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• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... school, you think "I just need to get into [top college]. Once I get into

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  Killian on the last day of orientation in order to be photographed and ... friends in New House at 11 PM to sprint past Dorm Row, down the Infinite ... starvation, thanks to his unwillingness to get out of bed and buy groceries

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  to the approximate number of hours that class needs of your life per ... —but getting to read the likes "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold ... on who controls what. We've been getting samples each week from

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  to get your work done. The Students are very cooperative. The key is ... closely there are similarities to that species on Earth that we all know as ... 't have time to breathe." Night only falls for 4-8 hours a day, depending on

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2007. 2006 was ... , and changes of power on Capitol Hill. At MIT, we learned more about black holes, established the new MIT-Madrid study abroad program, learned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  From the website: 2.009, Product Design Processes, is intended to provide ... design and build working alpha prototypes of new products, learning about ... engineering experience. The class is intended to emulate what engineers might

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have ... lot of hopes for this summer. I'm excited to explore New York. I want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  I'm back on campus! I just finished my 10-week internship at the New ... running around New York trying to cram in as many experiences as I could ... material! And now I'm back on campus settling in and trying to feng shui

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  over to MIT Medical's Urgent Care. If you're too sick to get there ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side ... to start 3.091 (Introduction to Solid State Chemistry) over on Open

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to ... off to work at your six-figure investment banking job and stop caring

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  mind trying to get it back Wasn’t it easier in your lunchbox days Always ... away, I put my headphones on and I play some Taylor Swift. My go-to ... , family, friends, random stranger standing next to me on the bus). I’m the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Celebrate the Good Times just another good reason to eat more cake

  

  full day on Saturday while surveying the yard in anticipation, I said to my partner, Janyce, “Come on, we’re driving in to Cambridge tonight to ... ’m ready to celebrate right now.” And what a party it was! On my first week

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  Pinkett: The Tech: Once you leave MIT and get out into the real world, to ... your overall success as opposed to extracurriculars or other activities ... approach to learning. The latter gave me the ability to pick up new things

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my ... school visited me. I boarded a plane to New York, spent a day interviewing ... out in order to follow new friends around. I felt, in addition, that we

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holiday Gifts, MIT Style Some unique products from MIT people.

  

  the bed that its owner will be forced to get up to find it when the ... , but it can take you half a day to reach your destination, and you are ... freedom to get around. They offer convenience and flexibility to fit the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  up on work/sleep/fun/etc. Personally, I seized the opportunity to travel to New York, wander around the city, meet up with friends from high ... Matilda, and go to New York Comic Con. One of the greatest parts about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a ... to realize that its students need to get out more, so we actually have ... . It's a great way to escape the MIT bubble and get some (literal) fresh

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  ; two pairs of jeans; just enough socks, shirts, and underwear to get by ... , on the plane to [annotation note = "actually Reykjavik, after Seattle ... . They are open 10-7 on regular days. There is no equivalent to the Target

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022