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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  ), things to make us react in one way or another (Linsanity), things to make ... in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  bags to make our car dip just a little bit. To my left in the line for ... inside of my skin, or are they in my clothes, or my friends, or my habits ... car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... the perils of group dynamics in poorly managed projects.  People tend to ... head, of course.  In the first month or so of 2.00b we learned a lot

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... consoled me when I didn't get in, celebrated with me when I did, drove me to ... little like falling in love: one trip to the campus and they "just knew

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  —like an internship, or research, or going home to see family? In that case ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... to travel! (with the added benefit that you can escape January in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Teaching Splash (and Overcoming the Impostor Syndrome) guest post by Haley C. '18

  

  , most recently in 11.124 Introduction to Education. I loved hearing about ... the morning and headed over to check-in. This is a three-hour shift of ... working in a haze trying to make sure I was completely caught up in my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 18, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class ... students or students at other colleges). This application is open to all MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  - academic, athletic, and/or extra-curricular. In addition to providing you ... in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told ... 're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  fingers to the beat, to run instead of walk. i went to maybe three or four ... not even go to all the ones i wanted to, like next sing or the ... classes will have one or the other, so everyone is busy in some way. on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  pset or tons of work in general, I'd grab my pen. During one memorable ... pset was due, we had our only exam in that class (Sustainable Energy). I used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tips for applying to UROPs

  

  that requires you to be a junior and proficient in, like, five different ... want to get money, credit, or just volunteer. Also remember: There ... 're sending out cold emails or talking to people face-to-face, these are good

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  my students want to come to college in America or even just come and ... popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... came to America from China in 2000, having just finished second grade

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  to already, or how many i'm going to frantically apply to in the week ... 't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... ="unless that code happens to be written by nasa or healthtech and really can

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or ... from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... basic decision as Sam: whether to enroll at MIT or to go somewhere / do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  months ago. In that time, where we proceeded to hang out almost daily, he ... only so much time in a day to do everything, so why do you deserve their ... another point: in getting to know others, it's not only about making that

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing ... another blog, The People's Daily, to catalog my day-to-day experiences. In

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  person to say hi to a stranger or dance in the rain in front of a crowd of ... I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... 'll refer to as Ellie in high school. Ellie was the kind of girl who would

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  choose to participate in a variety of musical clubs, French or German plays ... ’s history helps with your consideration of committing to MIT in the present ... of its peer institutions in accepting women, who also got to work in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I’m waiting for my green card?

  All applicants are requested to fill out the application with their current citizen status. In our first-year admissions process, you're considered an international applicant if you're not a United States citizen or
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  ’t feel rested at all, and I’m not ready to be trapped in the [annotation ... experiences. My pod mates are fun people to work with and just great in general ... I figured it’d be easier to ask first before I lose myself in Stack

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020