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• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  was hard for me, because I like to shower after I run every day. Also ... . You've got to advocate for yourself, and, if you're like me and prefer ... overtime. It's helpful to set out your expectations for yourself every day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  fraternity, selected behind closed doors. The website malfunctioned for several hours while people tried to figure out where to buy a ring. And perhaps ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  website.   Faith spoke to us for about an hour, and then we had ... illustrates other people’s scripts. She tends to vary her style a little for ... intimidating. Putting work online is an easy way to build up a portfolio, have

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  and personally, and it is hard in ways that are difficult to discuss ... extensions on assignments, looking for a way to cling to the raft of life while ... . This semester, I didn't call them for a period of about three weeks. To

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... upperclassman about reuse (a place for MIT people to give away things they no ... 'll be easy for IST to tell the difference, so no funny business. But what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  sure to get our feedback for our weekly quizzes, too. I was really just ... took a special version of 8.02 known as 8.021, specifically designed for ... remember correctly). The tiny class size allows for quick response during

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to ... workload. Satisfy all prerequisites for each taken class. To keep the ... like a pretty regular set of classes to take for a chemistry degree

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... made online as a prefrosh even before CPW, thanks to the new admissions ... for high school students to join -- we had to wait until May to get our

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  upkeep, food (I'll get to that later), paying for our two cats, and buying ... . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by ... from having the kitchen stocked by a student elected to buy groceries to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  [annotation note="'I wanted to be a normal person for a bit,' is my go to ... Experiences to enjoy outside of this box. I also have some options for the way I ... I resorted back to work-as-a-coping-mechanism for the spring.  

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre ... ’s going to be ok by The Oatmeal An Invocation for Beginnings by ze frank ... fact. I hope you can find the best environment to await and process the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  ’ve heard can help a person fall asleep faster. Second, since I sleep next to ... ’s impossible to sleep though and great for pre-midterm naps. (Accidental seven ... walls of the box, exposing space for you to put things inside. If you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  [/annotation] so I was phone-less for a week or so and had to buy a new phone. 6 ... campus, which I am still very, very grateful for.  In addition to that ... up for the winter. If buying winter clothes poses a financial burden

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is ... real research experience. For me, I always intended to MEng, because I ... -intensive course that I wasn’t eligible for, due to pre-reqs, until this fall. A

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  ? But apparently a website that failed to inspire respect for an ... think that website belonged to one of most elite schools in the country ... supposed to be afraid of a website that has black text on a white background

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  discussed. i have enough websites to make as personal projects slash projects for organizations to last a lifetime. but i get bored of making websites ... and i have nothing much to do. but with nothing to do, i'm getting kinda

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Novartis expects to have about 14 drugs in testing per year. Walking into ... Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  for school to contact them via Facebook. Others suggest that students prefer email for these sorts of inquiries, and would like for Spam U. to ... students we might like to speak with. The best way for MIT to achieve the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  Happy September! You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Your MyMIT page includes interview ... will read your application online; printed materials that are mailed to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011