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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  taking courses in their majors. I went to the student talks that we have at ... record. I passed all my classes, and had fun learning and getting to know ... twenty in my high school. I am not used to being at the top nor do I think

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  premiered in a theatre Wagner built specially for it. True to form, the ... in various ways by computer, then projected onto to create, by turns ... managing to be graceful Rheinmaidens while suspended 30 feet in the air

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  to get a good photo that did not have a kid's face in it. [carousel ... tough though, and that I would struggle to get myself out of my room if I didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  be really great and that it was going to be out in theaters sometime soon.  Therefore, on my way to get Frozen Yogurt on Saturday, I was super ... on our way to get Frozen Yogurt, we came across the actual battle scene

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  pattern in those posts nor any clues as to whether you will get accepted ... either at my school or the local library that I could get to on foot in 10 ... heading to MIT one hour and then think that I wasn't getting into my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to concentrate on assignment again. Fail Browse memes Get hungry Eat all food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... Airbnb months in advance, creating an itinerary of trails to hike, and even ... still in Boston. To their third objection, I smugly pointed out that

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... 's apartment in Karlsruhe at around 7:30 PM, expecting to take a train back to Bayer in Leverkusen and get back by around 2 AM at the latest. After all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to ... have yet to be disappointed.  7. Some of them didn't get admitted to MIT ... ’t prerequisites to success. in the end, you’ll be yourself wherever you go. mit is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  to think that I'd never get home in time for Christmas (this happened ... on rare earth elements, to be brief (more info in website!^^) If you ... . I actually just got out of a thermo test, and now I get to ponder

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold 'em

  

  to help you learn about MIT. Since getting home from MIT I've had the ... classes, passing classes, to get A's, to get C's (P/NR FTW!), to be ... prompt me to work really hard in it) but it was hard enough to keep me

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2009
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  's entry) to the Club Med in Punta Cana and everything was wonderful except for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The ... have to study. But now, hopefully, I'll resume exercising in MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  from the fly-in that will stick with me was getting to each lunch with ... . Meeting the fly-in students, talking over dinner, getting to know the fly-in ... for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in ... day to really get everything done and be involved in everything. Now, I ... should try to establish ourselves as individuals by being the best in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  TikTok - I'm so sorry. Spotify - to get my good music in! Lots of ... draw and the rest of the people must guess what it is; fastest to get it ... Entertainment movies I made a Discord server to keep in touch with my friends. We

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  get up, say good morning to my roommate, and head for the bathrooms ... to Medical and check in at the desk. I’m preparing to travel to India for my MISTI (watch this space for deets on this!) and I’m there to get

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one ... have never wept in front of a crowd before, but yesterday I did get pretty emotional. To those of you who joined me in the moment of silence

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  until Regular Action if that allows you to get the rest of your life in ... , we want to make sure that any applicants so affected, now or in the ... be as flexible as possible in these situations. When you’re able to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  in order to get myself from Zero Knowledge to Some Knowledge. My fellow ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... , and she's in charge of getting hold of Senator Elizabeth Warren and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  ? And how did you get to be hosts? Are all the bloggers automatically ... 're getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... pretty much ask anybody how to get to the Student Center (which is where

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006