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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work ... in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  get started on here. Unlike almost everyone else here, I don't have an ... should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I sometimes don't ever get past the recall part, so I decided to outsource that ... of notes to self. And with that, I will try to get those 7 hours of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  want a small fridge in your room. Hold off on getting this until you find ... useful for their room. I'm not a subscriber to the whiteboard-on-your ... for your usage, they seem to be easily procured if you know where to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have ... 's campus and being happy to be alive. Ali Yahya on CC was asking about the MIT campus, and it made me think of my favorite places on campus to sit

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

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to try out things you didn't get to do before. Learn a new skill. Play with ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... the MyMIT section on interviews. To get to this page, which has ... ." Don't get me started on selection bias, but if you crunch some raw

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on ... of 9 to 1. How do you get time? You write. You argue persuasively for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... T being Boston’s subway system, which he used to get from MIT to ... ’t even plan on applying to graduate programs, at least not ones where my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , and bananas cheering you on. Unless you’re allergic to peanut butter, in ... to try so many new and wildly amazing experiences here, some of which I ... they have to be; having your friends and team mates around to support you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  , we're going to try something new, something that's never been done on ... happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... else. I hope this a reminder that, even when your nose is to the ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  't get me started on the cp* discord. where am i living this summer ... am i supposed to say to him? that i'm on top of things, i'm on top things, because everything i need to do gets done, and i'm no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  managers can create to distribute to workers on the shop floor. I’m an intern ... day has been exciting and full of surprises. I usually get to the office ... first day onwards, I’ve been able to work on ongoing projects and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  civil and environmental engineering because I wanted to eventually work on ... to focus on. For example, my field of study is how education systems ... conditions. I'm focusing on experiential learning and ways to better prepare

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... and familiar, but college is a chance to pave your own way and make your

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  semester, so I doubled up this semester in order to get on track to complete ... any questions that may arise. Additionally, 20% of your grade on each lab comes from your checkoff, which you can complete by going to an open

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  myself and my circle. Relatedly, I want to get better at talking to those I ... -talk topic? I want fewer of those. Get more involved on campus. I've tried ... 3/5 on Goodreads. I'd like to set more time each week dedicated to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  is why it is written on shirts.  But I learned it. I went to class ... while the doctor listens to my lungs and winces. I went on antibiotics ... to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during ... at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007