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• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  . Puddles of water sprayed up onto my backpack, and I wondered if I would be ... that I think would specifically resonate with MIT students. Definitely ... item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Sneezes a deep and in-depth analysis of an everyday occurrence

  

  I would like to start off by thanking you all for deciding to read ... . However, when I asked people about their deep and honest thoughts of how ... productive would I be if I didn't have to sneeze?” Others have been able to

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  &J sandwich orrrr I decide I'm too lazy to make my lunch and that I'll just buy ... -beep-beep-beep - my alarm goes off, I look out my window, and I realize that once again, I'm awake before the sun has risen fully: I'm living at UPenn this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  GEL to teach me the things I never would have learned at MIT otherwise ... Hey folks, TGIF! I got an email from Tanya '10 earlier this week, who said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Share Your CPW With Us! I can haz guest blogs?

  

  of view. Therefore, I would be open to blogs from all of you! Send me ... QUOTE: "Coming from Stanford [before MIT's CPW], I actually bought a Stanford pen because I really liked the campus but staying here over CPW I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  So in my previous entry, I talked about how the Medlinks were ... took this medicine, then it would not be an externality because I am ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  took it as a small victory—I would have a solo at my first concert!—but a ... 'm excited. I'm nervous. Most importantly, though, I'm happy to see how far I ... [/annotation] in the only way they know how: a group song. The last time FWACC

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  assembling her course schedule, picking up her textbooks - and buying a ... seeking advice on implementing pet programs. "I never thought I'd be able ... working in a veterinarian office and has two older cats at home. "I've grown

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  habits and how I might change them. Indulge me.) Studying/Academic Work (^how to make studying for finals in December cozy) I have had ADHD since ... . Sleep Ideally, I would always get 7 hours of sleep a night. More

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Good Morning or Good Night? seven am adventures where people say good morning and good night

  

  due this week. Would you like to play Tractor? I learned it recently ... and head over to play. It is lots of fun. Or maybe I can talk about how ... Hello! I’m Theo, one of CJ’s unfortunate friends from our dorm (I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  the suburbia that is kirkland, because i think it would've been a lot more fun, and there would have been more things to do."]i thought a lot about how i liked this lifestyle.[/annotation] [annotation note

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  , social atmosphere, religious opportunities, etc. I also thought about how selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into ... 't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  are cheaper options, which I would only pursue if I knew how to tell ... involve a lot of sitting. I don’t know how my body would react to using the ... taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks ... considering a career in science would be to close the science textbook for a ... teaching people is how to ask good new questions. It is a tremendous art to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  While reading applications, I've thought of a number of things of ... for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the MyMIT website ... angst in the long run. For EA Applicants I hope that if you haven

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  worked? I told myself, in freshman spring, that I would never take 4 ... .096: blacksmithing, and How to Make Almost Anything. I got into all but the last one. I figured I would take as many as I [annotation note="the MIT workshop clashed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  ^Pi would kick both their asses. And I guess his argument was somewhat ... would both lose to zero. How can you stab a gaping hole? How can you bust ... : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  would you admit?" I never answer questions like that, because we don ... on this day I answered the question. I said that we would be more ... , I don't care about how much financial aid we'll have to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  factory for the one week each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery ... ceremony. How did this all start?The history of the Massachusetts Institute ... background on this important aspect of MIT tradition, I want to use today

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check the Mail Pyramid!

  

  , if I were in charge of mail I would probably not process anything just to see how high I could get the stack. I also have sensitive hands - I ... documents and such on the blogs the last few weeks. Things like: "I

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 2, 2013