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• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  . on weeknights, i'd play board games, or go to lectures, or eat out. on ... or play smash with. i used to think i'd burn out, that by doing everything, i'd end up doing nothing. in practice, i enjoyed having lots to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  after a governor in a hotel lobby gave us tickets to the show.  We also ... person we're going to be for the next stage of our lives. I felt like I wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  application of course, or what you want to do with your life, and so forth - but ... to: 2) keep it civil - in tone, in subject matter, etc. we're all ... prepare to send decisions out in ~12 hours. I may close comments later today

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... intense fever. I crawled to my laptop, mentioned in the Teams chat that I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision through the ... 's okay, we know you're making the best choice for yourself), or to request ... ), please contact Michael Yang in the Admissions Office to request the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  OSU or other state schools and are now planning to work in Columbus ... , but they would have been reasons to choose MIT if I had known them. In ... allow you to pursue interesting research in an essentially independent

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  Tried to establish a new normal in the middle of the woods I’ve been here ... decision: Go home to be with my family, or bug out with some friends who ... us to move in right away, b) was big enough for everyone, and c) gave

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit, and we took a mini-trip to Santa Cruz, Capitola, Monterey, and ... . Here's our boat, the sqrt(2*kinetic energy/mass) -- or, as some like to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  've just been too down in the dumps because of the quarantine to actually ... what i study to nowadays. RIP having good taste in music. my one attempt ... this earth to live in LA, and i couldn't run more than a mile without

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can ... screennames to be in touch with fellow MIT 2015s! The MIT Reply Form: As soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  usually do not (and should not) know how to add or remember numbers, but we ... these doors to control where the cats go in the house. Like this little ... all rocks can stick to other rocks or your cool-making box. Most rocks

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  Orchestra or Concert Band or other music groups. It’s a way to keep in ... you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  if any companies 1) interested me or 2) would be interested in a CMS/7 ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most ... summer jobs pre-MIT! Do what you love, whether that's working in a lab or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  'm still supposed to be leaving for Maine in 25 minutes. I haven't decided yet whether or not I'm going to repack or whether I'm just going to take ... Adam and me up to their family's condo at Sunday River in Maine (because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  have to toss a ball around or [annotation note="I actually have a note ... the spot, so they can opt in (or not) on their own time and comfort ... to the best of your ability," where X=bike or car or Shrek or Tim

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in ... decorations. Tomorrow I'm moving, and then we're starting to meet in Early ... for the next ~12 hours or so I will try to answer any question you ask

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  of excellence in math, science and engineering will tend to fare well in MIT admissions. But do any of the above things, or anything else ... Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  free to write in bullet points or more casual language. We're really not ... to report -- so if you're in a school that doesn't have midyear grades ... + (Final grade)" or "B+ (online course)." Also, you don't need to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... from actually loving it enough to achieve mastery. Playing the violin in an orchestra paled in comparison to playing guitar with friends. It

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  enough to yet be materialized as a concrete “you’re in!” or “we regret to ... , regardless of admission or non-admission to the Institute, you probably applied ... satisfied enough to embark on the eight-hour grind. I realized the error in my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015