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• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  how to be an independent person in your first semester at MIT is ... decision. let's get to why dating an upperclassman early into freshman year ... . I want them to thrive at MIT, not start dating someone who's getting

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  're getting closer! 10:45am: A quick walk through Lobby 7, soon to be the site ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  how to draw dotted lines in about 20 seconds, and you'd succeed 99.999% of the time. But alas, I cannot teach you in person, so here is a how-to ... A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  community to participate in what was happening. So did many other people, and ... registration initiative that allows anyone to register to vote in Massachusetts ... registration drive held in the days leading up to the Massachusetts registration

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  getting applicants to share information and insights about their lives in ... In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... in the admissions office to craft questions and prompts that elicit

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  at the Gates scholars, who not only got to meet Bill Gates in a smaller, more personal setting but also got to sit directly in front of the stage ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing ... schedule. I'm up at 4:45 AM each morning and get back to my room at 7 PM ... be the "Write about anything you didn't get a chance to express

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the ... , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  amazing Alumni Directory (https://alum.mit.edu/as/index.html) to get in ... ://www.training.nih.gov/student/) with links to student programs. After sending in the Summer Internship ... to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... means 6PM to Midnight rehearsals everyday. In addition, I also have a

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  returned to Next House last week in time for UPOP's week-long training ... it in another post, but for now, I wanted to give a small room tour! I ... specifically, I live in 2 East, or 2E for short. 2E is like a family to me, and I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... 't live without my fridge in Next. You might be able to get a used one, I ... you're going to be living in Burton Conner, MacGregor, or anywhere else

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT ... communities in different ways, from tackling the world’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  early action, and because you are the closest in age to the 2026s and I am ... ME  IN A MICKEY MOUSE HAT kellen: but they won't be able to see your ...  apply.mitadmissions.org/apply, click the link to Log In, and then hit “Forgot Your Password?” and follow

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... last three weeks, since I'm pretty sure I won't get up in the morning unless I'm being paid to do so. When my alarm clock goes off in the morning

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  everything in their rooms and taping their room keys somewhere to their body ... food in comparison to all the great things about MIT, I'm a cross country ... 5-8 for dinner. If you eat lunch at noon or 1, you're going to get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  with changing how you walk in response to an injury is that you can ... left foot moved and then training my right foot to move in the mirror ... walk or run in response to injury, and the outcomes are often not good

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  If you continue reading this entry, you'll get the puzzle solution ... , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved ... after you solve the puzzle. Flavor Text: Lost in the jungle, Joe is

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  , layered with ice, piled in drifts...I'm no stranger to snow. But snow before ... planning to write a little feature about MIT mailing lists in the near future ... to me and plays football, I'll be sure to check. =) In my entry about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... ’t participate in it, but it’ll always be there if you want your social life to be ... ’d asked to help us get the event started had had different ideas. We ended

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025