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• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  -had-to-explain-to-non-MIT-people-a-lot so that when YOU are asked all these things, you can just link them to ... can help you do things" and you just become a god among your small group ... Mailing list culture at MIT is very Prominent. Essentially you can make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  pay for in full, where you are the master of the domain, kitchen and ... -house activity: I have to “cook” some days. You’ll be surprised how much one can ... program. You get used to the comfortable college “monoculture.” At MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  papers (coming soon to an MIT journal near you), working at Camp Kesem (it ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting ... problem where I really start to enjoy things just as they’re about to end

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  proud of this essay and I still am. When you can read an essay two years ... express those sentiments in under 250 words. But as you can see, it took a ... about ourselves. You might get into your dream school. That school might

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and ... accepted in the space online. Can I send it my e-mail? If yes, where and in ... question as above?" And (the same?) Anonymous wrote: "Matt, Can you please

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it ... to travel! (with the added benefit that you can escape January in ... each of the countries—I’ve put them on Google drive so you can check them

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  going to go get some food. Do you want some? Wait, nevermind, get your own ... you can just be comfortable around because you have been so close for so long. You can talk about anything for hours, or you can say nothing and

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  as correct as you can possibly feel while navigating the complex ... decisions may seem like they are telling you, you are worth it. If you get in ... Scene from Inside Out  How Far I'll Go from Moana Where You Are from Moana

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  idea that you can just take activities you enjoy and do them again and ... settling?"]just being happy with where you’re at. [/annotation] On the other hand, you can also deal with this feeling by avoiding settling: just

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  own experiences here at MIT, I remember what it's like to be where you ... could the past eight weeks have gone by so quickly? I can still remember ... Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  'm on to you, Melinda. In fact, I've kept the 2002 Time cover asking, "CAN ... The Dick Van Dyke Show called "The Night The Roof Fell In" where the ... scheduled entry.... One of the things I like about being home is getting to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  -cold-not-rainy California and moved on with our lives. It’s been raining lately, and I get ... graduation will be in two months; that I’d get to have one gloriously carefree ... process, so I can’t even identify how I got to my current gloomy state

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  LIGHTING FALLING ON THE WALL! You can literally see the brush strokes on the ... episodes so much, we wanted to write this blog so we can fangirl about our ... amazed by how cartoons can establish so much character and character

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  problems can be in my grasp. 8.022, my love makes me a fool Since I, to you ... bit too attractive!" (Darn right.) "Is (girl's name I can't quite ... need to give you some context: a ridiculously eventful Thursday. A BRIEF

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  form, give us as much specific information as you can; this will help us ... sure to let us know by May 1. Overnight Program Registration: If you can't make it for CPW, don't despair, you can still come visit through our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  stampede of Nike-shod joggers, you can congratulate yourself by turning left ... Units, and you have the story of last Sunday. If you didn't get the ... If you walk down Massachusetts Avenue to the Charles River esplanade

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  where I'm staying on campus. Kim '11, who was also in Toy Design with me ... . "Sure! I'll take a ride back, why do you have to go to Boston?" Turns out ... Science will host a “Clubhouse-to-College and Career” Fair August 6, where

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  Real Job. This is a drastic social shift from my time in undergrad, where ... . I’m a teaching assistant. To get funding, most MEngs have to TA or RA ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System can do to you. Despite my cold, I ... thing I said to the lab assistant was, "Can you give me a hand? I have no ... DID YOU KNOW? ...what the most awkward thing in the whole entire

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  until you live here you just can't know. Be completely honest in your application, even if you think you can get in if you stretch some things. Why ... you the most good. Interpretations of each can be found on a page of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009