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• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  typical) but as someone (maybe a child) who knows how to get places ... . Experience the weight of knowledge. Get frustrated at having to ascend or ... Bridge in the middle of winter. Tell people you go to school "in Boston

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  past year getting to know each other, and I'm glad we'll have to next ... sometimes, you want to be a little subtle in your MIT pride, while still ... shirts to any location.I would appreciate if you mentioned this in your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  actually in Building 26, which is now home to MIT's most well-known lecture ... professor Fernando J. Corbato at the MIT Computation Center in 1963. Today, in ... from a similar concept called computer timesharing back in the 60's

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a ... chemical reactions (reactions that oscillate in time and space), so I had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  again to the MassArt registration office to turn in your new form, get it ... registration office (and get greeted “Oh hello again.”) to turn in a copy of your ... form. Step 10: Give in said form to the registration office in Mass

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January, I’ve walked through this lobby nearly every weekday to get to my ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  to the gym!” and when that doesn’t work, “Get to the gym… seriously ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... (in MechE!) from MIT in 1984 and the book is about his educational

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• 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 ... wanted to live here and study here. Who wouldn't want to be in the center ... If you're applying early (to MIT or elsewhere), you're probably

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  what score you need to score to get in. But remember, scores aren ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... 've never seen an AMA before: in the comments below, feel free to ask any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... different teams will cooperate in order to achieve that goal. Why is this

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual ... Opportunities Program), which means I get to have an on-campus job doing cool ... . I'm currently working in the Space Systems Laboratory helping to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  visualization, or to watch a significant person in the field talk about it) 5) Get ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to ... sooner. David D. '17 You're coming to MIT, one of the best universities in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... if you decide to go to college far from home or in a big city. The end ... this link. We hope to see you there!Fly-In ProgramsThis past year, we

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  're really in a state of shock at the loss of our leader. To make a long story ... to have many questions around this, and we'll try to address them in the coming days. In the meantime, there are a few things we wanted to

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  's hard to imagine a simpler mechanism. And yet, to get that simple took an ... that in engineering, it's not that difficult to design individual ... fun blog). In a nutshell, I've been working with my team to try and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short ... panic set in. You're going to get nightmares of every tiny mistake you

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a ... got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be ... From EC to Trinity Hall Last year First East was graced with a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  up to get help, with no entrance tests or requirements whatsoever. In ... universities in the world. Are you worried that you have no qualifications to ... being “open to people, places, methods, and ideas.” In order

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• 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 calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours ... engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most

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

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  Princeton. This is an amazing talk. You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek, as he is also a writer, poet and is known to tell ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007