do I have a chance to get into MIT considering the fact that I will ... applying to MIT in the fall and was wondering how many SAT II tests I must

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  my team to get some criticism. Now, it wasn't like they were my boss or ... my work to my lack of self-esteem, because at least that, I know how to ... close enough to that. I justify it in the sense that, having a regular

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  How many days I have left in my parents’ home is approximately as many as a romcom character gets to decide her life. Five days. This ... torn. In the college home, I get adventures with friends, bright city

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  Square in Cambridge on the Red Line; you can get to the airport by subway ... live in the dorm assigned to you, a permanent room will be assigned once ... , "Love Your Beaver," are a tribute to MIT's mascot. Liquid nitrogen ice

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... comfort in it once i got ahold of my senses again and remembered how to ... 't include me in their follow forever. in a way, it was comforting to just read

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page ... Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  and I was in the passenger seat trying my best to keep up with how OP ... type of creativity that I enjoy expressing but rarely get to in highly ... 't get to apply the cool design principles we learned in the class to a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  this sticker as part of the (in)famous "how to make (almost) anything ... being able to express those realms of myself on the back of my laptop in ... , that I strive to live up to, Especially, "She is clothed in strength and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bored at work My weekend, a favor to all of you, and some questions to answer

  

  watching a History Channel special on the Kennedys), I had to come in at 7 ... attach slippery objects to my feet and get on a frozen chair dangling from ... miracle I am able to get back down without killing myself, I'm supposed to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 17, 2006