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• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your ... . - Experience has suggested to me that this, much like using NaBH4 to reduce an ... whiteboard in French House; they're always covered with a combination of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  seemed to be a consensus among a bunch of people I talked to that this was ... semester 21W.758 was a class that covered a multitude of genres but stuck to ... Boys in comics class a few weeks ago, we focused mainly on how Faith Erin

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly ... having a schedule where you can, in fact, take the train three stops to eat ... feeling of having people mention your writing to you in a non

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  applications to the public library, find a quiet corner, and immerse myself in ... popular... I'm a big believer in finding something that works and going ... the right path. After a year of trying to find that path, I can't tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  , writing and discussion." but I find this definition is lacking in a few ... Interphase together. We sat in groups of  two and learned in a style similar to ... , Chemistry took on a whole new meaning. Finding enjoyment in the daily "CLICKER

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  inspired me to then start sorority rush in the fall of freshman year ... best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni ... to CPW, which in turn convinced me to go to MIT. Also, the experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  Cusack's character, Craig, after being unable to find work as a puppeteer tries to find work as a filing assistant. He had a grueling job interview ... to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  make some big changes in 2020: find a new job/switch careers, move ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and ... little cocoon it formed. My husband, in a well-intentioned effort to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  /what class?). For me, this gave me a useful chance to not only explore the social circles and niches to find where I fit extracurricularly, but also a ... written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  was going to go down in flames in a depressing way, rather than a ... be helpful to the freshmen in my wing. I’m supposed to be a go-to for ... that I went down to 2W and did nothing useful until 3 in the morning

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  in the meantime feel free to use this post's comments section to talk ... in four years? How about people who earned a master's unrelated to the ... state school and major in biology. Find a college that is a good match for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sabar drums, Rwanda, and the C.I.A Can you guess what all this stuff has in common?

  

  only wants you to be able to use maths to solve all sorts of problems, but to be cultured and knowledgeable about the world you live in. They ... MIT is an acronym, or as I like to say "L.E.A.M.I.T.I.A.A"(did you catch

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 18, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... welcome to apply to MIT through our Regular Action cycle using our ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  auditions. I was a musician in high school, so I’m accustomed to performance ... , and one a post-doc in the biology department), I am eager to spend IAP ... (Eve Ensler, the author of the monologues, allows casts to write in a few

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  summer, I'm usually a ball of anxious energy just waiting to be released ... gonna say like guts in a murder scene, but maybe that's a tad bit too ... done this to herself? I entered MIT with a job, a web-based research

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  to talk to / get to know we’re analyzing a film in literature and ... either wouldn't have the skills and/or wouldn't be willing to put in a ton ... can, as long as you get permission to use a space, make sure you build

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  actually find me in a photo in this post!']micro-internship[/annotation] at a ... . There wasn't much to see in Bedford, except for this old train and a 10 ... been fantastic in a lot of different ways. I'm back in Cambridge, I did a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  , despite my mom’s frustration. I miss the lamp that used to be in the living ... used to make the most ridiculous and hilarious wishes, while I just ... to be warm but not hoodie warm. I miss sitting in the school parking

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  senior in high school, I used to be the kid who pulled all-nighters, just ... well I needed to do on the next exam to get an A in the class. I thought ... philosophy and a lifelong process. It requires you to first of all find out who

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three ... weekend to be exact - I sat in a dining room table in the East Flatbush ... spoke to in April was ten times savvier than she'd been just a few months

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006