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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  recruiters (seen: online platform to coordinate housing programs, 3D ... /January deciding vaguely what classes to take, student "preregisters" for all the ... 'm currently registered for more classes than I'd like to take, so I might drop

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  buying us tickets to a Clay Aiken concert on 8/28/05 --how I should take a ... Marathon on 4/17/06--be sure to check out Mitra's Blog for an entry on ... have been trying to make this a year of personal improvement. Just to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  made out to be. MIT will sponsor you for an exchange program AFTER you ... for the summer that can (but doesn't have to) be related to your ... sweet. What are you up to for the rest of the summer? I’m working on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  grossly underpaid and need your donations (PayPal preferred) to buy space heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... 's probably also difficult for you to think about the world beyond MIT (don

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  ,” according to its equestrian-friendly website. No horses did I see, but statues aplenty. I also learned how to focus a camera, for just about the first ... to my inner gourmand and shelled out $2.75 for a sandwich. Were I a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  field notes on all the fruit tending to plants, self, others

  

  my care. I'm really not sure how to account for this developing ... curiosity for the thing he loves, i.e. fruit, and the fact that he seems to just want to share it with the world, not for any endgame or goal, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  personal anecdote. When I came to MIT, I wanted to do one thing, I wanted to ... going to fit with my personal background and experience? I guess it did ... diseases. At the same time, we're trying to expedite the drug development

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  notifications on, is exhausting. If I’m already online all the time, going to ... stare at my phone for an hour to have a conversation with a friend. Beyond ... replacement for face to face interaction. Then there’s other issues. Say you

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  good. I have a propensity to see something expensive, want it, and buy it ... them on any other website), and some comfy gloves and am now all set for ... that makes it really easy (and affordable) to hit the mountain for a day

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Journal of Negative Results, among other things Absurdities I encounter while livin' my life.

  

  in chromosome 5, leading to an extension of the circadian period from ~24 hours to a little over 25 hours. To express this mutation ... to produce a generation of offspring with random point mutations

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  're interested in buying a bunch of MIT gear and you don't have access to campus ... I go to college. Yay! Here's the thing about college, every single ... , or Bookstore. Which of these three am I going to talk about? Well, I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for ... applied to us, something difficult for all involved. Of those 18

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  applying for financial aid on the Student Financial Services website.  The ... to be completed by every student being considered for Regular Action ... fields for your to report your coursework and grades. This is similar to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  admissions process. You don’t need to look for information anywhere else. The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... the information on the Admissions website carefully for help. Trust me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... , president, etc.), but as the time comes for us to truly decide what we are ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... Make a 100 layer crepe cake Buy some semi-temporary tattoo ink and ... and Japan you will visit for sure one day Clean that clothes chair u

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate", which varies a slightly by academic year (for example: 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  , everything is close, which allows for easy travel to different cities and ... flew to Greece for a couple of days to spend time with my parents (who ... my way back to Berlin. I had booked a flight for Thursday night, since

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  in the post to get derailed, CJ. The people have come here for fortune ... quick search later, we found a website selling custom fortune cookies for ... to buy 700 and 1000: around $500. Alan: This is bad pricing design

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  leaving work :0[/caption] the feeling of buying a discounted membership to a ... how many times you have to go for it to pay off; the calculation of how ... improvement will finally be enough for me to feel satisfied with all this work

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024