<p>I plan to apply in the falll to MIT because I know its one of the best schools for math which I definitely love. I'm willing to work hard if I'm accepted but I don't want to be pulling a lot of all nighters to finish homework. How much homework do you get?</p>
<p>Also, can someone tell me about the non-academic side of MIT? What do people do for fun? What do you like and dislike most about the school? I would have asked when I visited the school but I know when I gave school tours at my high school ( I go to a catholic school) we were told to promote the school. We were supposed to encourage people to come and apply not to discourage them by telling them anything negative. </p>
<p>Have you read through the MIT Blogs, written by current students? Start with the three written by MIT Admissions Officers (Matt McGann, Ben Jones, and Bryan Nance) and click on the links on the right side of those pages to get to the student blogs. (You can also get to them from MyMIT.) You'll learn a <em>LOT</em> about work, play, and basically what it's really like to be an MIT student, from a bunch of different perspectives.</p>
<p>There's a lot of work here, no kidding about that. But it's a) manageable, b) survivable, and c) not busy work, so at least you have to respect it.</p>
<p>The number of all-nighters you pull is related to your personal work habits, and to a lesser extent your major. I haven't pulled an all-nighter since freshman year (and the two that I pulled that year were due entirely to procrastination), but my boyfriend pulled one about every other week this past term. I'm not going to comment on whether or not his were due to procrastination, because he'll get mad.</p>
<p>EDIT: Mootmom, when are you going to be in Cambridge next? Will you come visit my new bunny? :D</p>
<p>i would say my average is 1 all nighter/week. i never did that in hs... but you get used to it. most people sleep more i think, but there is deffinetly a good number of people who dont. mit is hard. if you get in you can deffinetly do it- grades might not be strait As. thats ok though. you get used to that too. in the end youll be all better for it... as long as you dont go criminally insane. you have to not sleep for a week i think though for that to happen. sounds like a challenge. anyways, when you ask an mit student about the school, odds are their answer will depend on their workload that moment. MIT is awesome sometimes. othertimes its hell. you will work a ****load. fun times are had as well. things done for fun:
LSC- cheap movies... in stereo!
parties!
i like cooking...
other things people do for fun is greatly influenced on where you live.
hacking... im not at liberty to give too many specifics, but getting into mischief is lots of fun. (EC is the place to be!.... random too...)
blowing stuff up (EC)
building stuff (EC)</p>
<p>What i like about the school: nerdy awesome kids that are interested in the same stuff as me.
dislike: too much work. also, i feel like its not a very diverse school. everyone is a nerdy awesome kid just like me.</p>
<p>72 consecutive hours of sleep deprivation makes you legally insane, I believe. I'm not sure that anyone becomes criminally insane for a known reason.</p>
<p>The students who are overworked bring it upon themselves. I spent this morning chatting with an '06 who double majored and took 80 units/term on average, on top of a UROP.</p>
<p>If you function best when you are under great pressure, that's definitely an option. But he made it very clear to me that it was possible go through the same programs with minimal stress.</p>
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