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• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  before every lecture (1.5 hrs MW), so I opt to listen in and annotate those ... happened to be leading up to our first exam, which we’re allowed to bring in ... Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  may want to do in the future. Rule No. 1 Don't be a afraid to put ... field you are interested in, went to the grad school you are looking at ... looking at. The MIT connection is a great way to find an in. You have to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  disabilities services to talk about how I can get around and get caught up in my ... could barely make it up the stairs I was in so much pain. I promised to go ... spent a couple of hours in the morning waiting to be seen by the doctor

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  , technician jobs). Some people choose to get their master's in order to build up ... the blog, because I get to impart all kinds of advice from an almost ... information I can ask students and faculty in the graduate programs to which I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  countless airline stewardesses, and went back to sleep. In my dreams, I ... processed foods at the Harvard Fall Festival (not in any way related to ... no doubt trying to calculate the tension in the cable, deserves a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send ... voting tactics to win, as others in the competition have – we ... successful and failed policies have been deployed to address it in the past; [2

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to ... (the system is unable to display decisions for those who applied in Early ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log into

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  in different weeks so that you have one or two exams to take every two ... the scheduling for every exam and you get three exams in three days ... that last one up), but it mostly just boils down to you getting hosed by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to point in the same direction and stay that way. Add them up, and you get a ... these doors to control where the cats go in the house. Like this little

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  . PS. Points to who can get the pop culture reference in the title. PPS ... getting snapped at by a vendor for analyzing the fruit too much, we began to ... pineapples, so of course, I used my trusty sidekick Google to get me through it

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  typical) but as someone (maybe a child) who knows how to get places ... . Experience the weight of knowledge. Get frustrated at having to ascend or ... Bridge in the middle of winter. Tell people you go to school "in Boston

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a ... chemical reactions (reactions that oscillate in time and space), so I had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  ." If only I were to get in, I thought, I'd be set. My life would be made ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center ... If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January, I’ve walked through this lobby nearly every weekday to get to my ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  what score you need to score to get in. But remember, scores aren ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... 've never seen an AMA before: in the comments below, feel free to ask any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... different teams will cooperate in order to achieve that goal. Why is this

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool ... . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  visualization, or to watch a significant person in the field talk about it) 5) Get ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to ... sooner. David D. '17 You're coming to MIT, one of the best universities in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... if you decide to go to college far from home or in a big city. The end ... this link. We hope to see you there!Fly-In ProgramsThis past year, we

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025