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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  social creatures, and learning from what our friends do and taking on those ... . Andrews wasn't all wrong: the “Don't do drugs” bit still holds some weight ... of how much we love what we do. But on some level I don't think it

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  career. You get to do research with some of the smartest people in the ... people and say, "hey, I'm interested in working with you - do you have any ... , you should check out their new website - and once you do that, go

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Most delicious deliverables ever Also, I'm not having a bad hair day. I'm having a bad hair fortnight.

  

  oh look! Greek yogurt is right here), decision-making (do I follow ... ). I could do all that, but there’s a pear clafouti recipe I’m dying to ... -week performance period than I probably normally do in a two-month period. Middle

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  IAP-you operate at your own level. Want to go abroad or do an externship or be on campus and take classes and do a million things? You can. Or ... can’t do MISTI I’m looking forward to this class. 21L.702 Studies in

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Applicants should submit this form ASAP, by February 15th.

  

  schools do not provide any midyear grades, homeschooled students, and students already out of school. You do not need to have a hardcopy of your ... exam grade. (Do not create your own midyear grade by averging these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  school, that the stuff I dreamed of doing as a kid was stuff that I still wanted to do... with a little more science thrown in. I now get to study ... (some folks here do, though!), I suppose I could be found reading about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , yesterday I went on a tour incognito...but how does one do that exactly? How ... everything the tour guide says, but of course, you'd want to do that anyway ... . And when you do, I'll look forward to seeing you there. I'll be the one

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  , but that doesn't do any justice to the individual ups and downs I ... you do! The FPOP that I did was DUSP (Discover Urban Studies and ... we ended up taking more study breaks than actually doing work, haha

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Musings on Colorful Balls (CPW Guest Blog!) from Ramya '14!

  

  Wesomeness that is MIT...As I would do right now if I had the chance to - high ... hexagon (do you know what I mean? Appealing text chunks should be called ... picture to describe the awesomeness that was CPW. I can soooo do this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  cycles – making rounds from “Hey…I can do this…” to “OMG. This is ... pumpkins by BC residents who obviously knew what they were doing – I was ... ? (Carved by Andrew Hoy '10) Do you see what's in here? To no surprise

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  of aluminum stock, 1.5"R with a height of .625". We were allowed to do ... to do was to "turn" the part. Never say "lathe" the part, it's called ... thing ever, but luckily shop guys are VERY good at what they do. Please

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since ... photographs of things I was doing and punny captions below, and then email these ... . And I owe a final "bravo" to all 07s in other cities doing similarly

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  actually do so without sounding like an idiot. Who knew?) I'll elaborate ... at this school who are exceptional at everything they do: they get all ... and engineering, but I'm in good company here. ("Do you even go to this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  "hates doing homework" and calls himself "one of the worst procrastinators ... wants to do with his life. The camp convinced him that chemical ... to "do the really cool things" such as sky diving, bungee jumping and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  hated it, because all I wanted to do at that moment was go back to sleep ... . Responsibility for the house is shared by all and everyone is expected to do their part. A typical Saturday may require doing a bit of housework before

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  analytic and human skills you will learn-by-doing here at MIT are the exact ... of an MIT education as a smart investment. Certainly our students do very well in the job market when they graduate, and will continue to do

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  the other dorms and have heard some stories, so I'll just do the best I ... bathrooms do not have locks on them 3) Yes, two people may very well be ... , if you manage to do rooming right (but we'll save that for a later

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  of times just to see how they were doing. They seemed to be getting along OK. The only part that wasn't doing OK was the fabric that we had ... potential manufacturer didn't have the resources to do the necessary

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  OBVIOUSLY didn't KNOW what we were DOING. And every time he delivered one of ... up and do it. Challenge yourself. You'll decide what works for you soon ... , that's my two cents. Take it or leave it. And if you do decide to ignore

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  was able to get by without actually having to do work. At the time, it felt like I was doing a lot of homework. Looking back, I rarely used any ... simple things I started to do with friends that made me dramatically

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009