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• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  can’t study for. It’s an unpredictable, amazing, terrifying whirlwind ... help. I mean it.  2. Don’t take things too seriously When I felt my knee ... to make it to classes on time, my new friends would leave me behind

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  how to swim since I was 3. I was scheduled to take it my freshman year ... the last of my six Course 9 elective classes, and it's looking to be one ... students and talks about neurotransmitters and drugs for 90 minutes. He does

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  once wrote about how the resident advising system was making it ... Chris Mills write blogs for its admissions site. Mark Wilson for The New ... fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  it more together than me). Worry #2: I became less sure I would fit in ... group or club. It’s important to keep in mind that while some anxious ... this time, but outside of this weekend, it’s not really the case. Sure

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with ... tests, right? -- but it's kind of a disappointment. I'm hoping to bounce ... major? It can be, but it doesn't have to be. If two majors have quite a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a…
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  restaurant. It'll definitely be better than dining hall food. Which actually isn't that bad. So therefore your outing will be inherently great. "HOW ... conversation. :) "OKAY. I'M READY!" Excellent! To make it into this semester

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  in the class and go work together to get it done. We do this because it's how problems are solved in the real world, by small teams of smart ... to know how to work with others. So that's what you'll do here at MIT
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  meeting stem people. i don’t have an opinion on how correct my friend’s advice is, but regardless, it begs the question - how many other glass walls have i been trapped in without ever realizing it?  there are rules

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... makes it really easy to explore. Do you need a course 2 class that counts ... at MIT, and it lets you plan out your classes over a longer period of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  MIT Medical. It does cost extra, though, and isn't included in basic ... this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule ... technically over. Also per my previous post, this doesn’t mean that it’s okay

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  MIT (or HowToGAMIT for short). It's a student-produced handbook that's a ... goal. It's a mix of formation control and neural networks within the ... a simulation of the program working so that it finds an optimal path

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  (it’s not cold enough). I tell her about how my peas died, and how the ... education will be done. I wonder how it will feel to feel that silence when ... I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  'll just have to see how it all goes. It's IAP, after all. Anything can ... .” It's the same problem with majors, or buildings, or the Pass/No Record ... they feeding my nephew out there in New England? It's like he's talking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  always struggled with fiction writing and long-form storytelling. Writing a ... forcing myself to learn to write longform. Poetry taught me how to capture ... , common humanity. It was hard to have the drive to continue writing ten

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  directions if I get lost. It's amazing how close firefighters are, it's really ... could have its own entry, but I'll fall asleep before accomplishing that ... " the wonderdog has extreme potential, see for yourself: 2) It REALLY

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  't worry too much about how you write in your test scores in the Part II. It ... 'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... )." So it's quite alright to write in a future date without a score, as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  're doing. So far, I've been gaining a wide overview of how BNSF runs their ... the freight industry. It's all new to me, coming from the passenger side of things. I suppose the best part is that it's all making sense so far

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  stranger to driving long distances back home. Immediately, however, my ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here ... what they call the DMV in Massachusetts. Fun fact: In Maine, it’s called

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  feeling it. In all honesty that is how most all of my writing goes. When it comes to writing I like to believe that it is reflective of how my mind ... filled with pipes (is that how it goes?). So, I studied architecture in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015