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• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  guessed, I did not get to say goodbye to any of them. In fact, I didn’t even ... , but it also prepared me to get through this really really rough patch in ... good friend. As people were running around trying to squeeze in all of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  , and instead to store it safely in your inbox. How you do this will ... 's application cycle here. As you consider when and how you want to apply, please ... we're asking it, to help you get the information you need as quickly as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  , spurring me to scream for Selena, the official bug person in this apartment ... of us know how to use can openers, apparently. The little twisty ... aggressively push the lever up and down in order for the toaster to heat up

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Curbing Hunger at MIT food for thought

  

  Being a college student in a dorm means finally having to decide how ... their living group. In the Haus, food gets brought to our lovely front ... confusing mess of “Where do I start? How do I start? When will I have time to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  : Know how to whistle while sucking in, instead of blowing out. Step 2 ... to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one ... pens, I might as well work for Livescribe and get paid to do it, right

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  visit. How has your MIT education influenced/helped you in regard to ... around media development while learning how to craft cutting edge media ... , experts in their field. One area that seems to be taking off right now is

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  if I’ve ever been the first person to do <obscure thing> in < ... Christian Science, which happens to be of the most beautiful buildings in ... playground to squeeze in concentrated spurts of productivity between casual

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  , I can get caught in my head; I like the freedom to pause and breathe ... on a curve to get a certain bend, how much to let the metal cool before ... ’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  would say it's super similar to how The Three Broomsticks is described in ... added bonus of getting to watch the SuperBowl on the bar TV. Not that it ... moment's notice. It does get super crowded later in the night, though, so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  to go into tech - I'm interested in digital marketing and transmedia ... company at least once to see if I might be interested in them, or them in ... show up and they all potentially want to give you jobs. That is, if you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  movie Kate decides to get serious, slits her wrists, and uses the blood to ... there to do in suburban Harrisburg, Pennsylvania? Well, not too much ... went to the only Starbucks in a 10 mile radius (formerly the greatest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do ... 've been more meaningful in perhaps intangible ways. I've been applying to ... , I don't want people to lose their jobs in a society that requires

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  struggles in her life up to that point, and how through the hardest of times ... students had been putting in to plan, rehearse, or prepare for these ... -streams to display the work they had put in up to that point. We want to talk

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... Mythbusters are not foreign to MIT. (Hops into Time Machine) The year was 2005

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... semester, of how to start as a novice and build up your expertise in a given ... delays in getting these issues resolved in comparison to the experienced

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to ... different UROP in the Media Lab, I decided to keep my UROP with the MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  needs to get into Burton-Conner. 3. Restock paper in the dorm printer ... , thanks anyway!" Sam's Mom had taught me well not to get into bicycle taxis ... 't usually work on weekday afternoons: packages come in! And then you have to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous ... applying to the job. The application gets posted every year around the middle ... starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  to people all the time who get burned out in classes because it just ... down. Then I'll throw it in the box, and whenever I get antsy about ... meantime, I'm out enjoying all that Oregon has to offer in the way of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011