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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Preparing for College or not*

  

  . Finally, there’s the to-do list full of small but important things I keep ... often looked to the blogs for advice. Every question I had seemed to have an answer, thanks to the sheer number of blogs out there and the

  • by Hala K. '29
  • August 15, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  sometimes takes such a loss to wake people up to what's really important ... 's say it takes an investment of 2 hours a day to raise your french grade ... applied those 2 hours instead to something your brain was truly excited

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these! First, we headed over to the U.S.S. Constitution. The U

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  apparently not important enough to put into the main text. Sometimes though ... unit corresponds to approximately 14 hours of work per term) while the ... transition from high school to college can be a tricky one, but you were always

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  the daytime hours of my job in the admissions office. How important is a ... -old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  craze how a blog gets born

  

  itself through me as if it, itself, wants to get out into the world and I ... the time I randomly get the urge to make something it feels like I ... pursuits feel like this to me   it's kinda funny being at the whims

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  'd spend 4 hours every Saturday at etiquette school trying to learn how to ... Etiquette Badge. Another snapshot as to why today was also very important ... So the annual no-problem-set-fest known as IAP really comes to an end

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  ] Rachel made a comprehensive guide to dyeing hair, and went right down to ... The important thing when drying your hair is to NEVER do that thing ... stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  test an individual's ability to recall important information, remain ... . Good thing they train us... I also get to start researching! After a two-hour ... of summer '09, when I so intelligently decided to play Ultimate Frisbee

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  , home to some interesting and important transportation research. Visions ... hours when you consider the hours in advance you have to spend at the ... When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senioritis We'd fight for a cure if we weren't so lazy.

  

  to manage loan component of their self help? Please guide me. It ... I'm not going to lie; being a senior pretty much rocks. I'm only ... possibly a paper between me and graduation. Not to mention that my grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 2, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... , why am I writing this post? Why am I sharing it to you, rather than cryptically trying to talk about it without actually showing it so you don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  . Which means that we will have to find a new housemaster. The new ... held elections to choose the two student reps. A lot of people ran, more ... ) and I were chosen for the two spots, giving me yet another hat to wear

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  with the team That new gorillaz album Taking a 2 hour nap Going to ... Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  (arguably more important). Now that I'm awake I can hit snooze for an hour. 9:00am ... Disclaimer: This blog post is fairly specific to Computer Scientists ... your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to practice saying goodbye to Pass-No Record and start embracing real grades (ABC’s) for the 2nd semester. I'm going to grade my IAP. The following

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... importantly, I was introduced to a group of young adults that I am proud to ... to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating, "I am not going to think about elephants while writing this post ... around to playing Braid, which is sort of like Portal in that it involves

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  few weeks ago, and dedicated a few hours to laying out everything and ... activity is limited to a few hours of talking to friends every now and then ... , however, that Zooming for n hours a day kills your will to do much aside

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  registered just how important art is to me, and how it’s soaked into every ... Compared to the previous, this semester was less tumultuous, more of a steady rush of things-to-do rather than a series of breathless waves

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024