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• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how ... you really dropped the ball". So, here's to accountability! Get Fit ... how realistic this is, but I really want to start emphasizing healthy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  me as well. For those of you in from out of town, I'll be happy to ... be tomorrow (Friday) at from 5-7pm in Stata Center room 32-155. I know ... (and hence won't be able to informally meet with folks otherwise or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  basically is looking for? And how can I actually get to catch the eye of the ... testing services to get us January scores in time (although often it works ... plenty of time to get your transcripts in prior to the March 15th transfer

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  ?" etc etc) I've gotten more exposure to politics than I ever had in my ... though I realized there were other ways to get involved without actually ... like everyone under 40 is crazy about it. I'm not going to get into my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  's great to be able to spend some quality time with my family... I hope many ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with dozens of McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  always gets all gussied up for the holidays. It's great to be able to ... The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  stairs once you get to the end of the hallway. Unfortunately, this concept ... jumping from side to side. To their credit, they did so quickly, but in great enough number as to eclipse any view of the sun that the day might

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  in particular, and I do like making high-level plans to get things done ... same time—but I've been having a good time trying to get it all under ... piano was to fill a random spot for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  amazing Alumni Directory (https://alum.mit.edu/as/index.html) to get in ... interesting question, one that took me about four years to figure out how to ... ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• 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 / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  compelled to remind everyone that it's never the numbers alone that get you in ... application tracking. How can i get to know when it has arrived? Can you suggest ... were sent in early December. Do I need to get them sent again? I hope not

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  comes to a close culminating in graduation and Tech Reunions on our campus ... that I would see them in five years when they would all come back to ... passage of time I’ve had a better opportunity to get to know them. This year

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is ... considered a gap year in pre-covid times would have been to give myself a break

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Do you ever stop to think about how incredible computers are? I don ... awarded to an MIT professor just a few days after I learned how quantum dots ... ! OLED Displays How can plastic become conductive? In materials science

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  to this apartment in Cambridge, I've started to cook more, and I'm loving it. Deciding what I'm going to make in the next week, buying ... 's scrambled eggs tutorial and threw some cream cheese in. The trick is to 1

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  applicant "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We ... or emails, it would be great if you could RSVP so that we can get a ... 't receive a letter, now is a great time to sign up for MyMIT! It's also worth

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  what you'd like your user ID to be (you get to pick) -- keeping in mind ... in the actual grades I get this term. (I wish I could be all badass and ... to not care at all for one time in my life? In reality, I may very well

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... , become mini-experts in everything from 3D printing to bowling mechanics. If

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  get a B- in 8.01. I have no clue how that happened; I am guessing that ... to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... , the removal of distractions, and knowing when and how to ask for help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  , your mission, is to solve the world's great challenges, and that nothing ... 's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many ... meaning—but we must all have our own meanings to keep going. And, in truth

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024