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• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  extracurriculars is hard. Don't take five classes unless you a) know you can handle ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to ... has shown me that 6-2/6-3 is a field I can enjoy and explore. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  when your body is injured or exhausted, because it hurts and it can’t do things it usually can. When I went to the gym this morning and couldn ... to become better about listening to my brain when it, too, hurts or can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  this in a single semester. However, I can honestly say that it was the ... mothers and children who can't nurse (due to medical conditions, excessive ... and can't get food until the end... and then Red Team comes on and cooks

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  selections, so that you can introduce yourself, get acquainted, and check in. In freshman year, you can choose between either "traditional" advising ... seminars you can sign up for. The seminars last one semester, like a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  quizbowl is, you can probably skip this intro paragraph and go straight to ... team can answer and the other team gets to hear the rest of the question ... things about MIT so far is that you can show up to pretty much any event or

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  and I really want to give you guys everything I can, as far as the past ... can go and work on their own personal project in a lab funded by MIT ... project, who seems very hopeful that a lot can come from a space where

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  friends or family nearby that can store their boxes or help them move, which ... carts available that students can use to wheel their luggage in. I was ... you can keep the truck all day if you need to or want the flexibility

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  , as it can take a while to light up. Travel to the right down Mass Ave ... right after Lobby 10, where you can find MIT Glass Lab. The ceiling is ... the poor upload quality, you probably can't read that on the doors in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  can learn more about the current team at fsae.mit.edu While many ... always something you can do better next year. In Europe, where the electric ... continuous improvement. While our team can only dream about carbon fiber

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... you nice and warm. Merino wool can also absorb 30% of its weight worth ... surprised, but your hands can get really cold in the five seconds that you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways ... internet. The internet can be amazing. I would use the Chromebook my school ... cool things from FLVS or MIT OCW. On the opposite end, the internet can

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  whatsoever about your love life. However, I do hope someone out there can ... Boston and going to the good ol’ institvte, and I told myself sure, I can ... , and I tell myself that was a great decision, I can do whatever I want

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  times so students can come in after their full-time commitments. 42 is a ... project maps. After taking base courses, students at 42 can branch out to learn what they need to succeed. To achieve their dreams, they can stay at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  ? Defining my senior year by the future of "college." I can’t tell my past ... alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can ... rules still haunt you in your writing. You can’t break them without a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  remain on the wait list. Can you tell me where I am on the wait list? No ... the exact yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... over our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  . Mostly, I default to icky canned food and sometimes vegetables. I have become a connoisseur of Campbell’s canned soups. On a good day, I can find a nice stack of canned tuna and powdered mashed potatoes in my room

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on the waitlist? No ... exact yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my application was ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  whatever else you can dream up. Why would you do this? You love astronomy ... unrelated to the institution you are working at. You can imagine that that ... route back at home) so now run 3-4 miles every few days. I can't always do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am ... impossible to know what the yield will be this year. Can you tell me where my ... our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  just a cursory glance at these papers I'm using to orient myself, I can ... you can microwave. If I wanted to be thriftier, well, I could either ... ingredients, I can now vary up what I eat by whipping up the following

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012