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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  know what a few of them do. [caption id="attachment_66127" align ... chemistry or engineering could do for me five years from now. A researcher ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  wrists, back off, spin 360 degrees, do a front flip, and then pull while ... are!  How to skydive: just go do it!  A bunch of prefrosh on the MIT ... and the freedom to do whatever you want on a whim is a freedom you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  classmate, "pissed off." When I do talk, it's in a monotone that's deeper than ... I could be a normal person. Some people do actually have this ... doing?" but with heart behind it. You never know who needs a shoulder to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  well on the fly, and will hopefully inspire you to do a little kitchen ... school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little ... your room to how to decide whether you should go to class can be a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  very new to me even though it's my 7th one here. I have been through a ... set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a ... path I really wanted to follow. So I switched to course 2A with 15

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  problems and having a blast doing it. I could go on for a while as to what ... have about gap years, though - just post a comment and I'll do my best to ... "On taking a 'Gap Year'", I remembered that I've been meaning to write

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  intention of doing it...except if I got accepted to PlayStation. Things have a ... of given up on this, because like the New Englander I am, I do have a ... do my job) a day after learning how to make them myself. And although I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  him. The issue with doing that is Leeroy Jenkins is only a voice, I had ... : Ah! So he wasn't just doing a weird dance, he was doing the "I go to a ... and says "This may be completely out of line, but will you do a barrel

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  . In general, third recommendations from a teachers do not provide much ... I've been getting a lot of questions about supplemental material ... music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Post: Started From the Dorm Room Now We Here starting a startup while at MIT

  

  to Algorithms. Still, I never thought that I would want to do a startup ... do you a favor. This immediately got traction, and shortly after we ... The following is a guest post by Sam U. '16   When I applied

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  therapy dog, Blue, to class. :) In the class, we do a lot of reading and ... experimental writing. From Dada to 'Pataphysics and many more, we learned a lot ... , including a look at the "Table of Forms."  We would have lots of assignments

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  being said, if you can find it within you to do so, please vote for me. A ... Last year Jess wrote about a blogging scholarship that she had entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  always appears to be! Do you think the show did a good job of capturing ... 've been trying to organize a reunion! Do people recognize you in real life ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  do a SuperUROP next semester but I'm pushing it off until I have more ... doing was gearing me towards having a stronger application. Was I valedictorian? No. Did I do research in a laboratory? No. Did I win science

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  ” is October 24th, which is when the first paragraph was conceived in a ... for an entire 12 hours. Cambridge was wrapped in a wet blanket of cold ... the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed ... , and aesthetics are not so interesting. But maybe I'm in a sentimental ... science classes in general; as a math major, I feel like a lot of concepts

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  . You should do A LOT of research before deciding to attend any school ... you? Why should you only know a little? The solution was a series of ... learn a little bit more about life at MIT. MIT's blogs have started to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us! 1. Hearing ... auditory goodness. I’m a musician myself, and met several awesome ... out, MIT has an active and talented a cappella scene, with many

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  . Here are a few myths/traps. How do you know that you can't afford MIT ... consumer loans because they have lower interest rates and do not require a ... the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  recruiter what I could do as a freshman to build the kinds of skills and ... ) at MIT. But hey, I'm just a freshman--what do I know? See you later ... imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013