Search

Search Results

• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for ... consistent-looking psets during grad school at MIT, both for classes I take and ... I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  suspicion that if it were normal times, I'd still have a slight distaste for ... about Random and what I'm excited for once things are... "normal." Living in NV has given me a newfound appreciation for the silly, donut

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

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole ... and today, MIT hosted hundreds of middle and high school students for a ... years ago I actually volunteered to teach at Splash, an experience which I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  appreciation for the chocolate chip cookie (which we both think is TOTALLY ... . :( We even asked the guy at the counter if there were any secretly stashed ... !" without contracting hypothermia for much longer) - some people are laughing

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

  A follow-up

  

  taking 18.01 (Calculus 1) and, say, 8.01L (Physics 1 at a slow pace, for ... , for instance, took a lot of cellular and molecular neurobiology classes ... /statistics class. From Anna: Do you know anyone at MIT who came from a rural area or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  five hours of sleep last night, but for some reason I'm awake and feeling ... previews for movies that are coming out soon. Two of these movies probably ... " the wonderdog has extreme potential, see for yourself: 2) It REALLY

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  , but difficult for her to see her friends - we went to a party at a ... huge difference for me and my family. Please do note that I'm aware of ... to get emails saying I helped your admissions process. Thanks again for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  Alex at all before this weekend. The way we got there was different too ... Nathan. It was lowkey a bit awkward at first, but we got conversation ... dinner at the airport, then took another flight to Pittsburgh. I'm not much

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  philosophy is. At a high level, the strategy is the same we've had for at this ... aesthetically and technologically. If you look at, for example, our comment data ... you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  ’ve been a fan of Hank (and his brother John) for basically my entire ... for good. They nurtured my love for learning in and of itself. Plus ... , but my respect for him is very real. I wouldn't have been surprised if

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  for me. i woke up to grey skies and decided to go back to bed for ... often the entirety of my tuesday. aka introduction to algorithms, and for ... shaped too awkwardly for me to plaster posters all over them again

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  ? Should you really be striving for all 100%'s at the cost of your mental health just for a "P" to show up? It's learning to look at how the grade is ... staring at your code for 6 hours and it's still not compiling. Please, just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  despite having worked in the industry for two summers in a row. Occasionally, I write about video games from a CMS-y perspective for my major, but that sort of analysis is too rigorous for this blog post, and also too

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW ... up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies ... sweater and got my photo taken for the yearbook. For my senior quote, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  communications industry. We've been proud, and grateful, to call it our home for ... for something really awesome. I think we've done it. And I hope you ... family attic storing years and years of toys and photo albums. At some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  dorm for all four years of undergrad. At this school, students can have ... president at the time envisioned a "House Plan" for the residential system ... students to stay in their assigned hall for their entire time at MIT. It also

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  major isn't for everyone and please don't feel like you're an inferior student/person/wizard/etc. for only pursuing a single major. Do what makes you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  hostility. At first, this fascination baffled me. I think I have taken for ... -hey”) meaning “all is well”. Many times in my discussions with people at work, at the market or anywhere else I found myself at some point in the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  for it three times. They're always just giving it out for free wherever I am. After waiting for an hour in line as they set up for the ... , I just watched Napoleon Dynamite again.) To make up for the lack of

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  hobbies, what you do for fun outside of class, what your advisor should know ... –famous for our beautiful beaches and perfect weather, but also for our unique culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025