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• Blog / MIT Life

  5 Halloween Costume Ideas for MIT Students but they're pretty bad

  

  Is this you? Are you an MIT student who can't get in on the October ... get to go up to them and say, "Boy, that really was the bee's knees ... how Chiron, the wisest of the centaurs, would have wanted his legacy to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  This is entry #2 in my series "entries that need to be written ... are only graded in a pass/fail fashion -- if you get an A, B, or C in a ... people tend to get lower grades first term at MIT than they've ever gotten

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  's supposed to start in less than 48 hours. Figure 2. MIT's travel agent ... ) senior capstone class, which is essentially a course on "How To Make Stuff ... . Friday: I mosey on over to Logan Airport not-so-bright and early in the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  in person, or just how much "mathematical maturity" I need to take it ... selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in ... starts, everyone who opted in is assigned to a seminar and an advisor

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  when trying to get in touch with them, as it may take them several days ... st, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... considered for Early Action. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get them to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  ...which makes me think of how much time i had this summer to do things!! i took ... week and walking to classes every day, but now i just sit in my room ... times. i just want to get homework done!! and do nothing else!!! but ever

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  belief that things will get done, no matter how impossible it seemed in the ... I was happy with how fall turned out in the end, I was miserable for ... .04 was how useful it can be to have good people to work with. 4. 5

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  behind the inertia matrix and how to use in summation form to simplify ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family ... hate how the living groups work here because I have to live with the same

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... we play and suggestions on how to do it. Several months ago, I joined the Wind Ensemble for 3 reasons: I didn’t want to forget how to play

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  to talk to someone else in the department who specializes in IT. Have ... was helpful, because now I'm fine with getting up for morning classes :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  from chipotle with the app, i will have enough points to get a free ... before we graduated. i haven't talked to any of them in forever and i ... about all the things that must have happened in there in the past. how

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  know how to make. This led to me somehow being designated as being "in ... everything in their rooms and taping their room keys somewhere to their body ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... to rest and relax. In addition, I attended one of the Quest ... this whole process. But that Saturday morning I was there to learn how to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... potentially rake in tens of thousands of dollars. Reply to no-reply corporate

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot of time learning basic lab techniques like how to slice brain tissue ... ;Introduction to Research Topics in Neuroscience.” Emilienne says that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  inspired me to then start sorority rush in the fall of freshman year. Convince the adMITs to come to CPW. Getting them to come to campus is the best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... one that asks applicants to describe a situation/project/idea in which ... problematic for us. In this example, having experience does not work to your

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does ... one's decision to work in finance are shrouded in the pretense of “it ... trades (i.e. don’t need to be in super early, don’t need to be on our toes

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  in the area of Service Design. (Basically, figuring out how to make ... up via Bluetooth to my GPS. I had to get out of bed and look at the ... 'm so happy to be awake at 8-in-the-moooorning! Yeah, it's trash day

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007