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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  normally have. Basically, to get sophomore standing, you have to have 96 ... ), but I personally accepted it because I want to get 18.03 (Differential ... whether I want to double major in math or be a 6-2 instead of a 6-3, and 18

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it has not been received, we will personally contact your school to get it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in ... . 1. Live and breathe PNR. Don't stay up until 3 in the morning to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... times over winter break, but I wasn’t particularly getting anywhere. In ... I needed to allocate to things and, at first, was evaluating myself in

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  break!) and he hopes to get involved in a variety of public service and ... . Congrats to all four of you! I'll be in touch soon to get you up and running ... amazing applicants to whom we were unable to offer spots. To those of you in

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... sitting at the table over there? Come on, get on it. Say hi to him." Me 1

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... -related material on the side in order to “not lose interest in economics.” Personally

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  they wanted to have in their last week on campus. He talked about getting ... since getting kicked off, I’ve tried to turn it from the jumbled mess of ... are much longer than the others.) Of course, things continue to get

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  said and done, i feel better. but i don’t know how to do it in ... they don’t want to? it takes a certain amount of trust in someone to ... needed to be alone in that moment. i wish they would tell me what they

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  - this is where we get paired to our "big" as in "big sister" (sophomore or ... _____X In addition, I've been trying to get more involved in environmental ... 00t!) with my big Jessica (a girl from my sorority) at 10, get to the

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  't get to be Tim the Beaver, which cut me pretty deep. I haven't updated in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... : Also saw some huge windmills: And more! But you'd have to be in my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can enter ... securely with your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... food.  Rice takes longer and is harder to get right on the stovetop ... scrambling them in the pan.  This results in a nice fluffy egg (props to Gordon

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  lonely are two different things. It's ok to spend all Saturday in your room ... 's ok to get a table for one. Make time for self-care. It goes a long way ... rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  's kind of what going back to MIT feels like. So I visited back in February ... want to get technical about it, CPW served no other purpose for me other ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  secret life goal #11 is to get on television, I made a big show jumping in ... myself to New York Magazine during my breaks. Also, here I get an amazing ... get in trouble. Ready.... Go!)  

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  country and the world. They all come to MIT, stay in Simmons hall, and get paired with a mentor in the Boston area to do an original scientific ... your paperwork. Going to these offices in the late afternoon? Tough luck

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  little Cantonese growing up, our ability to communicate in Chinese is ... [annotation note="this corresponds to sometime in May or June — it’s not ... that a poet drowned in a river and people raced out in boats to find him

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  efficient way to get into a lab. 6. In response to my entry on Adam's and my ... dressed (in my world, putting on track pants and a t-shirt != getting ... didn't spend that time in lab. But you're welcome to submit that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... early decision or early action to a lot of really awesome schools. So in order to both celebrate the coming holidays and to help us get our minds

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005