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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  can't tell if I love or hate. I’ll be working on the problem sets and thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by ... workload is super intense, and my brain can only take so much abuse before

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  sharing with your professors."—Matt McGann '00 Usernames can often become ... characters can be annoying sometimes. You might not want richards@ if your last ... . (To make alternate email addresses later, you can set up mailing lists

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  incredible final show (You can watch the recorded presentation online here). It ... on! Blue showed off Terrainer, a resistance trainer that can be strapped onto your bike so you can train outside. Silver introduced Contour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  can be soul-crushing. But you can also be intensely rewarding.  There ... hours on a pset and finally understand how a certain equation can be ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make ... means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can ... get shop trained before you can use the shop. Some of you might be

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  form, give us as much specific information as you can; this will help us ... have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can ... ). Take as much time as you need to make your decision (and if we can help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  just danced. Life can't get much better than wearing slippery socks on ... genre. I was clearly inspired. Really, really inspired. What can I say ... classes lasting about one hour. The subject of the class can range anywhere

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  , but that's probably the most important rule. Networking can help you ... of time to talk you right then, but you can always follow up with them ...  you have the length of an elevator ride to pitch an idea. You can't get

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right ... else I can really think to say. I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  entry, for your reading pleasure :) ~*~ First up: DevLinks (You can ... cooperation between NGOs. Having just been to India, I can tell you that it ... , Sneha ^.^), I can stalk NGOs instead =P Just kidding - mostly, it'll just

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had ... you have that, you can forgo the umbrella. It keeps you dry, can look

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  't happen :) CPW is basically four days of nothing but fun, where you can ... to CPW if you can! It played a huge role last year in my final decision ... something you like - and then join. Can you tell me more about the placement

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITSO Gone Wild! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] MITSO performs with Aardvark Jazz Orchestra!

  

  the movie Can Can. (You know, the cheesy 1960 movie with Frank Sinatra ... originally accompanied a scene in Can Can where dancers were performing the ... Saint-Saens, Bernstein, and Weber for cryin' out loud, how can that not be

  • by ARTalk
  • March 15, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT has a radio station!? [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Yes, it's true!

  

  Zeppelin Hopefully you can see how the name of my show is relevant now! Not ... airtime, an hour of freedom. I can play any songs or pieces I wish, the sky ... too can have a radio show at MIT. It's as simple as applying for airtime

  • by ARTalk
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  me. 7. I can make fun of Aditya '13, Swetha '13, and Pooja '13. Why ... powers within me. 6. I can sleep as much as I want. I've been pretty good ... near future are largely expected. And dreaded. 5. I can do laundry. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  and to put over beds to keep malaria-carrying mosquitoes off. Can we use ... created a bicycle ambulance for use in rural areas. Can we modify this design so that the ambulances can also be used to carry vegetables to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  .). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored ... things you can do between now and Saturday afternoon: -Buy really cool brain-related t-shirts on the Internet. Now you too can declare your

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  interests. GoCrossCampus can be a very simple game. Each day, you will receive ... owns. If you wish, you can then command your armies to attack, defend or move. While it only takes 2 minutes a day to do this, you can get as

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  challenge was to come up with a team name, we decided on “I Can’t Believe I ... you can’t really go wrong with a nerdy name. The getfit website (http://getfit.mit.edu/) has a function where you can enter your minutes and see other teams

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  Senior Thesis are surprisingly flexible. It can be as short as fifteen pages or longer than fifty. The research can be performed in your Junior or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008