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• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  side of the road for free water in paper cups then getting right back to ... gym, maintaining my social life, and I still get to fool around on the ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  against hippies, really.Every Architecture student at MIT gets introduced to ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  was able to get on the T, miss a stop, get off at the wrong stop as much ... free to play T-Pass Bingo which basically involves getting off at a ... So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  ensures that I'll be able to get to everything I want to cover, and it oddly ... opposed to memorizing everything. For me, it's all about getting enough ... studying, I'm on fire. But it's often hard to get into that state of high and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and accomplish what needs to be done! Tomorrow, at 10:00 AM (ET), DARPA is

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  't get to do a Questions Omnibus before I left, but I promise to do one ... . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  break I'm going to get to know my new camera better! I've started using it ... It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too much happening to keep up with everything, and it seems like nothing ever seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... , writing. it took me a bunch of bad drafts to get here (nobody wants to see ... future you want. i’m still getting used to that quite frankly. i have to

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to ... —players started running around trying to get their plots done—and then game ... plot and now I'm supposed to get this neat item!" Me: "Oh, that's right

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  time filled with tons of events that will help you get to know the ... about the different parts of campus that you otherwise might not get to ... and upperclassmen, and to get a feel for what MIT has to offer socially

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the ... goes to college.) So there you have it. Plenty of options to get you ... A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  you the boot in the butt and tells you to get lost. And then what do you ... wires to a telephone jack, talked about knitting a hat but had no clue how to actually do it, and video chatted with my grandparents in China

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our ... have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  Chinese music from his phone and get our other friends to almost drag me out ... opportunities for getting to know people, which increases the likelihood of ... effort to spend time with them and help them get through whatever it is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------- Since you are a member of the MIT Class of 2007, You get to ask a ... only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers ... we should take out to dinner or where we should go out to eat? Mitra

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... T being Boston’s subway system, which he used to get from MIT to ... teachers, had tried to reinforce over and over to no avail: that we only get

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022