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• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  ="Proving things to myself, I think"]reasons,[/annotation] silly as they were, for ... world feels too big to answer that yet. Did I enjoy living in Boston for ... them for the world to see, what would that mean? I felt like I had an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  letting us know how much you love MIT. We thank you for your patience during ... this year. During this time, we've been waiting for all our admitted students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars ... How long has it been since I last blogged? So long that it took me 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  knowledge that MIT is the place for you, be sure to give other schools a fair ... weekend. You have no idea how excited I am to meet you all. See you soon! ... ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  is just, well, FUN. After spending the semester learning how to use my ... systems? Model conflicts? How do you collect data that you can use to create tools for users? Basically, it sounds awesome and is exposure to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico ... working in Mexico City, I got to go home for three weeks, the longest

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  installation of a web server. I worked for two hours before hurrying over to the ... . During my time in NROTC, I have learned how to budget my time efficiently ... community, and I have a professional Navy atmosphere to prepare me for my

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  (only about a third to a half of whom are here for the summer, mostly ... Since it's summer tour season and my path to work keeps getting ... nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  pressing desire to learn how to drive. The one time I used public transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... directionally challenged approaching-twenty-two-year-old who didn’t know how to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  this be a warning to all pre-frosh deciding how much junk to bring to ... packing for so little displacement :( Our truck! Then we had to get the ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  : they're not just for kindergarteners! I never used to take short naps ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... a week, too. Wuss. 16. Being afraid to ask for help is a very major

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action ... been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and ... will be deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  the privilege to be an admissions officer for nearly ten years at three ... out for yourself if a school is the right fit for you. To be honest, I ... us on this blog. Marilee, Stu, I, and the other guests hope to each

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... [/annotation]raved over the aurora: Professor "Sorry to bother folks, but given how many ... so tonight midnight +-2 hours seems like the best time to view for the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  to comments: Daniel: Hey, the EMT class sounds cool! I had no idea how ... questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity ... days to account for the way Christmas, New Years, etc fall in any given

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  fighting over whose boy it really is and refuse to perform together. In how ... : Professors' names will go to websites about them, not their email addresses ... of genomic research and development.” For more info, read this article

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... than my peers, so I decided to make up for less experience with more time ... . I found out that I actually enjoy coding enough to do it for hours at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to build digital circuits for all ... prerequisite class, 6.1910 (Computation Structures), where we learned how to ... questions, it helps to understand how the computer/phone/smart fridge you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  extensions for the purpose of added worker efficiency. Could you imagine how ... information to those who can benefit from it. Google Glass? How About Intera ... few weeks for them to analyze, it's an amazing concept. Elon Musk and

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the ... happened to Jon '11. So, "critical point," how does that fit in? It seems ... difficult to solve for. What are they? When is it, that critical point, where

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008