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• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you ... 'm finally free to come back to the blogs (: It's not that I haven't been ... a napkin... I just haven't had a good chunk of time to sit down and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• 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 ... Dear Members of the Class of 2022, It's been an absolute pleasure to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  your best to crush my soul. You've made eight hours of sleep an alien ... -long question might turn out to be an hour-long mindbender. An innocent negative sign might take 10 minutes to figure out. I might be using the same

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  , where to sing loudly and where to sing softly, how to form each individual ... talks about the importance of music, about how we cling to it in our moments of greatest need, about how it is not a luxury, but rather essential to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... " dictate how cool you are. You gain aura points when you do something cool ... . I lied to someone's parents It was[annotation note="Parents come to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in-person info sessions and tours as well as online sessions. Head over to our Visit page to sign up! Reservations are required. Should you arrive
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  theory and observation and also to improve the understanding of how these ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wanna be on the Radio? (Update) CPW: T Minus 4 Days

  

  entry. Thanks everyone! Expect an entry tonight about how to make the ... Thanks to everyone who volunteered to write a CPW Blog Entry. At this ... I'm going to stop asking for volunteers. But, if you have a personal

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a Quest ... @mit.edu. After you email us, we will contact you about how to access our MIT Quest ... your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  content creator of color, or being disabled in the gaming space and how to ... I told her how much it meant to me to see women in the gaming space. I ... myself out of embarrassment Him (this is a reference to how he had to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  major. I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted to approach this, but ... can be attributed to how course selection in college is a double ... enough time. Many questions came into my head as I toiled on how to crack

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  . 18.MIT Tech TV 19.  ESGers know how to make a Halloween costume. 20 ... Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  reference librarians we have here at MIT if you are unsure how to go about a ... ideas to how it ties to my thesis. This really helps me better analyze the ... 'm researching, I'm constantly thinking about how these sources relate to my thesis

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  the goddamn loveliest melody How grateful I was then to be part of the ... . How long will I have to work hard? When will I finally receive the ... back to living at East Campus and marvel how my hallmates and friends

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  brand-sponsored twentysomethings who taught me how to layer my jackets and ... ="aligncenter" width="217"] the coat[/caption] But I couldn't figure out how to wear it ... didn't know how to ask for what I needed. It felt like I had to figure

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment ... uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote ... to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  in "Spider-Man" for about 3 minutes, too. Surely, you had to see ... , "The Man With The Screaming Brain," and what better place to premiere it ... starring in "The Man With The Screaming Brain," he also found time to write

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  pretention about MIT: no one seemed to care how you dressed, what color your ... , you don't know how you want to distinguish yourself. You talk loudly about a pset score, or about how late you were up studying, or jump to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  Happy New Year to everyone! As you may have noticed I've been absent from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... insight, wisdom, humor, patience and dedication. Much to my surprise this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006