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• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  year -- maybe one of the UA-connected bloggers could chime in? I guess ... Mollie would you say having skills in just math is enough to major in ... Questions about class plans Nehalita asked about class plans, and I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  ceiling in the dark once again, overwhelmed by the feeling that, here, I ... -altering growth. Over the summer, I fell in love with the idea of building something ... in this place full of opportunities and knowing that I failed to grasp

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  . All in all, we extracted far more utility from that book than we would ... I like being around people who can creatively keep themselves entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  write something about the crisis in Ukraine, and stuff that I’ve been ... don’t have a lot of family or friends in Ukraine or Russia, so I won ... .  For context, I can comment on just how quickly one project in particular

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  energy came through in Rambax’s performance. I loved that spoken ... [by Nathan Kipniss '14] Last Friday I went to Pulse: “Our ... quality!) I was taking African Music this semester (21M.293, to those who

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the ... Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in ... other lane is the fast lane, or passing lane. I drive defensively, but I

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  unmotivated. Ridiculous generalizations in both cases. I'll tell you this - I ... - but you would never hear someone in our office generalize an applicant ... : they have no business in the admissions process - in either direction

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  TO: Elizabeth, Michael would you two be interested in presenting ... know if you would be able to drop by! Thanks I, for one, thought this ... butterflies and bunnies. I await your response in eager anticipation. Love

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  settled in enough that I don't remember what my own experience was like :-P ... talking to other prefrosh getting to know the people that I would be going ... . Relish in it. Rule #5: Don't knock it 'til you try it. I can't say how many

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Breakfast in Paris, Lunch in Geneva, Dinner in Milan Hop on the train and check out some sights leaving France, traversing Switzerland, and entering…

  

  I set out from Paris' Gare de Lyon to continue my journey using France's famous TGV (train

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  -shirts rained down on me much more abundantly in freshman year. I don’t think I ... absolutely sure that I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the position ... I intend to do GTL somewhere in Europe next IAP. Sidequest 7: Beat

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... nothing. I recall our jaunts around the creeks in nearby Mexico during ... . Round two came around 11pm in the form of steak tips. I can’t tell you

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  essential. in Sloan Business Club's Board Education Program, which I talk ... ’s going on in the world i am. i used to be so caught up with everything, but ... minutes away from Boston, feel like more of a tourist here than i did in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  . Afterwards, basking in the glow of good conversation and satiety, I talked ... walked to Kendall Square Cinema to see Happy People: A Year in the Taiga.I ... Chapter 1: A Formal Account of a Fancy Feast in February. Location

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to ... sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my financial

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  seen in my life). His catch phrase (he would hate me for calling it that ... simple it is. I make it every week or so for my family in the evenings and ... into sorbet. I feel like at this point, you would start to wonder if you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  would have built in my bedroom anyway. The difference this time was that I ... pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I ... origami pleated designs I folded in my freshman year. These pieces only

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  that you attend. I'm involved in: Campus Tours - If this is your ... ! I would also recommend: Tours of UROPs Tours of Freshman Learning ... world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  summer to prepare! Coming in, I had absolutely no idea how weird managing ... thought we would, so I have to be careful this year to ensure that we don ... I'm excited about the fall! Since sophomores aren't on campus, I won

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  problem, I would know the answer because I had done that question several ... MIT in general, I knew I had to get cracking on this list. The ... . As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011