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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  told, I haven’t necessarily had to do before. In the end, the month was ... material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  time to figure out their admission status. Essentially, nausea is in the ... dorms I could live in. Some people around me--my mom who went to her state ... of the most important factors in their future. It's not stupid to feel

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education ... established Davidson Academy, coming to Nevada residents courtesy of the folks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  want to do. In a way, things do feel a bit lighter though. I’m only ... ’ve been trying to frolic in the Great Outdoors whenever I can.  I spent a ... ’ve been trying to get my butt outside if I’m feeling down. Even if I don

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  to get bullied by the other cat on the floor, and thus end up spending ... living with me on 5w in EC, and got to freely wander around the Wood ... them to do it. PUF only sits if I’ve got a treat in my hand, and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  myself and hid alone in my room. But then my mom and sister came to visit ... adventure to adopt this little creature that emits joy and happiness in every ... inspires me to get my stuff together. I caught up on my work, I eat and sleep

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  fantastic benefit to working in my lab because when I'm done with my work, I ... until then, I'll be trying to get as much experience as I can continuing ... dance shows coming up this semester that I'm going to be participating in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have
• Blog / Athletics

  Get to know Tim the Beaver! Tim shows off some moves at an MIT men's ice hockey game

  

  siezed the moment. To the 2016ers, here's what you can expect when you arrive on campus in a month and a half! Get pumped! ... spectators waited patiently for the Zamboni to finish during a men's ice hockey

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  comfortable enough to dip your finger in, you are ready to add your cultures ... school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little about life outside of their parents' houses. Everything from how to clean

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is ... because you had to write up that pesky problem set in LaTeX? Are you bitter ... that just walking to Next is the faster option. I have a skateboard, but

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... are caught up in their research, maybe just want to show off how smart ... love every single day.” Does that mean I might try to get an internship

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  ’t die. I tried to take steps that would make getting murdered less ... volunteer to work on someone's farm, hostel, airbnb, or house, and in exchange ... week) In order to write to the hosts on their database, WWOOF charges

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... 't include me in their follow forever. in a way, it was comforting to just read ... getting rejected from my top job choice and so i felt a strong urge to bury

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  compelled to remind everyone that it's never the numbers alone that get you in ... were sent in early December. Do I need to get them sent again? I hope not ... ). ------------------------------------- SpeckJr wrote: "I'm definitely sending in some supplementary material to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  Juniors in physics tend to complain a lot. The more of them there are ... , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  wanted to get more work experience, and those things were true, but i also ... was currently in, and as long as i did so things would naturally get ... strong the urge is to open emails or look at your phone or get up and take

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and ... .112 and 8.01 problem sets this week, working in huge, huge study groups

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Get psyched, stay with it, do whatever it takes Adam's dad's advice is succint. Mine isn't.

  

  situation anyone in our family encounters. 1. Get psyched. 2. Stay with it. 3 ... the failing gets to be primary. This might sound surprising, since people seem to think that the most important thing they'll learn in college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT ... midnight).   As soon as you get off the plane, follow the signs to the Silver ... to read anything in the picture above. You can see the map online here

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014