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• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  reaching the heavy heat of Kentucky summers, summer in Alaska feels more ... phrases I wanted to look into later. What I saw that day: 1. The labrador ... , these beetles bore holes into the bark until they reach the phloem. Laying

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  5 hours or so! Well, not really! But hooray!  Sarcasm aside, I will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them ... industry, could be ready to present, pitch, or develop into real products

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  common data set, over 60% of the classes at MIT have 19 people or fewer ... than grad students, or something (I don't know why; I work half as much ... 'm close with have been more than willing to be mentors to me. Plus, Carlos

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then ... "]Hayden[/annotation] closes, or the best times to grab food from dining halls to avoid the post-class rushes, or where all the vending machines for face masks and CLIF bars are

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  tried it." I said. "And, oh, nor will I ever, because I'm not going to be ... , fastest ride you will ever get on. Seriously. Wikipedia tells you Kingda Ka ... denigrate anything from New Jersey for fear of retribution by the mafia, or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  friends do, and I never will. My boyfriend's own ex recently reached out to ... know this will only keep bothering me until I get it out, so I'm going to ... me, or what was lingering in California. But sometimes the past

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  this. Or this. Sometimes MIT feels like one intense workout on a treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach the controls to slow down, but they're just out of reach. You fall flat

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  further ado, I give you: 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team 1. It sounded cool ... interested who had been building rockets since they were 10, or who studied aerospace intensely throughout high school, or casually built planes the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  mit dorm rooms - check out these blog posts (1, 2, 3) and the 2015 ... intriguing: data sonification of wikipedia edits - by the world according to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  venture outside to go to the "happy hour" with grad students from 5-7, or just go to dinner with my student host from 7-9... or if I even want to ... river to Boston, which is about 1/4 mile away. And it's pretty tempting to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would ... American 1% Other/No Response 3% International citizens 8.7% Geography ... school 17% Religious school 8% Foreign school 7% Home schooled 1% High

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  work at the last minute. Or maybe you’re just not really sure if you want to do this whole application thing or not, so you’re waiting for ... ’s why I think you should apply. 1. Applying to MIT is how you get into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  is. friends  this goes without saying so I will keep this short but ... I will leave it at that. quantum is certainly one of the classes of ... will agree that he is unbelievably kind and patient and treats every

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  What’s the difference between Early Action (EA)/Regular Action (RA)?

  by November 1, MIT will consider your application for Early Action. At ... difference in the review process or criteria used for admission in EA (non-binding) vs. RA, and thus no advantage or disadvantage to applying for either
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  . (Sidenote: this will probably become a yearly thing.) Sidequest 1: Learn the ... ’s likely that this sidequest will forever be stalled at 25%... Sidequest 3 ... - ???% complete. Like I said last year, only Jack Florey will know. Sidequest 6

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  tomorrow is October 31: Halloween. And the next day is November 1: the MIT ... hasn't even arrived yet. Please do not harass your teachers or ... tracking system. They will submit everything in due time, and we will have it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  , interact with others, how to be independent, and how to lean on others or ask ... ?” “For the hell of it. Oh man, my mouth’s getting numb,” they say, reaching ... wouldn't understand half the words I was saying. [carousel image1

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  hindered and facilitated by the global conflicts of the 20th century (WW1, WW ... college apps will fade? but if you don't find college apps difficult ... , Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century) Paper 1. Our assignment was simple

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  intermittent use – i.e. when one of the Phi Sig brothers (or friends of Phi Sig brothers) was willing to take a dunk. Oh, yeah, but the marathon. See, it ... final mile toward the end of the finish line. By the time I reached the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once ... WebSIS in a more-or-less completely haphazard way, and it's not unusual to be waiting for your grades for a week or so.) I've fulfilled all my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006