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• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  There are some things that only make sense to you once you're living it, that you can't understand until they happen to you. And then there are some things that, even while they're happening, you can't begin to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ST PATRICKS DAY RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  

  birdIt's ten o'clock before I say a wordBaby, I can never tellHow do you ... gets done, but you worry some, I know But who wants to live forever, babe?You ... TSAI wish I could go along, babe, don't get me wrong You know you

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 17, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you ... you get in but your friend doesn't; or when you get in, but your arch ... where I was applying, and then I didn't get in, everyone would make fun of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  one major, it's not as difficult -- you can pretty much plan on taking ... can take in one semester without breaking your brain. You're welcome, of ... you want to soldier on, though, you can just look at the degree

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  events where you can get together. "It took a while of poking around ... communities where you feel like the main educator. "Even MIT can be rough. Not ... the one that was assigned to you at birth.) So we know highschool can

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  With Apologies to Dr. Seuss why MIT is amazing, a la buzzfeed

  

  a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind. You can get so confused ... have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose ... 'll decide where to go. (flickr: Dan4th) You'll look up and down streets. Look

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  you just can't. you actually can't. you can try but you can't. last ... time i kept thinking, wow, maybe i could be working on puzzles. and you can kinda see the pattern. on one hand… puzzles! this is a part of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  he'd rejected all of them. "I really can't say," was his reply. "It ... 't want to admit. After all, these decisions can be very personal, and the ... virtue, however, is a contradiction: you're selfishly claiming to be

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  this on the Part 1. Where are you from -- a big city? a rural farming ... recommendations. These can be extremely insightful. The teachers that you've chosen ... . The stories they tell and the words they use really can help us to get a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road ... be able to comment, but you can always email me). * True story

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  you get if you’re under 18). I only briefly skimmed the JOL part of the ... road test after returning from the trip. As you can probably tell by the ... are many of them missing road markings (so it's hard to tell where you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  okay with getting squished and loved and it is fantastic. She purrs when you cuddle with her and she loves soft things like all the squishy ... I can call her mine and she can call me hers. Call me the crazy cat

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  group of knowledgeable experts. You can see the recorded final ... are you going to get the legislators in Washington DC to care? How are ... to fill the sea so that you could walk across the Atlantic dryshod on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  moments where i ask how can it be home when it so obviously, clearly, is not ... , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... around, ‘where am i?’ truly, i don’t know, but it is mine. it is familiar

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  Can you guess where I am right now? Points to the most creative ... going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... .37 12.004 12.004 This is the point where you needed to refer to the

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  in a while, you can pull out something (an "event") which could have ... at the beginning of the semester. You can view the archives of past ... . “Professor Nahn, can you explain that anomalous blip in your data near 125 Ge

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  wouldn’t be able to get in, just because you are never fully prepared to ... to professors before you apply. (Can you imagine if you did? Professors ... will hold you back from getting into MIT? Maybe they won’t. Maybe if you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  've tried the iHouse special blend of hot sauce. Where else during CPW can you ... This is going to be my third CPW, and all I can tell you that you ... , Tiantian '13 can make a Beijing Roast Duck from scratch (SERIOUSLY! can you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  get quite a lot of things, if you know where to look. Like... Free food ... mailing lists you can check. When you get to campus, be sure to ask an ... place where you can find video tutorials for a ton of software, you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012