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• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  It’s 1am Sunday morning. I just got back from a two-hour car ride with a friend; we drove through Cambridge and discovered a mutual appreciation for the chocolate chip cookie (which…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you’re looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you’re in the wrong place. You see, I’m a…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  From 9th to 12th grade, I was on my High School’s FIRST Robotics team. More about that experience here. After I left, my team stepped up their public outreach a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to Instagram everything, including the view of the Prudential building in Boston from lying down on my bed in…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Real, live MIT students * IN HD* A look inside the world of MIT Admissions Interns

  

  Hey you! Yes, you, the one reading this sentence right now! How would you like to have a glimpse into the life of current, MIT students and learn more about…

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  I love a good theme. I make a big deal over birthdays in my family and celebrations usually last for the entire day and are structured around a central theme,…

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. The MIT Transfer Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and reminders: The transfer application deadline is…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the MIT Freshman Application is available at MyMIT. The Early Action deadline is November 1, and the Regular…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with a bunch of people I don’t know* Instructor: “Ok, each team should select a leader. Once you have,…

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  My courseload this semester might look like that of a confused sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not quite so. I’m a…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post from the MIT Alumni Association’s page that caught my eye… The Great Gatsby as a video…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat one of these beauties: Usually when I don’t blog for more than a month, what makes…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle.] MIT Sophomore: I am doing no work… :( MIT Freshman: Woah…you actually AREN’T doing work, because the total…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Electrophoresis Boogaloo What it sounds like, plus some brief things that came to mind

  

  In just the past few hours, I’ve realized a few things, mostly about myself: I’m being really ambitious about all the writing I have to do this semester. 9.12, 24.900,…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  Hello Friends! I am back with my biweekly vlog update, quite late because I am lazy have been preoccupied with my schedule. I’ve been wonderful! Classes have started! REX happened!…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT’s version of homework. And by “MIT’s version”, I mean that while a typical pset might only…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  I woke up Friday morning and felt like it could have been Monday all over again. I felt fresh and the week looked new. Considering that I’d been awake and…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  Yo homez, I’m back! And guess what? I’m a senior. I. AM. A. SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p-setting even through they’re on…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  I’m now halfway through my undergraduate career at MIT, which means that there are new factors informing my class choices: 1) I only have four semesters left. 2) I have…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  After the chaos and confusion that was associated with MIT FPOPs (Freshman Preorientation Programs), orientation, and sorority recruitment, I’m finally free to come back to the blogs (: It’s not…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012