Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  up at 5 AM, the life story or experience that sets you apart from ... talk about what your life is like and what things you are interested

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It’s kind of…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  the past two years that have greatly enhanced my quality of life at MIT ... my life outside is collapsing, at least something feels consistent and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  - before some things that came up in my life made it too difficult to keep ... be the most convincing argument in favor of a life of research. If

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  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 orientation, every freshman receives a list…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions, for one thing. MIT finals, for another (AHHHH). Deadlines for regular decision applications to college, and, for many…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

    While it’s easy to think and talk about the incredible academic opportunities at school when you’re, well, at school; it’s decidedly harder to notice them when you’re not. This…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  with TDI more than half of my life. And I never feel as good, as relaxed ... , because one day they will fill your shoes. What matters most in life is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  Every so often, during the Q&A portion of an MIT information session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the highest suicide rate? The…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  life. D: You're right, I do like my church community and would like to ... life, and needs. Just because her college is a good fit for her, does not

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  [Apologies that this entry is so delayed. I’ve been walking around like a turtle in three pairs of sweatpants and two sweatshirts and a lot of sweat trying to get…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  otherwise make a huge, expensive mess and ruin everyone's life. I eventually ... summarizes life as a Physics major at MIT. (After taking a shortcut that

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  Caffeine is in the air my friends, pencils are writing, printers are spooling (unless you’re the one I tried to print to in the Student Center….grumble grumble), and all this…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  . So, how does this fit into my life at MIT? Well, I work anywhere from 6

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  First some backstory. It’s 2008, a leap year and a presidential election year. It’s business as usual for most seasoned Americans but, for me, a citizen only as of last…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  life at college. And my advice for you is precisely that. To echo Paul ... your time just yet planning out the next 4 years of your life already

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  One thing you can totally count on as a student at MIT is for Boston to provide the chance to participate in random, spontaneous, fun events with large groups of…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  my life. I'm kind of like a less creepy version of the subservient

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  5.0 G.P.A. Rhodes Scholar One of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women in 2007 Member of the 2008 All-USA College Academic First Team . . . . I’ll never forget…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interphase This entry has nothing to do with cell division

  

  It’s ironic that I post this entry now – Matt just posted an entry about deferring for a year, and here I am giving you information on how you can…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 4, 2008