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• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  reminder of how easy it is to pass a day without making the most of it. I ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day ... saltines for a meal, hoping to recreate Chicken in a Biskit to slowly

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  vocabulary. 13. Discovery is the first time I fired a gun in the Pistol PE ... /8 of a perfect sphere. 100. Discovery is falling in love with pho in ... . And I do have a habit of doing this anyway - I feel like reflection is a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  Starting anything is hard. In fact, starting is often the hardest part, which is a lesson I feel like I am always learning. I haven't been ... lists so much is that they are perfect for dumping all of your thoughts

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au contraire, mon frere! This is a place to recognize and support all diversity ... . Let's get down to business. Who is This Guy? Hey Skeech how did we get

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  later in the day. Maybe that's a bit overboard, but the rain is something ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  workin vibes[/caption] Words can't express how much I enjoy living in this ... about living in a group like this is having to be organized about meeting ... are exec members of various clubs. Living in a house is entirely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  layer-on-layer big-games in the world. It is a very important bringing ... , the Big Game is made in a completely new way! why do we love the Big ... is okay to miss some pieces and send in just a few wrong answers while

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year ... cadets a few weeks ago. It is statements like these that make me very ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  As part x in a y-part series (which is to say that all the bloggers ... store Adam's planes. This one, in A Entry, is more a place to eat ... pots, ahem). MacGregor is also in talks to get a dining hall put in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  impactful in a STEM related field is 100%. No doubt. 100% chance. It could be you. There is no way that a.) there are only 1500 talented kids in the ... commentary." "How is that possible? There must be something in there! I got

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  ; Advice from Graduating Seniors John P. '17 MIT is a great opportunity for personal growth, and a big part of that is understanding your limits. Find your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  much vulnerability, even if it is the social norm. And my job in a ... interests in any conversation! But there is a fine line between talking about ... wouldn’t really count this as a conversation, but it certainly is small

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a ... geography. That is to say, many international students live in the US, and ... . Need blind means that we do not consider how much financial aid we would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  ways it forced me to grow up, and how to pick a healthier path in the ... . I graduated more than a month ago with the double major in CMS & 7 ... to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  know) as a frosh. How many of them live in the same hall as you? How many ... often who is a part of your support system. Thus, the person you get in a ... world. This is unsurprising for a field (again, stereotypically) devoted

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  time of your high school career, much like being a first semester MIT ... life. But don't let that inhibit you from recognizing this is a big step, not a finish line, in your life (and especially don't let it inhibit

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  the daytime hours of my job in the admissions office. How important is a ... specifics of how a nuclear reactor worked and what exactly was damaged in the ... required core classes in science, history, and math. One at a time, teachers

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of ... them in future entries. For families who have already visited, feel free ... pass that advice on in the posts to come. A visit to Boston to visit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  , so I guess I'll find out how much I've learned pretty soon. [In case ... topics as a group, sort of in the Socratic fashion. Outside of class, much ... the fact that I was taking classes I was genuinely interested in, plus a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  interest is in systems and optimization, but this was a great class full of ... have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed ... winter still astonishes me. Okay, the air is spicy and the sky darkens much

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022