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• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  who knows how to love themself. I am not there yet but that is where I ... a wooden pull toy. I am learning how to be a leader through dorm ... how to have fun;) 4. because that’s life Sometimes I think to myself

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Setbacks head hurty

  

  Jebby's so productive"[/caption] Anyway, I'm not going to do a full tour of my Notion because I'm not writing this post to show off how ... the cool kids, and it's great because I get to customize my planner the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... here and, moreover, I did not have the appropriate attire to gauge the ... week, he gently reminded me, "You chose to live here in Massachusetts

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• 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 ... want to. :) 4. We're not afraid to put our engineering skills to the ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  think about it-—how does one attach a microphone to a stripper without it looking too conspicuous? When you're not wearing anything in ... interviewed to be the Sound Designer for the Musical Theater Guild's (MTG

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  something related to course scheduling. In many of these instances, had I not ... into How to Stage a Revolution, a fairly popular class. Obviously you don ... dejected about not being able to take either class… until Rihn the wonderful

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  If you are named a QuestBridge Finalist, you do not need to submit an ... that did not rank MIT, but you would like to apply for our Regular Action ... enough information for us to evaluate students for admission. However, you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  not know how to use a pipette: Cambridge teaches passion. It assumes ... up a PCR and eat lunch before the gel sets. I understand not how or why ... not hate yourself after doing it. (I don't care how much satisfaction

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How Hard is MIT? A quantitative analysis

  

  Introduction Before coming to college, I often wondered how hard MIT was. Conversations with current students led me to believe that MIT’s hardness ranged from “quite” to “extraordinarily”; some even described it as

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  It's a little-known fact that McCormick Hall is home to not only ... sailing, suffered two blows to the head from a wayward mast, pretended to ... coaster at East Campus, won a game of Scrabble, not done laundry, jumped on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch ... rest of my life. So why not try to hedge my bets and try to do everything

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spreading Santorum around MIT Or rather, just spreading awareness of Santorum.

  

  I don't want to make this blog too political--I will not use Turkey vs. Spam as a stepping stone to the presidency. Still, I must say, I ... photograph to paste a cutout of good old Rick's head onto. I've decided not to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  on the internet did not turn out to be helpful. You can find things ... inexplicable desire to drink soda. As in, I had to drink soda immediately or I would fail my test even harder than I was already going to fail it. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  about my family...), but on top of an MIT courseload, I'm not sure how this is going to work out. Here's how the schedule goes right now ... start. - MedLinks, which I just applied and was accepted to, so I'm not

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to submit their reports has not ... not gotten back to you, but it has been only a short time since you made ... committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On the last section of both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  advice would be to not sweat the small stuff. Everything will work out ... and the admissions committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On ... allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  friend begins to talk about the party that you were not supposed to go to ... , don't be surprised if the 2nd question is "How am I supposed to get to ... drastically since you applied. If you have not attended college, not to worry

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  our 60" HDTV and server, when we decided to tell the random stranger that they were talking to a room full of MIT students. As it turns out, they had a friend that was just accepted to MIT EA. I'm not sure how much

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Letter to CPW Prefrosh let the onslaught of CPW-related posts continue

  

  in London, so decided to make a trip out of it. Unfortunately, I'm not ... will be many things to do, and you will not be able to do everything ... to make heartbreaking decisions. How to spend four days? For some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT for free like I always do. When I first came to MIT I was terrified of ... cabs when travelling alone. The T is not scary. In addition, if you’re on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014