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• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  inspired, I mean really inspired, I sit on my bed and close my eyes. I let my mind take me wherever it wants. I pull out a piece of paper and a BIC pen and jot everything down. I just had one of these marathon brain

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  senior and therefore finals-free) cooked me dinner so that I could study and not stress out about, you know, feeding myself. A month ago, I got home the night before my first J-Lab oral exam and found a sweet note on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia is my dealer." (I was looking through my old computer files and found ... , I still overuse semicolons, and I still browse Wikipedia far too often

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED I'M SO EXCITED and you should be too ... away at problem sets or studying. For a much better (and more musical ... stamp out this precious part of MIT culture once and for all. They sing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  After the chaos and confusion that was associated with MIT FPOPs (Freshman Preorientation Programs), orientation, and sorority recruitment, I ... a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  , professors, and even tourists think about MIT. Why are they here? What kind of ... they not like and what do they absolutely love about it? Wouldn't it be ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be ... your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other updates ... , RA applicants -- including international students -- and EA deferreds

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  most hilarious and zombie-affected pages of my physics notes for October ... the right hand side. (She and I had pulled an all-nighter the night ... encounter AND have solid time-management skills. It's all about what's most

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly ... into a routine at MIT. Psets due every week on Tuesday and Thursday ... lying if I told you MIT was easy. Academically and organizationally, MIT

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and ... print out past exams for my next three organic chemistry and genetics ... dishes. I find my dishes. I make cookies and send an email to the dorm

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to ... provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other ... admission (thus, RA applicants -- including international students -- and EA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... ' bedroom door and tried to hear what they were saying). In second grade, I ... playground every day, and convinced them that if we kept digging, we would find

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  's Creative Director (whose name begins with “L,” I believe, and ends with “ady ... images and digitize its public image. (Grapevines for the curious: Polaroid ... someone had stolen my pillow and replaced it with a laptop. Except the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Sleep is Overrated (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ann '14!

  

  moment on campus… and I’m pretty sure that it’s safe to say: Mission ... two themes that I noticed: free food and discouragement of sleeping ... amazing, and CPW was the first time that I pulled a non-academic, non

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  subject. Begged. We're talking knees, clasped hands, tears, and offers of ... hot topic among applying students. I think back and I realize that I've gotten asked about bathrooms before and during most of my dorm tours I end

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... may understand the next question and not feel dumb. Unfortunately ... into one week, and again, just like any other place, there isn't a lot of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this ... classes like 2.004 and 2.14 (controls) and 2.671 (experimentation). Luckily ... generator, and an oscilloscope. In other words, there's a high concentration

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  sufficiently show who you are. I hope this is helpful and answers lots of ... -page Music Resume attached in pdf format; and 3) one letter of recommendation ... , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  I was born in the province of Sichuan and speak the Sichuan dialect ... what is a home-grown, born and bred, red-blooded American hick. It ... ", and if someone really presses, even a little bit "New York". Well, as an

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  college is trying new things, exposing yourself to new people , and exposing ... beginning of my MIT career, I spent a lot of my time humbling myself and ... younger and learning the basics of living in an urban environment, I had a

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007