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• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  the first time), and I have a better grasp on the actual stakes of a ... amount of self-confidence[/caption] We should always strive to grow, right? Especially since I'm still in undergrad and so much of my life is ahead of me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. Waiting

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  comparatively easy it is to visit new places or even new states! So far, I've been ... made a stop in New Hampshire to walk the Artists Bluff Trail, which is a ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  the work of not working this is going to be a challenging semester ... work that i do not expect to get paid for or graded on; it's work that i ... requirements of this class is to notice something new every day. we are learning

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Putting food on the table daily with Daily Table affordable, nutritious, and delicious groceries near MIT

  

  Costco for a few hours on Sunday too, which is helpful, but functionally ... package of Little Leaf lettuce is $3.99; at Market Basket, $2.99; and at ... institutional donors, but I'm told their goal is to cover 70% of their operating

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  , is "well, so release the data on everything else!" To which I ask: how ... world, I believe in the scientific method, which is to say I believe in ... , either because it is unavailable to you, or because something can't be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  forward to right now is the Whirlwind of Metamorphosis book launch. It ... launch ceremony, in which the book is presented to an audience and sales ... marketing to program of events for that day. A hall has been booked, and we

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... —I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn without any concrete plans on how to achieve those goals. In the spirit of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  second time, which is what I used to call editing) was a new kind of ... -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it ... pins instead of spoons.) BS with giant cards is a challenge: it’s hard to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  . There's also OfCourse, a website that uses algorithms™ to recommend which classes to take based on classes you've already taken, which I think is ... 14.01 Microeconomics or 24.00 Problems of Philosophy. You need to take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  Eastern half of the country; South Dakota, which is designated by the Census ... . Our next stop is Chicago, which, incredibly, concludes the first leg of ... , which I had really wanted to visit. Instead, I got some pictures of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [joint post] we visited every station on the MBTA and the Logan Airport Rental Car Center

  

  ’ve been a better idea to do it at a warmer time of the year, but well… Alan ... who were staying on campus moved to Simmons or Next. I talked about ... then converts to taking CharlieCards only. There is no MBTA Service

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 29, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  sure to note which is which. We'll continue the convention of "now ... statistics in admissions is the yield, which is the percentage of admitted ... better picture of what the weekend was like, so I'm going to quote it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiVYEjp0Ww&ab_channel=SaltTech We hope you are happy! Take some time to celebrate with those who are important to you; we'll have more important, cylindrical information for you

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKMxRBYQs5k Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, remember to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  ideas, which were then converted to kits and assembled by students in an ... focus of 2.009 is trying to prove out ideas as quickly as possible. Often ... something to show is at least better than having nothing but words. The

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  to “create myself”, even literally. Since “Jenny” is not on any of my ... Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... great dilemma: be yourself or create yourself - just which one is it? I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  . Every senior gets four tickets to give to friends or family for graduation ... is class of '08) couldn't come see me graduate in person. I did the ... on our first Valentine's Day together. I attached him to my mortarboard

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... all the mailing lists you want to stay on because you know mit is going ... unreasonable stress. i guess it's my contribution to the many student stories of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018