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• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living ... able to do physical tests on our satellite. I want another year of ... things this fall. I’ll be living on campus in Simmons with a handful of my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  probably won't see much in the way of tooling, of students working on problem ... extent you're looking to explore on your own.A team of admissions staff and ... form.Think about it this way: there are 400+ student activity groups on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  pun? Good; there will be a quiz on this later. Okay, so I think my ... I'm well on my way to the goal. ... fold clothes. I promise that the repeated act of folding one sleeve

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  a good sense of this.  There are some things that are intentional ... fourth grader. I am reminded of an interview that I heard on public radio ... that the best way to raise a scientist is to stay out of the way. Kids

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  example, or painting a mural on the wall of their room, or writing short ... -aged politician who is in New York City on a campaign tour when Godzilla attacks. As ... place to hide and c) get out of New York altogether. But your character

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... fierce the cultures of MIT dorms can be. Also, for reference, this post on ... of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” “While we may

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  on what the project goal is. Looking at the website of one ... little hazy on the distinction of what makes an engineering leader, so at ... variety of employees working around the globe on their own projects. From

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  , in half hour blocks. On every day, Get Out of Bed is scheduled in for ... nights I've ever had. My entire house (all 7 of us!) went to upstate New ... helped form the foundation of new, healthier habits. Waking up at the same

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  tourists were writing their thoughts on the columns of Lobby 7. One column ... outwards & be an active force of good & positive change. I hope that ... over, and many emotions are running through many people on campus. Many

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  is actually very good, starting at Massachusetts minimum wage of $14 ... love the month of September because it’s the first month of the new year, the month of fresh starts and new beginnings. This September is one of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  't done showing everyone what us students were capable of just yet. A new ... , the outpouring of responses from high school and college students alike ... importantly, we're all here for each other. Well, I decided that regardless of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  , and the positive developments attributed to “getting out of the way ... makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  don't have any easy answers. Reading some of the material on ... next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... psychologists Dale Griffin and Amos Tversky (one of the discoverers of cognitive

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  really found a way to coherently put those thoughts to paper. But on this ... succeed at the coherent part before the bottom half of my body gives way ... senior two months before he leaves for grad school on the opposite side of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  rather difficult one, and remember all of the good books I found time to enjoy. So, to reflect on that reading, here's some mini-reviews of ... ’ve spent my fair share of time on Tumblr as a teen, and I went through a dark

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  on the other side. I sit in the cold, unfeeling halls of New Vassar ... COVID -- after all, the majority of the nicer things about New Vassar are ... the strangely colored hunk of brick on the side of Vassar Street. But

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

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  catch up on a few television shows, most of them being reality TV. While ... comment. As Matt mentioned earlier, on this season of The WB's Beauty and the Geek, one of our very own MIT alums, is on the show. After LSC

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  answers excitedly on their way back to Baker House (i didn’t get any of ... -eyed, confident, and on top of the world. So, now, this may be the moment where you ... go to M-I-expletive-T, a girl thinks to herself on the first day of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  that you’re not completely sold on MIT yet. Perhaps a friend of a friend ... nerds (yuck!) To be fair, this depends on your definition of nerd ... (+) years of hard work in the classroom, and months of filling out

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  about varsity athletics. I filled it out and mailed it in on the day of ... visit a friend on Burton 5 would have to go all the way downstairs, across ... before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005