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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn ... replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely different mindset compared to three weeks ago. then, i was still in MIT mode

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a rhythm before I profile it, but also because I was procrastinating as

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  is (seemingly) taking more. I came across a previous blogger's post ... working two UROPs! Am I not doing enough? Maybe I should add a cla—' Stop ... classes per semester. My entire time at MIT I've been fighting off this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam which is later today, but instead I'm blogging. [insert pass/no record ... , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  can’t get jobs at career fairs. I can’t emphasize this enough: this ... ; I was so jealous of my friend Helen--she was working at the ed ... only a handful of the 2019s I know who ended up interning over the summer

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vlogging about Course 3 and Applying to MIT A video in which I talk to myself and I am an awkward MIT student…

  

  I did the vlog thing!   I didn't take a video of a cat, but here is a picture of Rory:

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  I've been so busy.   It's 3:23 am and this is my free time. Well, not really free time. I COULD be studying for my 8.02 exam on Monday morning but instead I'm catching on all of my blog post writing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  I think when you haven’t written a blog entry in almost six years, it’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  MIT website: I'm an AFFILIATE now. No longer a student! Maybe that ... airports and train stations. Yesterday, I was at LaGuardia waiting for a flight that had been delayed by two hours. So, I got out my laptop and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When I ... integrity, I was glancing over at the guy sitting next to my sister, who ... acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? while I sang duh nuh nuh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  .” My family rejoiced, my friends cheered. Looking back, I can’t believe ... it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I’m getting to see how much everyone has grown. However, Reflecting back, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  First, I have three very exciting pieces of news to share with you ... possibility that I like the most: plein means to sail, so the Pleides are ... let yourself rotate under the stars. On a good night in Boston, I see

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  This summer, I decided to take an internship overseas. Where in the world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of ... their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT’s Tribute to Boston Lights from the Green Building.

  

  I'll let these pictures speak for themselves, but I thought this was a lovely gesture and wanted to immortalize it on the blogs. Much love to everyone affected by today's bombings. Photo credit to the MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  maybe 1" (that's EECS, MechE, and CivilE, for you non-MIT readers). I'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio: Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to ... retreated, and I woke up to sunshine and a gentle old man painting the Boston ... 's when I go out terrorizing teddy bears - like this little guy belonging to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  Hello! What’s up Homo sapiens sapiens? To everyone I’ve met this past week- I think you’re incredible human beings. To everyone reading this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here? What could I be doing differently? Am I asking for help when I need help

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  internship with Max Planck Institute MIT-Germany Program 2011 I worked for ... experience. As an engineering student, I couldn’t ask for a more welcoming and cutting-edge place to work abroad. The research that I chose to

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I ... rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe ... year, I wrote an entry that told a picture-based story of my first year

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011