Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  a long night, but I wouldn't have spent it any other way. What makes ... today, I walked onto the MIT campus for the first time and nearly hated it ... fresh-baked bagel. Perhaps it was the hilarious conversations I had with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  of January where students can take a long winter break, take unique ... other things."]IAP[/annotation] I only took one class and it already ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  community and want to help make your transition as positive as it can possibly ... . However, as a freshman, the growth was scary, especially because it was so ... to interrogate my value systems and learn how to simultaneously

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  how much material it was, here are our allotted cheat sheets. There’s a ... was probably 70-80 percent of the whole course), it felt a lot like a final. To be honest, it felt a little worse than a final because it was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  !" but I decided that was too much. I still wanted to mention it though ... Coop, I knew it was my calling. This was the universe telling me to go for it and make my dreams come true. [caption id="attachment_116958

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  Worldbuilding, and my final project had been a comic strip. It was only a few pages, but it still took 60 hours to make. I felt like being a writer and ... Explorations of Drawing (Advanced), even though I wasn't sure how (Advanced) I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  nothing in particular. Thinking about how nice it is here. ... It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam ... impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

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

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... path. And somehow I made it to the other side of campus. Somehow. But ... instead. But I eventually did make it back to my dorm--and, most

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  mind take me wherever it wants. I pull out a piece of paper and a BIC pen ... times. I never really listened. It was just something she said, like ... , Mom came home and held out a pillowcase. It was light blue with hot air

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  lesswrong.com might be a good idea, although I don't know how much good it ... remember how much it draws on the others. If that sounds like work, try ... next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... checked it out, I happily agreed. Here's the link: AnglesI especially liked ... 't taken one sooner. Her reasoning? Maybe not what you'd expect. No, it wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  marbles this year. You know that it is important that you take proper time ... answer this most deep and profound question? It's all about the Guidance ... college process for most high school students. How important is your GC

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  + Events. There is now a whole guest blog post about it! Learn how to have a ... issues. What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick ... one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... enthralled by how entangled the two disciplines really are.Its lectures ... for science. However, it also stands apart from my other classes as the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  I actually really enjoy it and seeing my progress. Since I've been home, I have not stepped foot in the gym. For 2020, I want to see how ... 'll most likely take progress pics throughout the year just so I can see how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  Street (at Mill Street), San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Los Angeles/Long Beach ... Golden Shore, Long Beach, CA 90802 At my Central Meetings, there are a ... statistics? Is it easier to get in if I apply early? Last year, early action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  pierced, what types of piercings I wanted, and how much it would cost. At most places, it seemed like the piercings I wanted would cost me about ... planning to walk there, but it was incredibly cold (the weather archives tell

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... encourage them “do their own thing” and know that it's good for you to do the same. It’s the best way for them to figure out if they are comfortable

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  . This post is the first of a series of three posts about the Festival. It ... . Now, machines can perform calculus operations for us, but it takes a human to learn how to apply calculus to improve the world. Machines

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  know what it's for.   Step 2 - Understanding Your Options and ... WILL recline their seat as far as it can go, the person to your left will ... Leg Room. Bound to have terrible neighbours whose goal it is to make

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013