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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... ." Get a place to stay. Hostels are usually the best bet for students ... producing results. Get in there and demand a challenge. And never be afraid to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I (don’t) want the summer to end me writing poetry? what a concept

  

  -down, I want dinners together, and parties at midnight; I want things to get ... I don't want the summer to end. I don't want to pack the rice cooker and carry my laptop through campus; don't want to fold my sheets all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... -- whatever ... and when they get here, they feel an immense need to release ... -qualified enough to get into a top university, chances are he or she worked pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it. similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going ... different it is being with people who 'get' you... It gives me time to focus ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 ... way out. Enough said. Let's get down to business. This blog is designed ... goes to the 'Kids Table'. Let's get this party started right! Remember

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  when it started getting rough. Now that we had a strategy it was time to ... to solder all of our components together and I decided to get it all ... didn't work. This is when things started to get really rough. We

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... send them to us as soon as they’re available. Don’t worry; they’ll get ... documents to you via postal mail?No — it won't get here in time. I know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  :02: T-2 mins… Time to get calculator, pencil, eraser, periodic table ... to get lunch. Run to Masseh to get food to-go. 13:57: Run through the Infinite, weaving through people to get to Building 66. 14:05: Made it just

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  Arizona doesn’t have those things, it just takes a lot longer to get there ... department that tends to get lumped together with the life sciences, but that ... in one way or another, and I’m excited to hit the ground running to get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  everything you've been dying to ask our head honcho to elizabizzle at mit dot edu. Not going to lie, folks. Being an admissions blogger is the bomb-dot-com - I get to make silly videos, draw doodles, write my opinions and then

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved ... just a mess for me to get back to the job from lunch. Eventually, I made ... there were elephants in Cambridge, I ran to get some elephant bait to try

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  A “World Record Attempt” We can do it!

  

  how hard MIT is going to be? Do you think they're scared to get to ... generally going out of our minds trying to get things done. This is ok though ... way to get more mattresses than that. I beg to differ. In a few days

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... to be up to finish homework and go to class at 10AM seems to get me out ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical ... -creating!  Not to mention the epic water war between the east side and west side dorms (assuming Hurricane Irene doesn't get us first).  Freshmen will

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Will the pie be bitter or sweet? Hint: it's a trick question.

  

  : encyclopedia dramatica So don't ever let anything get you down enough to stop ... While I may lack Ben's ability to speak to the heart, Matt's wisdom ... outcome to the decision you receive from MIT, and the odds are heavily

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed over to the EC workshop (that's Educational Counselor, not East Campus

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  behind that is fairly simple. You get to write about yourself! You're not ... ? No matter what you write, your audience has to read it!* They get paid ... about which new Ferrari he's going to buy.** See, these people get money

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  for high school. Sometimes it's possible to get extensions or have ... Boston has to offer. Get started soon. Sometimes, you should just T it ... - whether it's because you have a question about lecture, you're hoping to get

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  a very intimate setting and an extraordinary opportunity to really get ... soiree. Not only did I get to consume dozens of scrumptious chocolate ... set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006