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• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  /places say that the Rule specifically applies to first year ... case may be, there is a reason that first years are only allowed to take ... thought is put into this credit limit. It is meant to keep first years from

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random things on campus. I'd like to bring that back this year, along with a much better mapping system than a poorly edited PDF. The first map that I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  your first semester to be easily fixable with these versions. These ... was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  were up to, strike up conversations. The first few times were admittedly ... first time really having to start from scratch when it comes to making ... lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  friends to my first Red Sox game. I'm a senior and I've never been ... came to an end. I saw my first MIT football game, complete with ... will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  pumpkins before – I’m basically an expert now! First, you’ll want to ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve-wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  science. If English isn't your first language, I think you need to take the ... Wow, I have enough questions this time to do a sort of omnibus like Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you actually learn how to cook a few filling, [annotation note="eat your veggies ... usually more than happy to give you advice or help you out

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Identity. At first I didn't know how to take the news. This placement was ... to shop around for a new one. At first I was actually pretty worried ... on a weekend morning before going to sleep. Not surprisingly, the FIRST

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  that stuck with me. such things tend to stick with me. we were talking ... the word. literally, african american refers to people who live in or ... black people can relate to each other and speak to each other - it's a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  I definitely do not regret going to. The first event was the Inaugural ... come to MIT, we wouldn’t even have the time to find rotten tomatoes to throw at her. This past weekend was an extended holiday because of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  and ask you to spit into a tube and run some tests. Upon our first few ... analagous to January 24th, the 24th day of the first month. You know what ... My freshman spring, I had planned to put up this post about pi day

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  nineteen behavior mice, as I am done testing them and they are to be ... actually sad here.) In their honor, today I'm going to talk about one of the projects I've been working on at my UROP for the past two years. So first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash ... Another insane (in a good way) day! Got to MIT early; checked in with my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you will have to submit our MIT QuestBridge Supplement, which will be
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while ... beginner pistol first quarter of my freshman year because I wanted to start ... stepped into the first class and everything clicked as to why I enjoyed

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  , that I've decided to devote an entire entry to it. First things first ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005