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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Winter is coming. actually, it's already here.

  

  Confession time: I'm one of those West Coasters. The ones who get ... friends back home to make them jealous.  Here's a quick recap of what I ... categories: Python Coming into MIT with zero coding experience, I figured IAP

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  quite so. I'm a senior who's majoring in Course 4 Architecture and will graduate as so, but this semester I'm taking: 1.00 - Introduction to ... "thing" will be 1.00, every day of this semester. But I promised myself I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little ... two years ago, I was distracting myself like no other, convincing myself not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  convenience. - When I was younger, so much younger than today (in high school), I always thought of myself as more of a writer than a mathematician. I ... time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  No Pain, No Gain I wish it weren't so.

  

  is coming up in just over a week, I've spent the past few days cycling between an absurd sense of calm and an overwhelming sense of panic. I've forgotten so much of what I learned in the EMT class I took over IAP, and I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  I’m sure, as busy students with many simultaneous responsibilities ... . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  spam (oh you got to, you got to remember the spam) Remember the spam (I ... : 507 MIT Mail (August 2007 - current) - Inbox: 16488, Sent: 1366 (note: I don't forward my MIT email to Gmail, and I've already taken myself off

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  cloudless and the temperature was 73 degrees Fahrenheit. I had only two recitations to go to, so I decided, being the music lover that I am, to head ... . The answer: a loud and resounding thud. EPIC FAIL!!!! But I'm being

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... roll your eyes at us. In all actuality, I am really excited to call you guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks ... more one of those weeks than other weeks. …Yep. So anyway, today I ... probably won’t even see at CPW. Ladies and gentleman, I’m warning you, this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  college. I happen to fit both of those descriptions, so I (who happened to ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  I've never thought of myself as a sorority girl. In fact, I ... sisterhood and the chanting and singing and oh god, the chanting and singing, I ... dry. Suffice it to say I was not expected to participate in sorority

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  "...only uninterested people." I kind of hate coming up with titles, so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately related to what I'm writing about. That particular one comes from Gilbert K

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  I'm always one to celebrate the more obscure holidays. After all ... vacation day. I'm always one to shoot for the underdog, the least privileged of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  Tonight, I'll post the first of the reports back from this week's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  I pulled another all-nighter this weekend. The last one I pulled was for Mystery Hunt. Now let me tell you why. I woke up Friday morning getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  history that I solved extremely rapidly. Ringside Seat, 2002 Abducted ... distractions) but instead stay home and read applications. This morning I read applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  I've been living on campus, working on finishing my MEng thesis this summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to ... been ups and downs, I think it has been, on the whole, a pretty good

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  I applied for biology Ph.D. programs this past fall and interviewed ... [/annotation] and yet so different from anything else I've done. This post contains some reflections on that, but I also recommend reading echoe's post from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020