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• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2026!

  

  twice a month (spending up to a few hours on each post), and attend a ... you to help advise small creative projects in the office and serve as a ... a war with the feral bunnies of Camberville so they don't eat all my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  you want to). in this way, the gcal becomes a more accurate life log of what i did at a particular point in time and when, as opposed to a list ...   i have a general color coding scheme: green are

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA ... REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new ... student culture. We pay you for this. It's a pretty good gig to be honest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned ... disciplined exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you to help advise creative projects in the office and serve as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer a pre-med program?

  -related professions are encouraged to complete a prehealth registration meeting with ... other health profession schools each year. MIT doesn't offer a premed or prehealth major; rather, students can pursue a variety of majors and take
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... teams of glassblowers who gather for a few hours a day to make batches of ... [/annotation] pumpkins at a time. And we usually only need to start making pumpkins a few

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  biked to D-Lab to weld. I’d started a new project two weeks before finals ... guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... artisans spoke mainly to him. Three stalls down, I remembered that this was a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  questions and identity crises… Every student at MIT is required to declare a ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... decided that I was, without a doubt, going to become a physicist (after I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to ... Sweden to Abisko. Should be a lot of fun, and I promise to post pictures

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  to work since I'd stayed up late, vibed for a few hours, then had to ... often a matter of willpower and self-control. I always say I'm going to ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a voucher sent to me by an upperclassmen. as i walk, a thought pops into my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  , congratulations! You have a lot to be proud about. From experience, I can say that right now, you have a lot to be worried about too. Here is a non ... accordingly on time.  If you are using prescription medicines, try to find a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a ... and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of ... manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... winter break and IAP knowing I needed to make a decision about which major ... I chose to stay a physics major. Ultimately, it mostly came down to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will ... ), after you choose to matriculate. The DVD is a compilation of student ... Paul would have a lot to say about this as well). But anywhoo, I want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn ... already knew something about us. So we invited students to tune into a ... MIT: If you don't know much about MIT, this might be a good place to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  ego and stubbornness and not because I actually wanted to. I didn't do a ... helped me with classes and who I admired a lot but never had the courage to ... 's language, that is to say, learn a little bit about the terms he uses quite

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... like to propose a distinction between wholesome grungy communal living

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  a major at the end of freshman year, continue to take classes outside ... a morning exam does. Despite what my 9.01 Intro to Neuroscience ... body will get used to napping every day, and that’s a nuisance. Get off

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  ]which, to be fair to her, is probably a better English description of zongzi ... that a poet drowned in a river and people raced out in boats to find him ... to make zongzi. There is a proper way -- the kind seen in every youtube

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022