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• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base ... discovered yet. After all, mathematics is not inherently tied to the workings ... like to define ourselves with not so great numbers, such as our GPA or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  about life outside of their parents' houses. Everything from how to clean your room to how to decide whether you should go to class can be a ... yourself to learn how to cook. This blog will give you a few tips on eating

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before, you’ve probably wondered: How does MIT make so many pumpkins every year

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how to not spend their money. I definitely didn't, even when I really ... -me Really Broke) But how broke? Okay, actually I'm not going to be that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I list standardized test results?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests and scores page. You are not required to send your official scores as part of your application
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  foremost resource on “how to MIT.” Actually get to know us—first impressions ... something to offer and something to learn—it’s how every class year gets built ... some point, it’s just more efficient to sleep. Sleep, not nap. Your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  a story? how emotive is it? if not, is it hype enough? is the ... how the dance progresses from start to finish. examples: Love on the ... method I've gotten used to after many years of dancing, so it might not be

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want ... sense? Same. I want to hear about how you're afraid of growing up. I want ... of little pieces? Me too. I want to hear how you’re actually, really

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  . But speaking of which, I think I’m even more excited to see how MIT does ... forwards to. Lots of equations, calculations, math-like things. Not to ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  femaleness and the fact that I have not learned to fiercely defend my own ... ’m not telling you to stop… just be careful sometimes. You have an ... musician told me when I paused to listen. I found out how he loved knives and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you actually learn how to cook a few filling, [annotation note="eat your veggies ... are wonderful, but Mohammed (not sure if that's how his named is spelled

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  . So did I look up training plans or strategies on how to get my distance ... plan was to go running with other runners who knew tips and how to ... probably head back, but how FUNNY would it be if I ran to the airport? I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• 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 ... apply and when you receive your decision? We understand that not knowing the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  close to me and ask how they’re doing. it’s not realistic to help others ... realize that i don’t really know how to save a life. not the lives of ... a couple seconds. what was i supposed to say? hi, i’m not really sure

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  Here's something else to love about MIT! The first semester at MIT ... “pass” on your transcript;  if not, there's no record you took it. The ... may designate up to 48 units to be graded on a pass/no record basis
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  not yet totally fallen apart.[/annotation] Before I describe how I ... the case here as well; I'm excited to see how things turn out. lean0 ... wanted to come back and TA. I'm not a physics major, but it seemed like a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  to be back home.    But all is not well. We hadn’t been in the ... , 2022.    The Milk is not an easy object to mistake for something ... may not look like something of value to unkind observers. But, we

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  are not eligible for first-year admission and should apply to MIT for ... for your service. More information about applying to MIT is available on ... ), committed to supporting the academic, financial, and personal goals of
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  I'm going to be honest - The first five academic weeks here were not ... may or may not convince themselves they like. With that, I'd like to devote an entire entry to a class I'm not even in anymore: Physics

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007