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• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  The last two years at MIT has been a large exercise in learning how I learn best. What I found after Interphase was that lectures alone didn't cut it for me and that certain materials didn't sink in until after

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira esta loam! Me alegro de que yo viajo por lo menos una vez al mes.' ). I don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  It's 2am, I'm up reading about plane crashes (more on my classes ... 's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in ... students working late in lab, people psetting, athletes, artists, awesome

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... open and close his door. Whether you believe him or not, I have to admit ... 's his door in action: A couple notes from someone who has opened and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  varsity fencer). However, I’m probably best remembered as that girl in ... in my life, because out of everything I do, it means the most to my future. I want to be a fighter pilot in the US Air Force, hopefully going

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  ![/caption] Amber: What was your role(s) in the club last year?  Audrey: I started ... and 3rd in design, winning $1.5K in prizes. I’m so proud of the team for ... first season, and I'm really proud of all the work the team has put in. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Clay Aiken! I'm not sure how to explain the phenomenon I witnessed on ... do not do justice to how Clay-obsessed some Claymates are. I don ... like Elvis, but.... Here I am with my very own personal Clay. Sort of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  can see the Green Building and the Prudential Center in the not ... ) after she noticed that in the banana department (as in life) I am ... slightly green (as in life)).   Cory R. '14 and I recreated the bread later

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and ... call New York City home. You may know Fabolous from his songs such as "I Can't Deny It" and "Breathe," and you may know Lloyd Banks from 50 Cent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  can listen along. I wish there was a mirror, though, so that the ... contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this means recognizing the winners of the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  where we strutted down the bus aisle, it really hit home that I can always ... Hi, everyone! The soccer season has just wrapped up, and I wanted to ... : where we show up two weeks before school starts in order to start training

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  islands located off the harbor. You can kayak between them, as students in ... so you can get a spot on the middle deck for the best views. (I arrived ... boyfriend: "I don't know, but I wish I could ride in a boat that's being towed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  David in tow, I visited Random Hall, one of MIT's more distinctive ... . ;-) I chatted with Mike '09 in the basement, along with Antti, a prefrosh ... these confident facial expressions, we can infer their wide backgrounds in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  Nights) but still. You can imagine how therapeutic it was. A week ago, I ... . On Thursday, I was about to scan and e-mail in an application form for ... . Um. AHHHH! I freaked, ran to his office, only to learn that he was in a

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

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the ... this is how I hire bloggers   Be a blogger! As usual, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates And Shannon’s Formula Random mid-week fun, and a few small updates for admitted and waitlisted students.

  

  care of this for you. Random fun: In this post I mentioned that Shannon ... best job in the world. And then I [think about the admit rate], and I ... should arrive very soon! In the meantime, please don't forget to register

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  . I can tell you that the answers (in order) will be a nine-letter word ... One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  By the numbers Who needs words to talk?

  

  immersed in the MIT culture. I am certainly a full-blooded MIT student, and ... ...no joke. But I think the fact that we can name any precise location on ... else that I know of. They’re the kind of thing that serve as a dead

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 7, 2007