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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  -- after all, the actual words given to nouns in spoken languages are also a ... 'm doing the IB course with HL Math, Chem ang Bio. Say if I get admitted to ... -- they're different) to the courses at MIT. In my statistics class (9

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  in eighth grade my class went to the local high school to see a ... . It was then that I decided I wanted to do theater in high school. So ... . From novices who are just getting started to experienced people looking

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  confusion and unease when it comes to my future. I taught in New Zealand and ... have to be that guy on LinkedIn who calls himself a “incoming summer analyst” starting in October, but it is good to explore professional

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first ... ): You'll say hi to the friendly receptionist and then sit down, in one of

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  bathrooms in the meche department. cross-registrant themed 1. bus to Harvard ... appear in your notebook but you have no memory of writing them. they are ... to you maybe you are learning through osmosis? 2. Your empty

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  't used to be very social, I lived in the middle of nowhere and was very ... ' in the floor lounge, going to see Wicked, snowball fights with Conner 4 ... /grill/restaurant in Boston that has half priced burgers on Saturday). There are getting

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  networks. Michael said: "Hacking per se doesn't get you in trouble -- being ... . So is anyone ever going to update the online IHTFP hack gallery? I get ... this stuff, which probably took dozens of man-hours to make, up in the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  he lives, thus he is reactionary in his approach to education. Mills ... with little effort. Performing well in the classroom and getting good grades seemed to just came naturally to him. In fact, he was more likely to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  getting your big packet in March you come to CPW and get to explore all the ... , you get to choose your dorm. You rank all of the dorms in order that you ... 're not done yet! When you get to campus for orientation you'll stay in your

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  figuring out how exactly to word the spec I’m writing. It’s easy to get in ... major upsides No Rent - I get to live at my parents’ house for exactly ... company email. Pull up the spec that I need to work on. 8:40 AM- I get lost

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in ... , urging the graduating class to get out there and "do interesting and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  be. We recognize your unique place in our collective transition to ... redefine my values and stand up firmly for what I believe in. I had to learn how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would ... returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that dream project ... crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as soon as

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  , with a break for lunch. In the morning, I managed to get some work ... also tend to be the best ones. Because of the general lack of change in ... , and so I would have to cram work into the corners to get it done by

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  get in touch with and reach out to. Not necessarily directly after class ... does it really take to get in and whether or not I still have a shot at ... don't need a Ph.D. in physics to get a good job -- you really need a Ph

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  before we realized we simply just needed to get outside of our room. We ventured outside behind Baker House, only to get knocked over by the blizzard ... 've been able to explore the snow in my hideous moon boots to discover: 1

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  what MIT means to me.  The short version is that it is the place in my ... as well as what you do is not a one-way street.  In order to really be seen, you have to allow it.  You have to invite people in, and it

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  first week of orientation, you get to go around and visit all the dorms, decide which one you'd really like to live in based on meeting the people there (not just from a viewbook or description). After that, you get to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the ... myself and my circle. Relatedly, I want to get better at talking to those I ... more about how to enact change—not in some grandiose, ego-fueled "I want

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  bask in the glow of getting the MIT fat packet. Once that moment is over, get back in the game because you have a big decision to make in the next ... , once your moment is over, you need to get back in the game as well

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006