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• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  needed to get from Dulles Airport to Union Station -- which is about a 40 ... Getting from London (England) to Charlottesville (Virginia) is much ... , sat down next to a kindly elderly British woman with a posh accent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  wanted to get involved with research and being a teaching assistant early ... lazy to finish up this week. Spending a whole year at MIT really changed my perspectives of the institute, and I cannot wait to get back to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company ... plane for a Phi Kappa Sigma conference and spent a week getting to know my ... (a well-balanced diet if you know where to look). I used the money that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let ... - I think it's always good to check in with a school between getting ... 's like seeing Shakespeare on a stage, brought to life by the finest actors

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an open Q&A. We'll take as many questions as we can and do our best to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  getting some information about the recipe to write a short intro blurb ... residents to be on a meal plan. Every dining hall serves breakfast and dinner ... the liberty to choose to be on a meal plan or instead rely on other food

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... ? Either get your questions answered immediately by the Financial Aid Counselor on-hand or schedule a 20-minute appointment to speak one-on-one with

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... ." Get a place to stay. Hostels are usually the best bet for students ... producing results. Get in there and demand a challenge. And never be afraid to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I ... seemed to pay me any attention at all (this was a recurring theme of my ... was working on my thesis I put out a call for a UROP to help me collect

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  the qualifications to get those jobs. Cons: I will be a broke grad student for a while. At minimum two years, even more if I get in to ... qualified straight out of undergrad. Apply to the MEng program to get a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  A Day in the Life (of IAP)

  

  back to the office to read applications for a while until 4:45pm or so ... year, and unfortunately that meant I didn't get a good photograph... so ... picture two below. I ran out of MASLab down to room 10-250 to check out a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading ... distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... doors for a second chance to participate in this extraordinarily popular

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of know to work on a project that covers subjects in chemical engineering

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  industry, a large of the final decisions get to be made by businessmen who ... purpose of making a profit and getting drugs that will make it to patients ... to get their research done, and a post-doc only has about 2 years there

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi ... get work experience, AND you get to travel at the same time. If you ever

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you ... faith." He thought for a few seconds, and said, "I hope I don't get to ... with a table of contents Open strong and generate excitement by giving a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  white when it gets churned around a lot? It's a physical change, not a ... by being a blogger this year, it's that most of the incoming freshman ... . See, reading is a huge part of my life. My mom used to beg me to put the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into ... becoming a more distant person, you can also reduce it by getting better at ... it felt to be held by you”. it’s a strange line at first glance because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  might want to get involved with. I have found a road to follow, and I will ... ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  tried to kick a small target on someone who’s running away from me. By the ... was probably the one event I was most excited to go to. There were a lot ... much milk as you possibly can. Casein (a protein found in milk) binds to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025