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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  our health for the grade. The best thing we can do for ourselves is ... This post is for the MIT students about to embark on finals week ... brought to you by Sahar H. '17, founder of the Sleep is for the Strong

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  .) There is no way to convince me that the Designated Hitter rule is good for ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... checklist for the ages. 52 THINGS NOT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO BE ADMITTED TO MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Let the games begin! Last minute advice for your CPW.

  

  ". Although your host is probably a fairly awesome person, they'll be around for ... ). CPW is a chance for you to meet people in your grade and go to once ... . Make friends in your grade! Although this is a spillover from the general

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  du Conseil - Room for the Observatory's Directing Council, featuring ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working ... , Cassini created a map of the moon that was the best available until

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  dissected every day and the feeling that I was a lizard-person trying my best ... turn in a pset or three, but that’s what P/NR is for, and I stopped ... that the biggest barrier to getting a good grade is their failure to turn

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  specific lab, it's in your best interest to speak to the professor directly ... on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... years ago, adiponectin (see the ribbon representation on the right) is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  Technology Review. The manuscript book is for scratch work on PSETS. How to ... at MIT. Planner MIT gives all the freshmen a planner. This is mine ... computer program ever. GAMIT How to Get Around MIT, the one stop shop for

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  counselors are calling flabbergasted that the best students of their careers ... hit." The first law is true, the second is a construct of your ... acceptance rate is 8.2% overall. Now, I'm not the top kid in my school and I

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  …and other things you can do with your four-day weekend context around the marathon

  

  't get exactly what we asked for. It seems that the general sense is that ... work despite the [annotation note="extra is a strong word here. to be ... , and to allow for students to take an actual break during the four

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  's the way life is. The real world is so much bigger than what you know now ... This past week has been a mixed bag on many levels. On the one hand ... , and one revised essay) while still finding a decent amount of time for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  trusted my intuition and hoped for the best. I made some wrong turns that ... , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... in the tunnels with friends a few times before, but as a directionally

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  released. I hope this is helpful. Best wishes as you finish and submit the ... already here on the site -- for example, about standardized test ... . This is true even though MIT does not use the Common App; submission of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the ... √ґln, and I have to say that just watching the game is way more exciting than ... then I found the statistics! For example, out of the group of 7 countries

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  .) During the evaluation process, we are looking for students who are the best fit and match for MIT. Sometimes, those students who are the best fit ... order’. How can I indicate that someone else is providing the fee? A: Just

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is Math fun at MIT?

  applying to MIT—which is no surprise, since our math department is one of the best on the planet. Mathematics provides a language and tools for understanding the physical world around us and the abstract world within us. MIT
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  .00 euros is just about the universal standard price for Döner in Western ... rather than reading all the entries at smashbros.com some for the ... 'm done with! Which is both good and bad. For one thing, it means I won

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  residue, and is even reusable for several stickings. I worship at the feet ... kinda more ugly than I expected, but for an $18 price tag and the chance ... : “Guys it's for real nearing Shaq height.” As the latest beneficiary of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  ,700-$2,100 for a single. -Boston is reallllly nice in the summer! The winter ... situtation is pretty unique; since I live very close to the NIH, working here ... practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... latter). I see the drive and ambition we had as students directed to new ... is.Every year, the same group of friends I met in Maseeh gathers on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025