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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  : I got this book as a birthday gift, and my instinctive reaction to it ... the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... tackled. I think it’s a nice book to read and relax while sitting by the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to ... singles. Does not count cats. No quads or triples here... unless you really ... . You'll share a bathroom. It's no big deal, they're always well

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens ... long too tell you, and now it's too late to apply." So, for your ... , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  ." Host: "About how much does it cost for one semester?" Janet: "When I was ... about how to tear it down afterwards for the Facilities people." Berta ... plays the violin, she does the taikwondo, and she was a sushi chef at one

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  countless films of [annotation note="as short as 2 minutes or as long as 2 ... an amazingly framed short film, i discovered as we screened it in class ... "]simple![/annotation] So, here’s a quick step by step guide on how I managed to finish my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  squirrel--isn’t it cute? how does it survive? why is it scared? Pluck a blade of grass--isn’t it green? how does it survive? did it just die? If you ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  .[/annotation]But the sunrise, oh, the sunrise, when it does come—will be beautiful. ... post about how I’ve been managing is coming at some point, but that point ... this is not very impressive to most high school students but it is very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring part isn’t actually the lower temperatures—it’s how abruptly the weather ... often choose to room with them, but this is how it worked for me

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  come to MIT?and...how stressful does it get on an average day? thanks ... , but the majority is okay. And MIT does everything it can to try and help ... requirement, does it? I mean, the maximum possible financial aid that one can

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  or still dreaming? Seleeke Flingai (me): All the time. It's called MIT, it's the only way to fly. I don't care how you take it, but my CPW ... and I attended an hour-long breakdancing class, which involved none

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone else to do it. in esp we have a saying, which is "your job is not to do things, it's to make sure that things get done." i've learned that it doesn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   rice with forks? How are you going to scoop it into your mouth? The default of ... steps down. It does mean that you can cross the road anytime you want to ... from home, like the weird practice of tipping, or how there’s functional

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  ). We're now taking bets on how long it takes his MIT classmates to crack ... Today does a cool piece on Helen Greiner '89 SM '90, founder of i ... 's administration doesn't like it if you hack the door locks or the strike plates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  share his perspectives on reality TV and how despite how real it might appear to be how much of it is still scripted and staged. Despite the Tech ... a better scientist. Become a better MIT student. What does it mean to

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  ) - especially if its from a school that you've been anticipating for a long time ... you that =p SOOO it's T -2.5 days for all you Early Applicants! If you ... by now, too paranoid to look at the calendar ("oh my goodness, it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  : What kind of research opportunities does MIT provide for its ... was her own insecurities and how much of it was true, but she definitely ... seriously considering it as a career path. However, I don't know whether I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  Security Strategy, assess how well the United States is adhering to its own ... going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  enjoyment of walking long distances, it seemed like the right weekend to try ... , doing, this, for approximately as long as I want. It is, in its own way, a ... . Traditionally, the Boston Marathon is also [annotation note="this year it has been

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  ... how difficult is it to pick stuff up? As far as picking up programming ... course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is covering the material that it should be. Mugho Pine asked: If you come in

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  with new giant robots fighting. Wow, it's been a while! Wow, I've been ... day of the past decade. I helped teach Susan Hockfield how to play Wii ... 'm navigating, in which case it takes like 20 minutes. But The Amazing Race has

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007