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• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  -year learning community in the MIT Morningside Academy for Design where I get to ... next to a 360-degree student-built gyroscope ride in the middle of one of ... that offers Freshmen up to 20ish different programs they can engage in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  of Sakata Afrique, in a photoshoot to publicize their spring show ... went on to describe his ongoing project in Ghana. He also shared with me ... back to Ghana sooner...” he said, “once people get married or have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  entered a randomized lottery to get placed in their basic required classes ... my next point... Pass/No Record is NOT an excuse to get a C- in every ... and figuring out what it takes to get an A in a class at MIT.  Aim high

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  ideas how to get him noticed beyond the normnal high scores in school. He ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  significant inspiration to getting your own computer. Using a desktop as my primary mode of computing my freshman year kept me in my room to do work ... 're about to head off to college, and you're thinking to yourself, do I need a

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  athletes who want to be recruited is to get in contact with the coaching ... a spot in the NEWMAC playoffs and it’s getting down to the wire! We ... As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to ... blog seems to really resonate with many in cyberspace. It is hard to ... you even weighed in with clever suggested names for my soon-to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply ... successful college/MIT student? I'll be happy to answer any questions left in ... initiative to court them, but anywhere from one to five, ranging in age from 14

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  out that somehow along the line I managed to answer them all in the ... ! - Wenhao Sun As far as late Beethoven goes, I'd really like to get into him ... experience to say nothing else. Oh! I'm getting so excited about this concert

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  Teaching Assistant (TA) who is in industry/research, to complete a series of ... get to network with professionals through networking lunches ... in 2 years, in order to reduce the financial hardship on his family. As

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  actually get two diplomas to show off at graduation (and to hang ... the truly worthy will be able to dance at graduation with a diploma in ... ). In a nutshell, everybody at MIT has to either take or pass out of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Holidays with the Huangs a nondenominational celebration of capitalism and duck

  

  refuse to wear anything else.) I've slowly been getting myself back to good ... meaning to get around to. Here's one to try if you have a DSLR. If you don ... facebook cover photo will thank you.   But in all seriousness, get

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  . But more on those when we get closer to reg day. In other news, I ... student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... you get used to how awesome Firefox is, you can never go back to IE

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly ... months I have been secretly training in chess with hopes to beat Aidan

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... know.  But still the best way by far to take notes in most MIT classes

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  exciting College Adventures™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at ... . What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for ... and spent time in different communities, getting the feel for different

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  you'd like to see us bloggers clarify or explore in future posts ... RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH So much is about to happen!  Electrical ... -creating!  Not to mention the epic water war between the east side and west side

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed over to the EC workshop (that's Educational Counselor, not East Campus

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  and showed up to exactly one meeting, in which a crowd of student ... students to study and design technology for developing communities in ... -profit organization to teach economically valuable skills to help young mothers in Sri

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  really don’t want to do much of anything except maybe lie in bed and stare ... majority of it outside. My friends and I biked to Newbury street in Boston to ... even in covid times. Knowing that at the end of the week I'll be able to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021