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• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  first. You'll register for an appointment at the RMV to take the permit ... day of your first driving lesson. It's raining. On the way to where you ... . It's raining again, just like the first day. You line up next to a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guide to MIT: Academics requirements, resources, and miscellaneous info

  

  . It is the first installment of the Guide to MIT (coming next ... you need to register for the wait list and attend the first class. Good ... other potential changes to the first year, so stay tuned. SUPPORT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 6, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through ... to talk to me but are choosing not to because they assign low priority to our interactions i hate when math and cs students call sciences

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back (and for so many people to be speaking English), but I'm excited to begin the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... there was one thing I was prepared better than anyone to do, it was to ... at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer before my senior year of college, I wanted to be a doctor. Are these two ... was a Doogie Howser fan. I used to want to save lives by performing

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  project to reduce indoor air pollution in rural homes. We owe special gratitude to Zahir Dossa, whose class made our project possible; to the Public Service Center and the Legatum Center, which funded it; and to our host in

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale. Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first semester of MIT. Ode to PNR Pretty please Pass/No Record, how I wish you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  to college in the fall and can sleep soundly. But making a choice is ... about prices, distance from home, community, and/or ability to perform well at MIT.     First of all, please   and let

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Planetary Science Introduction to Planetary Science So, first, you would say ... Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative ... experienced my first flight cancellation ever. Puzzle Solution Follows. Are we

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  The other day I tried to hard-boil eggs for the first time. The first ... the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one ... next batch came out fine. But then I ruined them by trying to turn them

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  graduates scrolled across the screen to a long shot of the Infinite, I cried ... now? Does anyone pretend to know? One of the few things that I know ... was alive to witness it. And the current fear, anxiety, and uncertainty

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of ... to college - I played solo in coffeehouses, as half of an acoustic duo ... looking to hook up with other musicians in contexts other than the "official

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  Trivia: In Mandarin blogs, being first to comment is to get the "tou ... practice that is meant to bring good luck which entails being the first to ... this year. He related to me an individual who got straight A+'s his first

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  monstrosity to compete in a game announced in the first weekend of January. Dean Kamen's goal with FRC and all of the FIRST competitions is to popularize ... directed towards FIRST participants but his message extends to anyone looking

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had :) Explore the different dorms!  I knew I wanted to live in Burton-Conner as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  , I emailed and I messaged people, trying to get our first game ready by ... months. It was my first time living alone, actually alone, without anyone else. I rented out a small room in some building, I learned how to feed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  -time MIT sophomore/junior/senior? Do you have time to drop 40+ min for ... to finally cross-register. Step 2. Figure out which class you want to ... the help of a Harvard friend to look up course evaluations from previous

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  first things that come to mind tend to be engineering, mathematics, science, chemistry, and nerds. I myself thought this when I first applied to ... [by Kerry Powell, Assistant to the Director of Arts Initiatives, and

  • by ARTalk
  • January 10, 2008