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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . Go to a website like firehose.guide and look at your choices. Schedule ... rules of thumb Pay attention to hours listed in subject evaluations. Theoretically one unit is supposed to correspond to one hour of work, but this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  ’t just have been you who did bad, right? You want to sleep, preferably for around 24 hours to catch up with all the sleep you’ve missed this week. Seriously, when’s the last time you went to bed before 5 AM? But alas, your

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  Center[/annotation] have limited hours, those looking to squeeze in a quick ... to take part. In addition to the confinement of hours like Gloria noted ... be used in certain hours due to noise to nearby rooms. Additionally

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  hours dedicated to grinding out reports for this course, I have finally ... , you have to understand that it’s important to read beyond just all of ... comprehensive visual guide to your report. This is the fun part, so give yourself

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  - features. Keep in mind that this guide is just an introduction; I chose to ... -English guide are inspired by How To Get Around MIT, the student-produced handbook ... translating certain MIT concepts or words or course numbers when I'm talking to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  'll hold the rest for the second edition of The Unofficial Guide to ... of mentioning this to a dinner table-ful of MIT students, who crisply ... Question #12 on your 18.03 problem set, which happens to use a lot of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... would cringe seeing this post), but I find it fun to read an analysis of my sign and see what parts I do or do not relate to. Plus, I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  to a place enough times, all your visits start to blur together. This ... only way to describe us is “formerly returned students.” This year, there ... life experiences, and we’re here to talk tips and tricks, to tell the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  .5 hours free to manage the rest of my life, studies and all.   ... was trying to juggle so many things and multitask every hour ... the slides—throwback to 18.06. This 18-letter word

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  favorite subject. The first time I went to office hours, my mind was blown. I ... is so important to learn from your peers rather than compare yourself ... right UROP (I got to make a guide to difficult conversations for mine

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What I Did in High School in the actual sense of the phrase

  

  was to get service hours to qualify for National Honor Society come our ... Here’s a friendly step-by-step guide to being Junior Year Michelle, i ... did in high school, they tend to mean “what went on their application

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 20, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  up being useful - or at the very least informative - to most of the ... going to be useful or informative to anybody, except for future me who wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bursting the MIT Bubble 1.0 things to do in Downtown Boston

  

  science, want something to learn over the summer and possibly get a verified ... regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but when the post-finals laze took over, I devoted most of my time to local

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  uninitiated? How many hours can you commit? Experts suggest 6 to 10 per week ... hours to socialize. 5 hours to waste on grooming, latest YouTube hits, and ... importance. {oscilloscope photo credit to Banti G. '17}  I can speak

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  the important people but I'm pretty sure they didn't want to talk to me ... , right? Right. After two hours of waiting, I made my way to my seat. A ... of the important people on his way out. This was going to be the chance

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  .[/annotation] I speak with my insurance every six months to verify that yes, I ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate school, or go to an extended retreat in the mountains of Italy, you most

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coping With Anxiety What is anxiety? What is panic? Definitions? Confusion? FINALS?! Cats.

  

  day are not okay. When things get to be too much, it is really important ... student support services during walk in hours to chat with Evan or a Dean. Or going to walk-in hours at Mental Health & Counseling to talk

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  80,000 hours or Wait But Why’s guide to choosing a career. During grad ... half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could ... book outside and set aside a few hours to think about the decision I have

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  Hello MIT blogs! I love blogging. I applied to be a blogger on whim ... still seems to be around from the batch that got selected with me on that ... be working on my thesis instead, so I stop blogging and revert to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011