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• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  remote is like. Also, if it sounds awesome to work at Twitch, you're right ... meetings where I get to find out what the rest of the team is up to. Most of ... study/work abroad programs are definitively cancelled. I want to preface

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  any time just as long as you put in the effort to physically get out of ... semester at MIT I decided to have a very heavy load over MITs independent ... with this summer, but I do feel like I am starting to get a better hold

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  officer to get a more official opinion! If you're interested in learning ... doesn't love nerds?) but if you're miserable and struggling to keep up ... BE HAPPY WITHOUT GOING TO MIT!) The MIT admissions site, as you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts

  

  least one of us knew left and right--students going to London, Iceland, Geneva. It seems everyone on campus was trying to get away from the Institute for a bit if they could, some of us at least to the refuge of sleep

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  things seem hard until you try them. But when you know how to use Google ... It's snowing. Hard. Blizzard-warning, dangerous-to-be-outside, MIT-is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  allow you to preview your application as a PDF. This PDF is exactly how ... MIT as a school to receive your scores directly or we will not receive ... note that you do not need to express mail or overnight any part of your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  out) to see if fish would get scared. (They didn't.) I always use this ... , venturing Boston to find things I needed, meeting more people, getting ready ... Go back to December 16, 2010. It was just another Thursday night

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  for the first time. You know, if you're a girl and you didn't get your ... ). I'm now sitting at home, trying to relax but not quite, because there is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? According to this article, Malaysia recently made it illegal to name children after "animals, insects, fruit, vegetables or colors." Gwyneth Paltrow, I'm looking in your direction. Well, I don

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . 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 ... GEL program encourages its students to get the most out of their

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

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  get a chance to meet Ben and understand how completely ridiculous he ... Mollie to update every link on the site and categorize every blog entry ... he wasn't just trying to get rid of these old things he was getting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  get to show up, sing with a lot of extremely talented people, learn some ... . It is a tedious process, but I cling to every instruction we get ... . When I finish making my dinner, and I finally get to take the first bite

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  account. I should probably get around to getting rid of that account someday ... a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  sure I'd ever be able to get any work done. I went on a student-led tour ... -California, I had about 12 hours at home before getting on another plane to attend ... behind-the-scenes upgrades to do on this site, some print redesign projects

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  have to drive a long way to get to anything. This was the first time ... Immediately after the new site went live I left for group travel with ... , and New Mexico. When we return from such travels, we have to write up a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  dimension, I refer to the number of independent directions on your space. The ... never actually get to something 2-dimensional, given that the slices of ... happens to these worms when parts of your identity start to fade out? This

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  , service is not only a fantastic way to hang out with your sisters - it is ... up, they became inspired to get involved in service events," said ... 'll find students making time to rise up to that challenge. That's what

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  what to expect when you get to MIT. Floatillas, Liquid Nitrogen, and peak ... . For those too lazy to google it, LiveScribe is a pen that does something ... kids how to read. So have no fear kids, the fun never stops when you're

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  , Indian, or Thai food before I got to MIT. (Come to MIT! Expand your ... logs this information to Excel. It takes me about 10 minutes to get ... . (Incidentally, this is also my policy on suffering through Boston winters to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Home on the range Dorm choice timeline and advice.

  

  to get party hats, but I couldn't find any at the store, alas. Dorm ... the option to stay in your temp dorm if you want, although you shouldn't succumb to laziness and not explore just because you sorta like your temp

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 15, 2006