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• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  is, or how to go about acquiring it. The other type of depression is ... say something, I minimized it because how could they understand, or ... feel happiness or pleasure. It is described as a type of numbness, a numb

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  student groups disappeared, then what does it matter if hundreds of years of history, tradition, and culture disappear with them? what does it matter if ... wanted people to discover how cool square dancing is. i wanted to give

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  never use it as long as I live, but it was interesting to learn.  When he ... same way! So how did they do it?  [carousel image1="96223" image2 ... best of me and I looked up how rare it was. I’d seen grey and brown

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  Hadron Collider project. Isn't it beautiful? I have no idea how they ... yesterday titled, "How to Win a Nobel Prize" - hands down, it was my favorite ... informative, interesting, and often inane e-mails. As she does a great job

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it ... ones involved in pulling, it’s easier to maintain good posture, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  something like this: does this look fun? is it interesting—does it tell a story? how emotive is it? if not, is it hype enough? is the ... technical? because no thanks if it's a heels dance, does it require space I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  playlist, and we did. Here it is - listen to it while you read this post ... cappella and guitar. I listen to different music depending on how I feel a ... Tunes, although it was nice to have premade playlists in genres that I liked. This

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  importantly, it does not rely any one individual for its success. Everyday I ... from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take break. As my wife so ably put it, "Back away slowly from your job, and no

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it was because she is really a vampire and does not show up on film, but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  reg desk. Very cool. It wouldn't be a good entry without a picture of ... ceremony. The bloggers kicked it off with the "top ten(ish) reasons to choose ... yourself?). Then Marilee spoke for awhile about how and why we chose you

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• Blog / How to School

  Today Was A Long Day and it's not over yet.

  

  too. Because I often forget just how beautiful it is. And yet a place ... Hi there. Today was an incredibly long day. Like running back and forth between lab, eating lunch in 5 mins, barely making it to the dining

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I first set foot on MIT's campus as an innocent, doe-eyed freshman over a year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  is not expensive. It does not take a lot of space. And it cooks such a ... , and I have no clue how many minutes it was, I put in three whole ... . Good enough that I ate it for two days. Does it look good? No, but who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  . I walked out of my room one day to discover a huge mess. Well, it may ... that). But it had finally reached the point where it was worth ... about how crazy everyone was studying for finals? They're over! Let's talk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  —drafts that never made it past the first sentence and exist in a folder on his ... message cast down by Petey of the Blogs had been a sign-- a sign that it was ... proceeded to…well…post a blog? And, that's it. I think we all learned

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  on a game and analyze it akin to what one of our author’s does). If you ... ideas to how it ties to my thesis. This really helps me better analyze the ... have a significant amount of time to dedicate to it.A key factor in these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  . When the milk is about to boil (but before it does boil) turn off the ... [by Sadie Scheffer '10] College? It's about classes and professors ... about life outside of their parents' houses. Everything from how to clean

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009