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• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  stay as far away from Acer as possible. Acer has a pretty terrible ... things I was looking forward to most about MIT was having a laptop and ... Killian Court under the sun, blogging about MIT (with not a care in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  would’ve, could’ve, should’ve a newly minted senior's freshman year regrets

  

  plans that I could always borrow a swipe from! Plus, I think it was good ... requirements. But, every once in a while I'd get a comment from a professor about ... Camp Kesem this year, but I found a screenshot from freshman fall where I

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 2, 2026
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  . Admittedly, it's a relief to step away from college for a few days and taste ... Thanksgiving morning was a groggy smear of coffee, subway, and airport, a rhapsody in grey shattered once by an outburst of sunrise over

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  you something about graduating with a biomedical engineering degree from ... [embed]https://open.spotify.com/track/5MsZIaCYY6Tsdph0LiB0hE?si=a10ec ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  vaporized wire floating down from the air and landing on our table, a reminder ... around comes around) but this last Monday pushed me a step or so towards ... die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... run anywhere from 3 to 17 miles in a closed loop around the river. 2 ... "prawns" in Australia. However, the incident of a dingo eating someone

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  from the Italian place or a hamburger or chicken sandwich from the grill ... . Actually, I knew a lot of people who would be there, so I figured I'd stop by for a little while and say hi. Unfortunately, as the name implies, no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  leather chairs gets a big gold star from me. The reading room is a 24-hour ... weather warm? Would a long sleeve pijama be enough to protect you from cold ... Today I am bringing you my MIT Survival Guide, which is a list I made

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  Real Job. This is a drastic social shift from my time in undergrad, where ... ’m early in my grad school journey. There are a few major differences ... was a nightmare—the day the portal opened, the website crashed almost

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  chemist differ from a chemical engineer?" entry, and now you've gone and ... to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have any personal questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a

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

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  the same lab, working on the same project. From that, I have gained a ... The word advice comes from the Old French avis comes from the Latin [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  IAP, and I have funding from a professor in the Biological Engineering ... digitized as he turned aflatoxin into a true full-time job. From a seventh ... step. George and John had secured a glowing letter of support from Prof

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  have a little "work life" balance even when I'm working from home. I do ... that smells like a childhood memory of clean sheets pulled fresh from the ... It's been a few weeks since many of you have submitted your

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  from the world of those times of war. Japan isn't a perfect country. But ... (This is a very rough, more fleshed-out English translation of this ... in Seoul. I've heard stories from my grandparents about their memories

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  emptiness to be emanating from such a small human being. We had just stepped ... *written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* A few dozen children stand fidgeting in lines

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Hosed Exams=Cars, I'll show you how!

  

  , "Getting an education from MIT is like drinking from a firehose" which is occasionally a pretty accurate description. During these moments of accuracy, one is said to be "hosed" from working so hard. Now if you'll excuse me, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 6, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  additional students from the waitlist this year. The decision not to admit any more from the waitlist was especially difficult, as there were many ... our peer institutions needing to admit greater than 200 students from

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  admitted folks are excited! I just got back from an amazing week in Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  superscore as a single sitting. Students should self-report scores from all ... We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants ... evaluated within an applicant's context. To view test score statistics from