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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  knowing how to apply it to an exam question. (Prefrosh, take note of this.) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  later?). My roommate also just proposed that we figure out how to simulate ... how to do most things. However, a lot of people are confident that they know how to learn how to do things (ew, sorry for the string of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  can be attributed to how course selection in college is a double ... how college has led me to not pressure myself to stay in one lane or ... , the upcoming experience I hope to get in the spring semester will be

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  at that time, but I asked my friend Tiffany L. '24 to get a strawberry ... settled: I needed to learn how to crochet so that I could make stuffed ... how to crochet to one of my direct supervisors, which was how I found

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  's application, no matter how strong, isn't enough to get one accepted. We deferred ... Hi folks - a comment I received in response to the last entry: I ... impact an essay can have. I just wanted to clarify my last post in case I

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  general or how to get one? (Thanks to Anjana for help with the title. I ... million to the alliance. It was really cool to see our research getting ... here at MIT. The way I managed to get this one is I emailed a lot of

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the ... selected for GEL learn how to best tackle working in a group and take ... , “typical” doesn’t describe anyone here, and in GEL I’m going to learn how to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• 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 ... players' average skill level. It's super easy to get involved in any IM ... AP classes, this resulted in a lot of people struggling to get by. B

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to ... , which is typical in Guild, but it was all stuff that we expected to happen ... —players started running around trying to get their plots done—and then game

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• 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 / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  , we all have work we need to do, and the last thing you'd want is to get ... students know how frustrating it is to be sick or hosed or generally ... me in my dorm room, trying my best to stop being sick. I couldn't even

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  different environment. And then in the third phase we get to do whatever kind ... between Tybalt and Mercutio? If Romeo’s trying to get in the middle of them ... ’s nothing to get in the way of that relationship blossoming online, whereas

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications ... comfortable evaluating your application in context. A committee of experienced
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  : what it’s like to be a freshman in East Campus, what it’s like to get ... bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... in just how many maker spaces (or spaces for making) it houses! To try ... —it’s nice to see what kinds of making happens in different dorms and how that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  mathematician with a PhD is sitting in their office "researching" how to solve the ... to multiply multiple-digit-numbers in elementary school, thinking to ... beautiful, and (some) mathematicians do use calculus in their day-to-day life

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... : break students up into groups of around five, teach them how to use ... the perils of group dynamics in poorly managed projects.  People tend to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you ... participated more in recitation and made sure to ask questions, and at the end of ... can get yourself involved in. You'll find that here, time will become

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  't really seem to get rid of. it gets in the way of your coherent thoughts and ... march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023