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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  can see, the material safety data sheet strongly advises you to freak ... another university." As for whether you'd get rusty on school stuff, you ... get to MIT) to major in something entirely different from what you wrote

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Meeting Michel Gondry Six MIT students and one Academy-award winning director have dinner in New York, and none…

  

  over and you get showered with psets and tests and remember why you were ... only is FAP one week of pure awesome (I mean, come on, you get to hang out with The Angela Monster), but you also just might get the chance to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  last time you didn't? When I get up really early (before 11 am), I like ... people together; with just a few chords and a well-known pop song, you can get an entire room of people to sing along with you, and I think that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  's pretty cool, since you get to be on the news-writers email list, where ... ," where you go around and see all the different floors/entries/whatever and ... the colors around you to paint on a screen. Kids get to run around and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  .wolf gang reads UG applications...Mit is cool!!!! can you name a few more from ... ); sending in a strong application is all you can do to "influence the RSI ... of high school. That doesn't mean you can't do AP Psych, too, or that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  5-8 for dinner. If you eat lunch at noon or 1, you're going to get hungry again before 7. You want to eat something before practice to get ... even thought, hey, everyone will be wearing duct tape. What can I do to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  Policy to RL circuits as you can see from the picture. With four or five ... for two reasons; 1. I can sit in the grass and work and 2. I can get ... Starbucks after the cash registers on the second floor, where I can overlook

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a ... -binding. If you apply early and are accepted then you still get to wait to decide. Early action single-choice (Yale) means you can only apply early to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  . There are some things about how you complete the application that can ... process can be stressful, but if you really need to vent about the process ... being aware of who you are for the wrong reason, at least you can avoid

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I ... can't smoke anywhere in the US and you can smoke everywhere in Europe ... basically just said, "Smoking kills." Speaking of things that can kill you in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited mailing within the U.S. You may however, sign up for our monthly newsletter
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  N4 O2 (sorry, I can't get subscripts to work) Well, I'm off to ... provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of ... imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  Malkovich (a great but disturbing film, if you haven't seen it), where John ... I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues ... ? Dr. Lester: Damn, you're good. I was trying to trick you. Luckily, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  as I can tell. In your MyMIT account, if you go to Section 8 of Part Two, you can view a PDF preview of what your application will look like ... admissions officers can get to know about this so that they don't think I am an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  on yourself and that you can accomplish and succeed and produce and ... you have a solid background, you'll probably get an interview, at which ... gender, so long as you can convince the RAC to let you do it. (This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and try again. And again. And again. You've probably guessed where this ... , enthusiasm is good," said Aaron. "But you need to find internal enthusiasm

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  old posts, it's interesting how you can see me become more sure of ... to you. you are loved. you can and will find a way to handle anything ... elementary school as "filled with friends." i think that's how my life can be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  enjoy the culture? Is MIT somewhere you can see yourself being at for the ... "good in the humanities," you still can't take every single class that the school offers. (let's face it - as "great" as Harvard is, you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Events

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

  

  questions. How long does IAP last? And do you only get to do one activity ... elegant." Or something like that. Look at what they're wearing. You get the ... to pronounce that medical device you were describing, so I checked m

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006