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• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  postcards picked up at a writing conference many states away. I moved the lamp ... robot gods. Tonight, I am sifting through pages of fiction, recalling the ... nearly everyone at AWP, I hadn’t been to a conference, writing-centric or

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  , with no context, just so you don't have to stare at a full page of text ... topic areas I'm interested in exploring at MIT. From that ridiculous list ... ="Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science"]course 12[/annotation] at heart" in a mildly

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  week ago, one of the admins on the MIT Class of 2017 Facebook page asked ... do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had ... known as "the smart one" or "the guy who's good at biology" or whatever

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  -page story, two midterms and starting a new UROP hasn't left a whole lot ... at one of the top engineering schools in the country, or that the guy ... parents at some point. I'll wait.) So it was certainly an overwhelming

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  : pika is an independent, cooperative living group at MIT headquartered in ... neighbors over for dinner.) No surprise that I've decided to room at pika ... clear.). At this point, however, I think I need to learn how to live with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  with each other. The dorm gives them an annual budget to spend at their ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... did my show at 7am and stayed to answer phones for Ben '09. He does the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  a musician at first glance! And coming from what essentially amounted ... practical. Luckily, at MIT, many of the classes you take outside of the core ... Lamsweerde's "The Forest" series, from 1995. (Take a look at the other images

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  summer after, I worked at Microsoft as an Explore intern where I did ... humanities major at MIT. So I thought I'd wrap it all in a neat little ... fully pursuing the computer science degree at MIT? Am I "giving up" or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  Caroline P., but all my friends at MIT call me Powers (which is my last name ... name that no one at MIT uses for me, so I changed it.  Throughout high ... changed over the years; at first, it was for health and fitness goals. Then

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  majoring in Biology, began working in the Langer Lab at MIT in November of ... integral part of my education at MIT. Currently, I study and work on a number ... biology-related UROP. Before arriving at MIT, I had zero experience with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  you know. :) We've got five cats at present -- Dr. Popular, Harley ... called "TerrificPets.Com" (I'm not joking). At East Campus, only about ... getting any more cats. I think other halls have had more at one time -- didn

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  categories: Central Meetings: major events, held at large venues, to which ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;I woke up at 5:30AM and caught a taxi to Logan Airport for my 7:30AM flight ... as (if not more) important than quality. After checking in at my hotel

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  House ideas didn’t pan out, but Hassan’s sophomore summer, he interned at ... interned for a summer at Uber ATG (Advanced Technologies Group) which is ... former classmate. He graduated last year (as the ‘17 suggests). When at MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  preference for international students and domestic students at the same time ... . On the news, in magazines, at the watercooler - it happens all day, and ... more expensive house. Bigger shoes means older kid, which means better at

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  subject of what we learned at MIT came up. Now that this semester’s over, I ... whole point of college to take classes and learn things? At MIT, I ... (very, very important) just the fact that you’re not at home anymore and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus. I am not an international student who the Trump administration is ... , but I'm sure at least a few of you will have the same difficult choice ... May. Spoiler alert, we were not back by May. At some point in April, it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  . Jonny is a PhD candidate at MIT and a writer for Bojack Horseman. Bojack ... found the show and I binged what was available on Netflix (seasons 1-4, at ... cry, made me stare at the ceiling at 3am and question my sense of self

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  wanted to be a [annotation note="At this point, I was pretty sure I was going to go to school for chemical engineering, since I was ~good at ... prepare a poster for the poster session at the end of the summer, but I didn

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   ... international students.   We are less than two weeks away from the Early ... prefer to receive it, but letters without it are at no disadvantage. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010