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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... Like Bellamy’s young hero, I too am back in Boston. Except its been ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  , hopefully two-way, where the EC gets to know you: what drives you, interests ... have asked them, haven’t you?), our ECs can be busy. Getting in touch ... in MyMIT that they intend to apply EA. For those of you who haven

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... 'm spending spring break visiting Adelaide in France, with a 2 day excursion to ... reporting to every day this coming summer is in MADRID. Ohmygod

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  happened this week. - Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. - Last night, my ... three or four times this year, and it's a good way to get to know your

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... pictures in immaculate, non-smudgable Sharpie pen. And I had to include ... One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five ... . We headed to theater 12, showed our ticket stubs, and walked in. Not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am dumb

  

  Well, it's pouring rain outside, and I managed to get myself up at 8 ... , and so I'm sitting here in the cluster trying to figure out the ... to bottom. Now, if everybody did that every once in a while, wouldn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from ... – to coordinate and support work in the areas of food and agriculture

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  and my friends to not say anything about it if I don't get in? That ... !" or "I'm scared I won't get in!" but things like "I am worried that when ... minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... adventures in EE), I didn't do much this IAP, so I should be able to just knock ... least 6 hours to get it together I certainly have a lot more respect for

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  In my New Year's Resolutions post, I wanted to make a promise to blog ... happier! I have a lot more time in the day, now. I can use the time to go to ... different UROP in the Media Lab, I decided to keep my UROP with the MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  freshmen are just starting to filter in due to FPOPs or international ... might need more than the incredibly awesome How to Get Around MIT guide ... , in my mind, is the mega-resource.  You can go to them for just about

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  applying to the job. The application gets posted every year around the middle ... starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... blogs (of course) and coming to blogger check-ins. We're expected to write

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring ... play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... .  I went to another camp in Florida in February of 2020 (literally one

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  environment in which they work and study together. Getting Your Child Ready to ... live in Boston are preparing to enjoy the marathon on this coming Monday ... taking part in events that will help them to know what MIT is like, just

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... me they’d like to help with an entry, I decided to go all-out and get some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read ... picturesque, and fun to play with (or in), it even can serve as a metaphor for ... room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  that all my psets got done, and I learned that it’s okay to get an ... of realizing somewhere in the middle that I had FOUR finals to prepare ... extension during a week in which I was almost too stressed out to move, but it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team ... , and basically that meant don’t get in trouble, don’t get the team in ... picture. The entire team chooses the captains, who are expected to keep in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  relevant to the subfield that each student prefers. I say it's "been" in the ... changes to the undergraduate program starting this year. In May I received ... to count towards the degree. It's also flexible in a way that I think

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016