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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  from, and how I used to be. I used to be afraid of change. Complacency ... , like how to do laundry, or how to not burn a pot of spaghetti are ... Buford about how he left his job as a writer to work under Mario Bartoli at

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  holidays, or submitted art portfolios to show us how you visually express ... wondering what's happening to your applications. The honest truth is, we're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How do I contact a current student?

  MIT doesn't provide names or contact information for current students. To learn more about MIT from a student's perspective, please spend time on our site learning about academics and life at MIT. Through our
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.…
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter?"   I'm glad you asked!  As a lifelong Californian before I went to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  by teaching us how to use Adobe Illustrator, which is one of the many ... get taught to use them, and if you already know how to, you just prove ... Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  's application cycle here. As you consider when and how you want to apply, please ... , and instead to store it safely in your inbox. How you do this will ... I’m writing to announce that the application for first

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  the AND and NOT operators With a few adjustments, it's easy to see how ... is similar to how humans play chess; if we see a move that immedietely ... min/max, just with less work done. It's easy to see how if we search

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  long before you want to punch someone, and learned that snow is, despite ... ! Beyond these valuable life lessons, I've also been lucky enough to take a ... Economist so... Ben Bernanke?" Note: Ben Bernanke is not how viral marketing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  Fenway?? UNIMAGINABLE) How desperate was I? Desperate enough to call the ... 2016. Today Claire has achieved her dream and is goin to share this ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  wanted to see how much food we could make with a very low budget. Here are ... until 7pm. How to get there in order of lowest to highest carrying ... problem. Mealplans are expensive, coming out to be $12-15 per meal. And in

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we ... three years. It is hard to know beforehand exactly how many students will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  I saw a tweet from MIT News late last week about how some researchers ... a way to 3D print glass. I'd actually seen some objects on display at the Lab back in June, but had no idea how it worked; at first, I didn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  ago, I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. (A brief introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  pretty psyched to see just how cool the PE offerings at MIT are! A small ... was to learn how to work out in a gym without breaking any fancy ... classes were spent quickly going over how to use each of the machines and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  Senior year: 1 / How to MIT again?! 2 / Keep Calm and Carry On 3 / A team ... fair Learned how to laser cut and 3D print Witnessed MIT Henge for ... studying for finals while procrastinating studying for finals: How to Finals

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... mine is make a plan to lessen that 😌 Try out every pen in your house and ... to finish an entire [annotation note="impossible - emily"]Pamela Reif

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  go to. It's now evident how much MIT throws at its students. I'd be ... , In Time ), and I have to decide how to spend it. MIT is a culture ... Hello (again) World! My goal to blog once a week has sadly failed

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011