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  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME. Everything was going to be AWESOME. I was going to double major in biological engineering and…

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  College is generally held to be the last enchanted shore of youth. My decrepit 24-year-old body agrees, its ailing joints creaking their own dirge. I haven’t revisited these blogs in…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  So I think that the goal was that this post be filled with wisdom and enlightenment from the generations gone by, ready to fill eager young minds with the knowledge…

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  The blogs turn 10 and all the bloggers get e-mails saying “Write something fun for the 10-year blog birthday!” so, of course, I say yes.  It wasn’t until 12 hours…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  “Don’t give other people essays that you won’t be willing to write yourself.” -A wise person —- “When you are not actually applying to college, you can write whatever the…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  Sometime in the last four years, between graduation and, oh, a week ago, I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. (A brief introduction for the…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 this year. It means that 10 whole years have passed since I, myself, sent in my…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  Ten years ago when I was a high school senior, a long-haired friendly guy by the name of Matt McGann visited my poster at the Intel Science Talent Search public…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  I think when you haven’t written a blog entry in almost six years, it’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I’m Mollie!…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  The Introduction This is only part of a comprehensive guide I hope to complete on transportation in Boston. Here are two methods that I have been using frequently this summer,…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  Our office is not on Twitter (although our bot is), but 89 other offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by Kellen Manning, Communications Coordinator for…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  This summer, I was enrolled in one of the five summer@future classes being offered for MIT students (with the snazzy bonus of summer housing, since these courses are all experimental).…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  During the summer, you get to do fun things you can’t pull off during the semester, like staying up all night because spontaneous.   After a long Saturday, my friends…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  Hey friends! This post is a little unconventional and inspired completely by one of the YouTubers I watch regularly, Emily Diana Ruth. She creates an annual video series called “Letters…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  I've got applications on the brain. Last week, we posted the blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for the next cycle. During Ceri's admissions excavation she found…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's instructions 2) I've setup a WeMo Switch connected to IFTTT so…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  I don’t usually watch TV but recently I saw a few episodes of The Colbert Report. Pretty hilarious stuff. Then the other day Chris Peterson (Head Honcho of the Bloggers…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  IAP 2013 was a logistical (and medical) nightmare but a fantastic adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to London for winter break,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  Anna’s asked me to write for her blog. And, since this is Anna, there is some implicit obligation to be nice, or worse yet cheerful and upbeat. As you can…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs. It’s strange to think that was so long ago, and also strange to think that it was…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014