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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  between classes to get some breakfast. Makes cup of coffee to drink in my ... sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  Corridor. Maybe you'll get to see MIThenge.   Eat in the ... it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... which you, the prospective, get to experience MIT life minus the hard work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a ... . Aside from the few that choose to enroll in 8.012 [Physics for the Truly ... . I guess you'll have to come and see for yourself! (or get 5's on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  power to decide whether you will stay in them or not. This does not ... current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep ... language halls) was completely random. There's going to be a concert here in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  in MIT students (if you've come to an information session or read My ... discussion without needing to resort to a formal "vote." In the very rare ... administrative stuff to do before we can put the decision letters in the mail. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  , finals week, etc.) Please try not to request a visit less than 2 weeks in advance You can only select dates up to 60 days in advance During ... students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in ... To follow up on my recent entry about women in engineering: did you ... getting lost or driving in circles," he said. The average Internet user

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding what one believes to be true is the key to understanding at all. So, in ... will get lost. You will get locked out. You will get caught in the rain

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  , I'm going to go right in and cover everything interesting I've seen ... a month ago, and I couldn't get myself to edit it. But now - I ... truly this holds. So 1 and 2 - I biked to this cafe in Central Square

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  producing results. Get in there and demand a challenge. And never be afraid to ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... meat that will, in the future, help the local slaughterhouse to determine

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  5 days until Mystery Hunt

  

  Friday, January 14, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It ... Malkovich, still trying to win their first Hunt), and my team, "Lost in Space ... "Restistance is Fuschia"... Getting close to solving another puzzle (maybe "X

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2005