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• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  . It's an entire sheet of loose-leaf paper. With 2 exceptions, every item ... squeeze it into the margin. I hope you'll notice that I actually added a ... that, I might as well add "GET OFF CAMPUS" to it, to keep myself from

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight ... my dreams After the long workdays this week, I couldn't even escape CPW ... from Snakes on a Plane. I'm not really sure why we were doing it at CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  -backpack-wielding sophomore. (That WAS a long time ago, wasn't it? You're free to imagine me ... classes simply went through the textbook, and not how to get anything of it ... close. You get to complain to each other about how long you've been trying

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  . Who am I? I am an MIT student. But what does that mean? It's no longer a ... . Admittedly, it feels as though there are few. Worse, certainties become ... butter to any meal qualifies it as a meal of substance. Sure, it might not

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  love reading. i haven't spoken about how much i love it on the blogs yet ... current state of the world, and damn, does it hit hard. highly recommend ... high school. wild... i can't speak to how other MIT students are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... "Communication Systems and Networks", or as I like to call it, "How the Internet ... Is this what it's like to be an upperclassman and only take classes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  an option where you can indicate this. Got it. Ok, how do I fill this ... to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT ... you submitted your application. Who should fill it out? Everyone! Even

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to ... .  How do I fill out the grades section? Make it clean please. Like this ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  . Got it. Ok, how do I fill this form out? The form has fields for you to ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT February Updates & Notes Form is an online form

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  officers; it’s a catch-call term used by employers to encompass all the ... in more than 700 events over ~3.14 days—everything from How to Build an ... Closing Show, respectively. Coincidentally, I am part of a long legacy of

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  being human and for recognizing that I am the same. I had a long response prepared for the haters, but I let it go. No matter how good and honest one ... that it was a personal entry in my personal blog about my personal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  the fact that it has been that long, and it's way longer compared to ... pieces to fill them with because that's how it's been it feels like i ... small part, only trace a quarter of it i don't know your full history

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  applicants who love MIT and show high passion, how does MIT choose? Of course ... 's paper application within the next week or so, and will have it on hand to ... the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  interview required? No, it's not required, but I highly suggest having one. "Your interview gives us a vivid sense of you as a person and how you ... interview. 3. How do you schedule an interview? You will receive your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  good enough," yet how many ways can you prepare tea? Is it really THAT complicated? Does it HAVE to be a certain type of tea? Nicholas C. '19 ... dancer, and he taught our interviewer how to dance on camera. Haha! It was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  's not a singular organ. Angela: how about my left lung? it's probably ... do! Angela ‘24, Karthik ‘22, Emily ‘22, and I spent who knows how many hours working on it starting from last fall, throughout IAP, and all the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  actually spinning”? How could it possibly be true that electrons “don ... disproven it. And that my smartphone – its tens of billions of transistors ... modern understanding of quantum mechanics. It's just... none of it... feels

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  " is a common buzzword nowadays, but it's a good way to describe how I ... 't understand myself. I can say how it’s affected me though. I got a bruised ego ... to eat shit when it does get served so I can move on and work towards

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  is touched (which happens often, since it's in your mouth), it hurts. They last about a week, and can make it painful to eat or speak. Their ... getting these. It was definitely when I was a teenager, but I'm not sure if

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  consider how important location is to you, and possibly how important it ... People often find it shocking when I say it, but if MIT was in ... Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008