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• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  follow. I think to myself, as I'm hunched over my laptop and holed up in ... am just like everyone else. "You also like to be in control a lot of ... . How can a college class bring me to tears just at mentioning it? Shame

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short ... panic set in. You're going to get nightmares of every tiny mistake you

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  the AC in my car dies when it gets too hot. I always pause to appreciate ... exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to ... [annotation note = "not that such things seem to exist in Copenhagen"]big pick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  wanted to get into it, too, but honestly wasn’t sure how much time I’d have ... Cross? But oh, free food! Of course I’m terribly interested in getting ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to ... 's snack, if you're interested). In my infinite kindheartedness to this year ... warning before you get on the MIT Weekend Grocery Shuttle (loops around to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... -related material on the side in order to “not lose interest in economics.” Personally

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  life sitting in trains to get to the Place With Sky Busses. The Big City ... place. One hour after I get there, when I sit down to work on some Problem ... eating, 17 years ago[/caption] I miss having clear end points in which to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  .631- Systems Visualization: In this class, we're learning about how to ... work in robotics! The labs are pretty neat, since we get to build things ... bridges. In this class, we look at structures in equilibrium and learn how

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  the MyMIT section on interviews. To get to this page, which has additional information: sign in, click the light green tab "how to APPLY" and ... , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the ... it makes me sad that I won’t get to deliver this advice to you in

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  had to audition to get in) who can actually sight read pretty well, he ... when he was trying to explain how to be more expressive and what sort of ... stay in all three groups, I finally chose to stay in MITSO simply because

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find ... moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... American Idol's Simon Cowell really entertaining. To be honest, I'm in love

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... don't need a Ph.D. in physics to get a good job -- you really need a Ph

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a ... you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT's 41 ... letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  thing I did when I came to MacGregor? Get a rice cooker, because I haven't had a rice cooker in forever. And oh man was it a great decision to get ... so easy to use. They're actually magic in how they work. You put the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to work with actual research, and can get ... really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... need to have in order to graduate."]7.014[/annotation] to my schedule. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a ... students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  site that Ben Jones created, where we could all check in and get to know ... actually succeed in the environment of your choosing. MIT taught me how to ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018