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• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  . In middle school, I made maybe 8 “friends” initially, one of whom is ... worth it to have met that one person, Ruby W. ‘18 at Colorado School of ... For whatever reason, I’ve been getting a lot of tumblr questions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  class into your already busy schedule. I have had the fortune of taking at ... locations at MIT? For those of you just joining me, you might be wondering ... much entirely of pictures of me standing in front of various European

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  regardless, moving is a perennial part of my back-to-school experience, so this ... renting a truck at the beginning and ends of the school year to transport ... Today was moving-in day, where I moved all of my stuff out of storage

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  ' through the Stata Center, when out the corner of my eye, I saw this pretty little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... fresh quinoa. There were at least five tables full of food and drinks. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  where you go to school. It makes one wonder . . . But enough of that, on ... college has books. Books come from one of three places: Internet, Library, or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  this year Kevin, a friend from my high school, is like many of you -- e ... volume of work most high school seniors get themselves into -- e.g. the ... -description attached to this post may have, despite my best efforts, given some of you a

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  mental image of the very hard-working but very busy person I will be ... . And I’m afraid that on Wednesday, I will find out that all of these ... . * * * Our training begins on Monday March 24. Around ten of us have arrived in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012 ... For the MIT class of 2012 Gender Male 54% Female 46% Ethnicity & ... Schooling Public school 66% Private school 15% Religious school 11% Foreign

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  relative to like, 40 years of career or even 4 years of grad school also sunk ... m: i've been having a lot of trouble blogging lately so i'm thinking of doing a blog that's just like, conversations i've been having with

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  technology?" Here's the story: I went to a school called High Technology High School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... school right now, otherwise I would ask him--is this computer terminology

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  , and attended a high school of about 300 students. His graduating class consisted of about 60 people. Ever since his high school years, he’s been ... , leaving high school and entering the world of MIT. 4.0 GPA, captain of his

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  school = 0. This meant that I was able to retain all of my points during ... of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The top-ranked players of each game were

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  place to do this. The planning department offers a wide array of material ... Student Profiles from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning Course 11 is a small major with a lot of breadth. It is cross

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too busy studying (or panicking about studying) to worry about things like ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  field of view. A first grade amazement turned into a middle school ... of major in the comments. If you offer to bring me cookies at CPW, I ... (COUGHMITCOUGH), which, I mean, is a kind of a big deal and will in fact influence

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  of them offers me a blueberry (best solution ever, right? It was a good ... I’ve learned more about the inner workings of MIT from my summer job than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  I just turned nineteen, and the journey billed as the first year of the rest of my life is meeting an anxious end. I'm still in the same ... information technology and toward the pursuit of transportation. I'm nursing my

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you ... Filipino food to school because I couldn’t bear the embarrassment of having ... jungle-like terrain to go to school.  They combatted the struggles of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  Research at MIT aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  One of the great things about living in Boston is the close promixity to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about ... Street, passing Senior House (another undergrad dorm). A couple of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005