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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... Near the start of the pandemic, I decided not to come back to MIT ... Zoom University. Instead, I chose to work. Unfortunately, nobody was

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  to how we structured each rep. After each strenuous climb, we spent a ... Ideas Weekend. From 9 PM to 1 AM, a total of 86 students representing 11 teams competed to see who could climb up the 18-story Green Building the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  . I know that’s not a lot, but do your best to be concise. How do I ... to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress! What is it? The MIT ... students (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  you don’t know what business casual means, much less how to find a job ... find a job and you don’t know how to approach company representatives. I ... . People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• 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 ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress ... Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the applicant. This form

  • 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 ... . Remember, the final date to submit the FUN Form is February 15th. 
 How do ... ’t need to worry about “getting it wrong” -- don’t stress

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  Admissions staff with new and exciting things in your life. How to send us ... it is impossible to know at this time exactly how many complete ... things that arrive today to not appear on the tracker for another week or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  about how campaigns like these honor MIT's commitment to diversity by ... You Are Welcome Here campaign aims to increase the visibility of LGBQT facilities and programs with small cards to denote an LGBQT student's first

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  're full. (If you came here for tips on how to get into college, I'm sorry to say all you're going to get are tips on how to eat like a West African ... the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  such goodies as how to get your MIT email address and lots of information ... In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  matics level 1 and SAT physics and TOFEL...But i dont know how to prepare ... sweet (like Mac! How awesome would it be for Mac to get a cute, sweet guy ... 'm happy to report that I feel much better now. I was seriously out of it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn ... really want to do them all justice, so I'm gonna answer them next week ... 'm doing right now is writing a blog entry. I'm doing that because I went to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  want to also talk a little about my experience being Course 18 and how it ... math majors learn how to talk and write (in LaTeX) about their work. I ... background and how much time you have to devote to the class! A relevant

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  me "how did you get into walking?" The first answer that comes to my ... This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side ... moved to October"]run on Patriots' Day,[/annotation] and, in combination

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

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  them, discuss with them how to get girls interested in science, outline ... he met with politicians and journalists to discuss how the US and the ... From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School's FIRST Robotics team

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  ...here we are). This past January, I learned how to code (again). On a whim ... learn how to also beep boop. Regardless, I suffered through 6.145, with a ... regular normal people are supposed to know how to use things. And that's why

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  , and you have to teach yourself how to depend on other people or manage ... more attention to how it felt and tasted in my mouth than its appearance ... their legs to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you” when

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  quality: it doesn't feel like I am "choosing" to do them or not based on how ... helpful. It doesn't let me wiggle out of things, or lie to myself about how ... shut up to my walking partner(s) about how beautiful it is Put on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  ="aligncenter" width="400"] learned how to use a bunch of sensors! an anemometer, thermal ... ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to ... was foreign to me, and I naturally feared getting burned. But after

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... . light pollution should have taught me that hope demands hurt to be seen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025