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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  been planted...so I think that maybe, if I can somehow manage to get a ... california since that's where all the cool kids are going these days, and, you ... know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Before You Arrive on Campus: Orientation Edition On REX, safety, free stuff, and making the most out of it all!

  

  exactly where you want to live, exploring may help you meet your new best ... get lost. Remember what you love and keep that in mind when picking ... . Try the meal plan during Orientation. You’ll get free passes then. While

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned institution. I love MIT. MIT is great, kids. You get to do shit like this. Sorry ... there will come a day where I don't remember her name anymore. And that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  other at all. (Even with the door open, the sound you can hear in the ... of you unfamiliar with the Music Cubes, they consist of three cube-shaped buildings arranged at odd angles between [annotation note="where large

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  about why this can be a really good idea.) So you got into one of the ... crazy, right? – because you want to get away from your parents as soon as ... returning to school in the fall, you finally get to work on that dream project

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  paid off and that with enough effort and time I can get these coveted ... (This is part 2 of my oh, the places you'll go blogpost because they ... right, hoping to get something. And by magic, and by sheer luck, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  you sit or stand with both feet on the ground and remind yourself where ... are here and now and nothing can hurt you. Grounding works like this ... ." Until we were both very calm and aware of our surroundings. You can do

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be ... there so that the freshman can get the best idea of where they want to live. At the end of REX, you can enter the readjustment lottery, where

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  's a weekly-ish event, usually held around 10 PM, where we all come ... ", leading with a question like "what does it mean to be you?" or "what communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  week, where you can go an get one-on-one instruction with either your TAs ... First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I ... you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  earnest to think about where to apply for college. For some of you it means ... if you can, silly! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a ... where you visit or where you apply. At this point you should not care how

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  I Miss You, Random Hall my love letter to the dorm i got kicked out of too soon

  

  themselves right next to me. It was one of my favorite things, where, after a ... where we'd stay up playing party games or Breath of the Wild. I miss ... felt where I could most be myself. And every day my heart aches for these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  application has been posted. You can request a paper copy, download a PDF, or ... for fun.) "You can't make MIT love you if you don't [write a good essay] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  ridiculously detailed records of my life... I guess you could say I was born for ... can give a more relevant introduction than I could at age 9. My name is ... 'm planning to go to graduate school, get my PhD, then hole myself up in a lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  college experience where they are as well. For those of you who did get in ... four years. Talk to as many people as you can. Get lost on the campus and ... cool relationship where sometimes we can argue and it's okay. So one day

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  ="course 6 (EECS) has a nice program that allows you to work towards your ... ’ve been trying to frolic in the Great Outdoors whenever I can.  I spent a ... ’ve been trying to get my butt outside if I’m feeling down. Even if I don

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  Can you believe... it’s already the middle of August ??? ...and we ... guess my point is - all of you heading to MIT soon, GET EXCITED 'CAUSE ... classroom … etc. and 2) Open up! …I can think of a handful of situations where

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  abandon faith in health insurance and maybe even dentists. When you can ... what movie you watched in your house last night. And why were you ... begin with an M, MIT is the fourth-most popular one to get into (third if

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a finite time horizon. Infinite games where the goal is to keep ... – here I lay a small piece of this rich tapestry! I see what you have done

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  that you can have a successful MIT career. Here are some wise words from ... and you'll have a faculty or staff advisor who can help guide you during ... the place for you, we thank you for letting us get to know you this year

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014