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• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... about to work with in 2.009 -- the people I know will be big value-adds to ... you're a freshman or not, I hope this is useful. Have informed

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  "The secret to living a good life is to find something you truly love to ... decided to take matters into my own hands and e-mail Professor Christoper A ... :06:10 -0400 [08/02/05 17:06:10 EDT] From: Sam Maurer To: Professor Christopher A

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  future. As a part of the class we took a trip to the Hasbro world ... Hasbro to see if they'd be interested in producing and manufacturing them ... was that a museum in Lowell, MA was interested in displaying Electro

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  destiny forward one step at a time. But in a way, the past eight months have ... to be viewed as a successful scholar, you first must prove you can ... freshmen and sophomores in high school, you probably entertained a broad

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college ... pi. But, if you take a second or two to talk to them, you’ll find out ... in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  concerns of citizens in Flint, Michigan to unravel a mystery that many in ... art and protest, and it challenges those of us in academia to use our ... Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  was run out of a pristine-looking house, in sharp contrast to the other ... distributed forty laptops each to seven different schools in Haiti, teaching a ... meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  to their houses for a weekend. Joe lives in Portland, which is "Maine ... kind of passed out with A Prayer For Owen Meany open to page 89 in my lap ... 40 minutes late. It's kind of disconcerting to wake up on a bus in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... you to get yourself a Kerberos Identity/Athena username. What will this ... check the MIT directory to get a preliminary idea. If your first name or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with ... use a little more awesome. What do you have that's better? The

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  order to not to hurt my eyes so, in a way, the new hobby is a rebellion ... a "bluebernie" kombucha on tap flavor). I go to StarMarket in Porter ... in Madison with other recruits and a company representative. In other

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  breaths in a cramped bathroom stall, hands shaking as I forced myself to ... in a...less toxic way. I'll go out to more study breaks. I'll try and ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... top choice, and a couple of days after receiving my acceptance to MIT, I ... only to find that I want to be an English teacher?” Though that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  stuck in a loop, constantly going back and trying to find a better ... on in my life, let alone how to write about it." A lot has changed in ... :)[/caption] RIP East Campus, but I'm moving out in two days to a beautiful

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  biology minor in just to feel that validation, just to feel like a real MIT ... comparing myself to other people and finally start finding reassurance in ... in. To simply do things out of a love for it and nothing else. I hope

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... of snow on MIT: What better way to celebrate than with a giant ... West Campus tried to take it down: and this is a very exhausted me

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  's just so hard to get through a whole book in a non-native language. It ... IAP, as you might have heard, is a fun and exciting time to be at MIT ... 's Anonymous," which listed the following description in the IAP guide: "A

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available at: decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim ... before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  kindness friday live blog! a day of vital importance

  

  hours.  5:30 - Woke up. I have a vibrating alarm clock because I used to ... ’re going to run in the coming weeks. I’ve been tasked with putting mice in a ... :57 - 200 questions later, all done! Might need to put a little studying in

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 17, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  push a little further in finding your next home. Just don’t be ... more so a direction to lead the next couple steps in your life. If you ... Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009