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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  England winter. I feel sorry for my friends at MIT, I'm sure my complaining ... friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with ... weather for New England weather, and leaving behind a great experience

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  grade for the second midterm. cue instant panic and regret mode...and let ... interactions at any hour, and my house this year, which we dubbed "soft house ... "] minimized for your viewing pleasure[/caption] fridge cleaning party—one of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  school i've been back on campus for about two weeks now, but it ... two weeks. i have felt much more at peace over the past few months (a ... much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  , memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... , as some people see it, I signed up for a preview of hell to replace my ... the picture perfect start to ease my wave of nerves and angst, for what

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  annoying. <3 8) Finally, this isn't funny at all, but for your continued ... due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a ... until the day is over. For me, laughter is the best therapy (fortunately

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  back where I started - at the check-in counters. Turns out that my gate has a SEPARATE security line at Logan airport (beware, those of you who ... AGAIN. At this point, I was wearing my MIT 2014 track jacket instead. TSA

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  phone for half hours at a time, explaining how I just felt incompetent and ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the pressures that we put on ourselves. Each of us here has high expectations for

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  . Whatever. It ain't the same. For those of you who don't remember me: hi ... of the Sport Death shirt that at this point it's probably cheaper to ... imagined that that it would be the place for me. If you're a prefrosh and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  college. At the same time, take some time to thank your family for the ... . But skiing at Whistler with my family and eating endless 12 course Chinese dinners with my relatives for a week was great! Still, nothing

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  with hiking or museum visits or at least some shopping. But this vacation ... IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship ... , you can stay home. It’s whatever you need to be ready for another

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  will all live happily ever after :) El Fin! ...for now at least   ... at least), there was a magical dorm where hundreds of grad students lived. The grad students had inhabited this dorm at the corner of

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  it nearly impossible for me to type anything at all ever. Getting ... 's being in lab all the time for my UROP and working at the Senior Haus front ... has walked through the lobby at all, probably because they are far more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  resource right at my fingertips. You see, MIT offers free MATLAB to its ... days in a row and had a bunch of guys poke and prod at it. The verdict ... without incidence. For the summer I learned to use Octave. Then I finish a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  year is a pretty normal time for biology people at MIT to get involved ... So the presentation that I was making Photoshop slides for last time? I ... "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  ("90% for MIT at the moment") wrote, "So I guess the thing you guys can ... the May 1st postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is ... 's still been done for a couple weeks now :(" And Anonymous wrote, "Why have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  like everybody's jovial grandfather at Thanksgiving, how Professor Hatton ... stereochemistry, Professor Licht's awkward humor that nobody ever laughed at because 5.07 is taught at 8:30 AM, Professor Hughes's earring, Professor

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  on biology-related projects at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ... has an incredible amount of passion for research and loves that at MIT ... a job. He says, "at MIT, it's good to always be on the lookout for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels A tour of the past 8 MIT class rings.

  

  Brass Rat Each class year at MIT officially gathers three times -- once, at the beginning, for the freshman picture; once, at the end, for graduation; and once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  threw a dinner party for a bunch of people Friday, including Sam's Mom ... most healthful food in the world, is actually bad for you, because it ... . 2. I got an A on my Pulitzer-worthy essay for German I, "Mein Freund

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  , "For UROP do I have to do research connected with my major?" No, not at ... lot of mail. At least a dozen buckets of mail came in this morning, on ... on your tracking system yet. As Quinton says, "She'll be apples." At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005