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• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 6

  

  ), and getting ready to head off to my usual Tuesday night trivia contest ... Today I got in early, giving me a chance to read my copy of the New ... long time, but I assure you, it is better not to rush such important

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  didn't have a bachelor's degree, she could apply, get in, and come to ... must win to get into MIT, like there is no set course of actions that ... you're not going to get as much out of something you join strictly to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate for the situation, like you wouldn't walk up to the CEO of GE and ... appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover. 5. Do your homework! If you're going to an event sponsored by a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I went to the Arnold Arboretum!!! i become one with nature

  

  On Friday, I went to the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University for ... North America, and is home to over 1.3 million trees, shrubs, and woody ... in me was hyped to hear that. The arboretum is a good ~5 miles away

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch ... can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... Frantz. (Luckily, there are more nights of this performance, so I may still get a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• 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 ... If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  across the country come just to get their pediatric care. All we need from ... life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited for CPW, a current undergrad and getting excited for CPW, or a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  .  "Perfect!" I thought to myself, "I did MIT, I can do this! Besides, I get 6 ... to get from the house). Oh, also, this happened a few months before ... determined to get photos with every single character I saw.  No regrets!  Also

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  getting a bus to Lechmere from right outside the station. We both have not ... decide to wing it anyway. We make it to Davis, but then get on a bus headed ... . Gets to my recitation class with cold feet, literally. Runs out of milk

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1 ... social competency got stuck fairly easily. I was trying to get through my ... Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  . See, I'm starting to get interview invites from some of the graduate ... rate, they need to get to me soon -- I just checked the Boston-LA flight ... finally back from Maine, where I managed to survive on only dialup AOL

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... which you, the prospective, get to experience MIT life minus the hard work. And we, the MIT students, get to show off our lives to a willing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  pass. And this was good enough for high school. This was enough to get ... 'll continue to progress. And I won't. And I'll get left behind. There's a lot ... hardest, I'll get nothing out of it. I seem to have these two conflicting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  to get in and got in or had all the passion in the world for MIT and ... to pursue, I brought MIT into the picture. And since getting here ... definition of the word, you failed to get in MIT – but you can never believe in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don't really get to know other MedLinks very well. After training, you see them ... students can choose to go to any available MedLink for help. When Med

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your ... than just that, and I have to get some time off of work sometime and just ... exhilarating to me. I couldn’t wait to get up here and experience weather that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things ... have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... about.  Free t-shirts seem to be for everything at MIT; classes

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012