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• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  . Yes, I know, I'm the only one not in a jumpsuit. I wasn't a part of that ... figure out which IFAFs to do due to a delay in getting the budget finalized ... on a full stomach is that it compacts all of your food down into your

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  . That spot all the way east is a lodge in the Amazon rainforest: we took a ... kept a journal during my travels (I knew that otherwise I would never be ... . On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  room in the Institute for all of you, I really do. I'm off to enjoy a well-earned, relaxing weekend after working for 12 days in a row. New ... Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  that is a story for another day."]emotional support wrench ... in you and encourages you to go do your thing! As soon as I found the positive potato, I knew what I must do next. The application was in, the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  more holidays in the fall than we do in the spring: a 4-day Indigenous ... tasks on my to-do list that I had neglected. Then came yet another soul ... qualifying for a spot for the 2019 US Championships in mid-January. That night

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  . Usually, I am fine with losing a night's sleep as long as I don’t have to do ... pset - I found myself lying in bed awake at 4 a.m. And then 5 a.m., 6, 7, until literally I had been lying awake in bed for 6 and a half hours

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal, do things that make you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  classes, I'll mention grading a lot. Of course, grading is only a small part ... .01: Introduction to Hacking. A student's grade in 19.01 is based on three components ... six science GIRs, in a given semester, it's more likely than not that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  writing team reserved a day in the middle of production so that they could ... write a game. If any of the four games that weekend were going to break, I ... retrospect, that last bit may define the MIT mindset in general—but I

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  alone, and we think that is great. You do not need to submit a portfolio ... media in a way that our standard application is not. And while your Slide ... compelled to highlight a particular talent or skill that they believe is

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion ... Cape Cod -- or so I hear, I've never been; ask me in a week =) Coolidge ... , seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow-apart-and-that's-just-a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... a warranty on it that was close to expiring so I took it to Geek Squad ... weeks. Five weeks later, I get a phone call from them saying that one of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  think I'll leave it at that." [five minutes later] "Hey, the Quik rabbit's name is Quicky... that could be a did you know." So I just got this e ... DID YOU KNOW? "Hey Ruth ['07], I need a did you know?" "Oh, those are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  two women conversing in Spanish. And I generally throw in a bit of Tamil ... expected. The high for today is 59 degrees, with a low of 51, and while I ... /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in return, is that you please let us know. Log in to your MyMIT account, and ... the form. I know breaking up is hard to do, but not knowing is even

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  Prototyping’ (more on that in my next post) and interning with a company in Kendall Square in Cambridge-- a global innovation hotspot (and in MIT ... ’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. So that’s what I did. We got a 90 on Slate’s business

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  wednesday at wai & aina (liveblog) and leaving the mit bubble

  

  the day is milking the goats with Hallee, which I just checked in our W&A ... with a stop at JoJo's Shaved Ice in Kapa'a. JoJo's is a spot that has ... semesters in which students are encouraged to explore, take a break, do as

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  matched in a way that made them very easy to stack. All you need is a ... preset furniture, dorm rules, and maybe even a giant curved wall that doesn ... , but more on that later.  Before and After! At home, I was

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  Ξp resides in a beautiful hundred year old brownstone that overlooks the ... community thrive more in spaces that aren't [annotation note="as a former ... year. I think a mouse died in my walls the other week. Another resident

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ; certainly, the world i believe that i live in isn’t real. it is a mere ... ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some caves, and got a few diamonds. diamonds! i won—and that’s where the story

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023