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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  entered a randomized lottery to get placed in their basic required classes ... my next point... Pass/No Record is NOT an excuse to get a C- in every ... and figuring out what it takes to get an A in a class at MIT.  Aim high

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  puzzlehunts if you’re interested in learning more about puzzlehunts and how to ... [/caption] Come 2 PM or so, we gathered in a room to get our briefing for the parade ... standing in a corner, and we were given instructions on how to parade. We

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  ready to analyze. In order to get it ready, I need to "clean" it. What ... post to describe how I go about writing my data analysis blogs. So, here ... asking myself the following: What story do I want to tell? How does

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  where we learned about CodeIt, the format of the program, and how to conduct ourselves in the classroom. The program was going to be split into ... to be a video game developer in the future and often shared with our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  lucky ones get put into a folder to be re-read and noted later. (Most don ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or ... can’t find it on the website, they don’t show you on the tours and you

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  finally woke up. I sprayed dry shampoo in my hair, and headed to MIT Medical ... and talk about things, and how to cope with the pressure that is MIT ... common alloy in the steel jewlery I was having bad allergic reactions to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  campus tour so you'll know how far she has to walk in the cold, go to ... this piece I want to address specifics - in particular, down and dirty ... saying - they need you to help get them through this process. Here is where

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... ://www.mit.edu/~yourusername. A username can also get you an MIT certificate, giving you access to ... cannot change it. Do you really want to answer to "hotdog88" in three years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  in mind as you tackle your question? Break down. Now get to ... wanted to work on it in the future. I'm writing this post because I ... qualified I am to write this, but I thought I'd just give my two cents in for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  a bar that each school has to clear in order to remain on your radar ... effort that goes into applying. But, to certain extent, I get it. Yes, normally there is a threshold of requirements that students have to get

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  continues to maintain our website. In addition, later on we formed a few sub ... sophomore blogger will get to blog Ring Premiere! So I must admit, I didn ... ), and I am proud to present this year's Ring Premiere to you in words

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  the blogs and imagining a future in Cambridge—having the opportunity to ... about how MIT students spent their days in classes, clubs, or hobbies, so ... note="independent activities period! four weeks in January to do whatever

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  asked in the last post how I got this job. Actually, I Googled ... . I joined College Confidential. I finally decided that, no matter how much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  pervasive in all of engineering, including: How to document and communicate ... in a large, multi-week project. How to identify and search for the ... become the best statistician in the world may try to take every statistics

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  ) website. In regards to Harry Potter, I secretly still want to be a ... to even how my island is going to look like in Animal Crossing. I try my best to minmax and try and get as many tasks done in once. This is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Getting MISTI-fied There's a loud boom coming from Lobby 10.

  

  going on titled "Youth Culture, Music, and Cell Phone Branding in China" over in Sloan but I won't make it there in time. A later passage down ... Contests, and even a Soccer Tournament I'll try to update this entry as I

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone ... 't get done. i've learned how to poke people and ask them how things are ... folders. i've learned many wording tricks to use in emails to get points

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they develop in the next ... fetch quests in Spiderman, which really spoke to how burned out my brain ... summers to catch up on the hobbies that I don't actually partake in at all

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020