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• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  example is learned helplessness: in the original experiment, dogs in the control group were placed in an environment where they were shocked ... spoilage makes them more engaging, not less there are no oracles in real

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  and have it here in Boston, so we also looked for places with parking ... subsidizes public transit passes by up to 50%. An unlimited one-month pass for ... . Now, it's not worth going home if I have only an hour or two to spare in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  about fitting in or finding friends were dashed within an hour of my ... . I found out later that my mom, after waiting half an hour for me to ... music tastes as we waited for exposures in the tiny, dark observatory in

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  CPW, making a decision, and saying yes/no The clock to May 1 is ticking.

  

  bloggers via hidden messages in the comments was a joke). For those of you ... , and for sure let us know by May 1. An important note: MIT has no ... approaching, one week from Friday. For those of you who were there, I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  up in time for breakfast Naked brunch Regular brunch Sushi in ... slept with a cat Rode a bike in a suit in the rain sang in an acapella ... , i just want to live in a library for a few months and read finish

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  can keep an eye out for this.   The deadline to request an ... Hi Everyone, The Office of Admissions is closing for the holidays ... probably important to get some information out there for people regarding the

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  settling in for an hour long T ride DO NOT eat a McGriddle right before, the ... 're more than likely looking for. In addition to all of the comments, you ... . Come visit the campus and ask an MIT student for help with something. I

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  year? Hm. Academically, it was rough, for sure. I'll get more into it in ... Everbridge to work for them in the fall as a part-time software engineering ... experience in industry. But I still had nothing going for me over the summer

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  reading if you will. Remember Tim's promise. Best of luck in the weeks ... kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some ... 's note:" so for the people that don't know, a vermonster is essentially a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  . We believe the word limits as stated for the essay questions in the ... Report, an online form which will be available in about a month. On this ... The Office of Admissions is currently closed for the holidays, and is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  in an airport in a totally unfamiliar city. Ask me questions. If you ... . I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... for a small instead of a tall? SMALL IS A RELATIVE TERM, mmmk?) Let

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students. While the fair was specifically tailored to graduating seniors looking for ... way through the maze of prospective employers. Some were looking for a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  my trip mates. As for the second half of our trip, we stayed in an ... for me to read. I found it was a good way to check in with myself ... before I go into it. In short, I worked for a STEM nonprofit and the Biden

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  6.115 Microcomputer Lab! literally the coolest class i've taken so far

  

  mighty in the S-tier. Sometimes classes at MIT feel difficult for the sake ... RGB strip lights that you might put up in your room) because I wanted an ... graduate, and I know for sure that [annotation note="or 6.2060 according to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  's really important that you end up in the best dorm for you and don't succumb ... . It's much better to be with great people in an older dorm than to be ... requirements for a degree in that major, as if you're getting a degree in just

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  to take home for a week before I return to campus in June. [Friday 5 ... going on! Not everything is all that interesting (in fact, most of it is boring) but it is an accurate representation of my life at the end of the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  [Joint Post] A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 1) vomiting in Venice and other Italian adventures

  

  golden hour. I talked to an old man on a bus in French, for some reason. At ... , with my goal of travel in mind, I had to carve out an itinerary of my own ... maybe an hour total together in-person from randomly bumping into each

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped ... that I should've worked harder in my classes, even though I also know ... , and I shouldn't put down my past self for not knowing what I know now. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  suggested that we spice up our orders by asking for four of what the person in ... then drove to Lighthouse Beach, an eastward-facing beach located in ... hunting ground for sharks. but they're not common in June, apparently. the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  started in this job) because I really want for you to understand all of ... On Tuesday night, I told the audience at my Central Meeting in Hackensack, NJ something that wasn't true. In this neck of the woods, people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004