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• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  ! You just might be the lucky one who gets to join in on our late night ... . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the ... to help you out). If you don't get the chance to see all the dorms, no

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... to this area, though you can die instantly from such an injury. On a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  vegetables don't just grow on trees, people. Ahem.) After dinner, she came to ... Mom leaves on Saturday, I need to tackle some grad school and fellowship applications so I don't have to survive on ramen alone in my first year of grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second ... the restaurant, so I had to get even closer to my audience to retrieve ... currently looking into finding a new UROP to work with in the coming semester

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  't seem to remove the exhilarating smile on your face. And it's in that ... the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea ... and say ‘I can't believe Haverford students get to do such interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a ... Principle. A few blocks later, you're dodging taxis in Chinatown and on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  that every Wednesday, we'd bring in our compositions and get to work on ... Chamberlain claimed to have slept with almost 20,000 women. Since he was 56 at the time of that statement, this would correspond to Wilt having slept

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... crowded. Back on dorm row people were having barbeques and parties and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  who applied for EA got a chance to contact your EC and have an interview ... various projects you worked on or groups you belonged to and worked with ... they'll say they would love to be your lab partner or roommate if they

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  head about whether to censor the names on these posters. On one hand, a ... setting up a blind date system for the microbes to get to know each other ... image to be my new family crest. 7. Biosynthesis and medicinal chemistry

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like ... other doors than just the one on pi day you are waiting to open.   If you end up feeling limited by your circumstances, get creative

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  disappointing when they don't have alternate summer plans to fall back on. Another impression I have is that not getting an internship has much more to do with the coordinator not being able to find one available in your field of

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  , there's an official, MIT-specific definition). When you get to Campus ... be quite good, and cheap. I clicked on it and was taken to the ever ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  classes to get into an in-state school. Believe it or not, AP mania hasn ... of the program is not to pile on pressure for the benefit of a high ... interesting way to get my county-required humanities credit than the school

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  brand new, gleaming silver Ford Mustang GT, which I was getting for the ... gave me some good feedback on my presentation - two things to be exact. I ... waiting to board my flight to Philly. The flight was uneventful, and I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  go right back to the drawing board. I would read more papers on the new ... . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be ... you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  here, i already feel indebted to nearly everyone on hall. when all is ... don’t want to intrude on the space they need. so i stay silent. and ... them heal on their own time. i want to tell them “it’s okay not to be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  difficult to be okay with getting less than A’s on assignments, and struggling ... it terrified me. In 4th grade, I started to get more anxious about my ... normally ate, and started to have a fixation on eating “healthy” foods. This

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  's not much trouble at all to get up the river, and you're allowed to take ... major! You just need 270 units above your credit limit to get it, which ... possible to get degrees in two courses at MIT in just your undergrad years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006