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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  is a thing, I asked Christina to write up a brief history of how this ... Vote to help them register to vote, be reminded about local elections, and even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Brief Retreat How a short trip to Block Island left me revitalized

  

  how I might be able to take it out to the ocean, perhaps letting it sit ... any excuses, I've been looking for ways to recharge myself and face the ... up last weekend, when my family and I took a trip to Block Island, a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  showcases, meme tags. In the past eight months, I've learned how to manage my time better (thanks, iCalendar) and how to use a mop (apparently you ... along some numbered axis. I still like to quantify, but I'm learning how

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  recognize how my chronic worrying and distress were beginning to wear on me ... preference really. How many classes should I take? Do I want to take a ... to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  career fair? How on earth did I manage to find something to do last summer ... of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... , and anxiety. Last year, I went to the career fair with the primary

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  more you learn how to balance this exploration with your priorities ... is that “first years need to learn how to be independent at MIT”, but I ... believe what they mean is that first years should learn how to strike the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to procrastinate. Which isn’t to say that the videos aren’t effective or useful ... video creators sharing various approaches to being more productive, having

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  What's that? You're dying to find out how we managed to ice skate on Frog ... Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  into caring, to make them worry over how their businesses would crumble ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  I've blogged before about how, a few years ago, Jeremy Rubin '16 managed to raise $500k in funding and a ton of faculty sponsors to distribute $100 in Bitcoin to every MIT undergraduate as his final project for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  forcing myself to learn to write longform. Poetry taught me how to capture ... felt that I had stories to tell and no means with which to tell them ... storytelling ability I felt I lacked. As I began writing plays, I struggled to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  ). More details to come on how to fill out the Midyear Report in the next ... As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... downtime on December 31st, it seems that most students were able to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  In years past, we've asked folks to let us know in August if they wish to be considered for an admissions blogging position, and we've made ... process, we must also be careful to provide a broad spectrum of the MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before, otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the door.) Made good time to Hartford; checked into the Hilton (didn't see

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  many internships they were applying to, or how many classes they were ... is time? I keep trying to type about things that are different, but there are so many things that come to mind that I've been pressing

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  to college ... what to bring, how you’ll spend those last days with ... (Come to the 3rd floor of the Student Center at 12 noon on Friday of ... . Welcome – MIT’s an amazing place (no matter what you’re here to study), and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  and it is hard to predict how flexible or concerned any individual ... you.  If your intent is to demonstrate how you feel and you want to make ... about how the interview is an effort to get to know the student as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a richer college experience. You'll figure out for yourself how you want to ... : http://web.mit.edu/acadinfo/sse/courselist.html How to use the MIT logo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT’s Tribute to Boston Lights from the Green Building.

  

  I'll let these pictures speak for themselves, but I thought this was a lovely gesture and wanted to immortalize it on the blogs. Much love to everyone affected by today's bombings. Photo credit to the MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  admission to MIT.how can i improve them.? any help would be highly appreciated ... tends to confuse these groups of people is the housing system, and how it ... Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006