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• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... be closer to or further from home? How should they evaluate perceived ... MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  'm starting to get a taste of it, as I spent over 30 hours in lab my very first ... be a froshie and going to REX events (you have no idea how easily this ... cvs. you have to be 18 to do so. guess how young i look then

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  able to see some family and good friends in both places (if any of you ... . When I think back to my years in Ann Arbor, I can't help but think of ... to have all three during my weekend in Michigan (even had two

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in our work before we retreat to selection committee tomorrow. (Don't get ... on schedule to mail decisions in mid-march.) MyMIT has been pretty

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably ... make living work without having to eat instant ramen every day in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  to get ahead in my assignments because this upcoming week is so packed ... the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the ... of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Introduction To ARTalk An introduction to the ARTalk guest author blog by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director…

  

  break-dancing to journalism, something which I personally feel doesn't get ... where I don't have to sacrifice one for the other. To learn how you can ... [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  future travel demand (how many people will want to go here in the future ... When you are at school, the whole world seems to exist in its own ... on in the world, only able to scan the New York Times every couple of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on ... to consider the factors I would need to put numbers to, in order to ... likely to be born in February than in other months, so given that I'm born

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  premiered in a theatre Wagner built specially for it. True to form, the ... in various ways by computer, then projected onto to create, by turns ... managing to be graceful Rheinmaidens while suspended 30 feet in the air

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  this figure in Paint. How rude of you to suggest that I did. This is ... This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  wanted was to learn how to cook in a professional kitchen. Long story ... next task, how to maintain my cool when the tickets start pouring in and ... passed on to me. I counted. The word “how” appears 12 times in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area, students gathered to strike. In Boston, people gathered at City Hall Plaza ... . I managed to squeeze some time in to go into Boston in between picking

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  in one way or another, and I’m excited to hit the ground running to get ... opportunity to be able to link some of the lessons I’ve had in engineering ... other direction (as in, now that I’m an alumna), it’s time for me to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Grace Hopper a celebration of women in computing

  

  " focused more on how to get involved in the Linux community and less on how ... getting the chance to learn more about how other female engineers dealt with ... -dominated field. It was also a chance to get a selfie with CTO of the United States

  • by Piper '13
  • October 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  to land a job as a blogger than it is to get into MIT in the first ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining ... blogs Kate excels at sharing how math enters her life in new and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with possibly getting into not only MIT, but to any rigorous, awesome school ... MIT in your sights shows that you must believe in yourself to some

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  ! I'm still getting used to filming important things in my life, as I ... 'm trying to get used to the new interface. I am at no means super entertaining. Nor are these meant to be super entertaining. In fact, I kinda hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old To those of you who have siblings: what's the one piece of sibling-related parenting advice…

  

  -related parenting advice you'd give to your own parents if you could go back in time? [Edit: in other words, I want my kids to be as close as possible as they ... decide to go and do it all over again. What were we thinking?!? :-) I

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  be using the waitlist, and, if so, how many people we'll be looking to ... , now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever ... week. When I get a chance, I'll post telling you what's in there. In the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006