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• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  't even run on the weekends, so I couldn't get to work if I tried. "Work ... followed up on a friend's suggestion to read American Gods, finally ... Prose," which was a birthday gift from a new German friend. Reading it on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  obligated to fill up the form—it’s okay if all you’re sending us is semester ... can indicate that you don’t have any grades to report since you’re not ... us. There’s an option on the form where you can indicate that your

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  start blowing. While you’re blowing, push on the tip of the glass with ... pumpkin. Time to make a stem! Get an assistant to gather a small blob of ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... reminded me that I needed to come pick up my cute new cheerleading t ... for snickerdoodles at LaVerde's, and they needed to get baked -- I find

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  have passed (read: the 4th) so what's your favorite blogger up to? I don ... surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... been hiking and exercising a lot, and trying my best not to get burned by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  booklets on topics ranging from sci-fi to personal memoir. I picked up a ... stood at booths, trading tips on where to print, their favorite inks and ... part of your life, you’re an artist.” A few of them urged me to consider

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Milk, Cookies and Dangerous Secrets Somewhere at the cloying helm of exponential senselessness (weird post incoming)

  

  moment he gets to his destination. He makes a turn to the left, his back to a five-story structure on which three Greek letters are barely ... —Bonfire—only to realize a grievous error. He had forgotten to get any macaroni

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... on your face or completely screw up and end up tearing apart the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  , April, I had to hunt elsewhere (we're moving to a new building in October, and Morgan doesn't want to "waste" grant money on a new ice machine when ... ?" Looks like you're right on schedule to me! Aside from taking standardized

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this, there is a wide variety of places around campus where you can get your ... student gets to know Pappalardo very well over the years- they typically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  your MIT education taking you? What opportunities have been available to you that you feel get you closer to your goal in life? So I guess what ... moving to another room on your hall/entry or within your building... or

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  have to rely on my kitchen for dinner, not a dining hall; I have to wake ... . You get to try a career for a few months to test the waters. If you don’t like it, you have narrowed your options. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  New kid on the block

  

  past 10 years (CME) and I am proud to be one of the students on the ... many additions I have made to my vocabulary since I commenced my study at ... Laureates (only 15 fewer than MIT, no biggie- notice the new sense of humor I

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  2 types of games. Finite games where the goal is to win on a ... – researchers fold to academic pressures and compromise on the quality of their work to get grants, artists get stuck in bubbles that make it hard for

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  studying. If you want to go out with your friends to dinner on a Friday night ... these commercials, I really don't know what to tell you except turn on the ... college is trying new things, exposing yourself to new people , and exposing

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... no impact. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds of Summer What've you been listening to lately?

  

  to after your little brother has insisted on listening to Owl City and ... play as you're getting ready to head back to the 'Tute, because, well ... - This is the kind of song you put on a blog post to see if anyone knows

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... , so i didn't get emails about new blog posts. (don't worry, we'll be here when you get back.) i had a list of distractions on hand, so i can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  difference is that now I'm getting paid significantly more to do it. (Ugh, I ... 'll be getting married in September -- our wedding website is here, for ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  , writing and editing science content for the show, but a few days ago she went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016