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• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but ... Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non ... Scholar Program, which enables current graduate students to enroll at ... demonstrate their ability to handle MIT’s rigorous academic standards. The
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  how to pick up a humanities double major at a tech university! FRIDAY ... This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you ... to be cold and rainy during the first two days of CPW :( ) Yes, you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  of take some time to answer any random questions like “how often can ... were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  to where i am now i hope that i will get to show other people how much ... ~~~ cut off all my hair moved to city where the sun is out every day ... flew on many air cars to places near and far enjoyed life by the day

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  impacts of a changing climate * How to model and analyze complex climate and environmental phenomena * How to analyze large and diverse datasets to produce reliable predictions * How to quantify the societal impact of climate risk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  traveled to Chengdu, China, and eventually more and more cities, I got to see how convenient a subway system could be. Also, I hate driving, so public ... about the minimum number of T stops you’d need to pass in order to go to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  interested in seeing how it'd adapt to a virtual format. after spending an hour ... 're asked to pay attention to how our feet are in contact with the ground, to ... more than six feet apart just to be safe, way. i've forgotten how to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties

  

  around the world)? If so, how was it? I'd love to hear how it went. Also, if anyone took any pictures, I may be able to post a few here on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 28, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  you’re proud of, or a realization of how you want to better the world ... community back in high school, and how I hope to extend that love to the ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  in the space, how to get access, and notes about the space’s culture ... in just how many maker spaces (or spaces for making) it houses! To try ... particularly stuck out to you? Rima: I was amazed at just how many spaces there

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  to go. But alas, I am now wiser about how to handle a bamboo stick ... Italy over IAP. In October, I applied to MIT's Global Teaching Labs ... students qualified to teach Italian high schoolers some science, in English

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  to figure out what makes and how to make cut paper stronger than non ... was how to use a very strong light to cut tiny lines in paper. [carousel ... training to me, though, made me learn how to use this thing: it has two grips

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... going to Seahawks playoff game(s) while I'm stuck yelling at a TV about 3

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story about struggling with sacrificing self-care to prioritize academics ... the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter ... learned a bit about winter fashion, and how to dress appropriately. I was ... setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify ... factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  the lecture did happen to be a good time. We learned about how you get ... right now is to discover how things work, to read that one book that ... ), to learn how to play that piece that’ll make an audience stand on its

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  and learned how to use fast fabrication methods.  And I built a pair of ... in 2.007 (in my opinion) is a document called "How To Build Your ... hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  figuring out how exactly to word the spec I’m writing. It’s easy to get in ... my resume to half the booths I walked past because I may have gone a ... enthralled. Then, as I was about to head back to my dorm and call it a day, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018