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• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  some notes for a poem I’m planning to write when I get back, just in time ... -of-internship presentation to give, and my mentor had invited 30 people.   We have a ... anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  . That's what really gets to me. Clearly, there's half the class out there ... meant to understand this in the first place," and, honestly, I stand by ... sorts of things I want to do. It would be helpful, sure, but a solid

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  option. There is no need to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I ... are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... Match? A: If you have not completed all the testing requirements by the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  and cross the Harvard Bridge without getting knocked over by a militant ... bench and shaded by many a tree. Every time I pass, beautiful and poetic ... a good place to study solid-state chemistry.” So I should confess now

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  you could get to on the T, therefore saving us from having to pay for a ... . Along with my friends and my roommates, I've been on a mission to actually try all the cool places I live so close to! We've seen a live music show

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  , January 21, 2011 was definitely a GREAT day to start a weekend adventure. I ... :16 pm – A train express into Brooklyn 11:04 pm – waited for host to come ... Diasporan Art) 5:45 pm – went to Union Square. Stopped by Crumbs Bakery 6

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot ... -Eritrean Students’ Association (MIT EESA) participated in a cultural night run by MIT ... enjoy meeting people from other schools and getting to know them. At MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  pursue the field. Each student gets a score and a certificate, which the ... -difficulty and age appropriate tasks to make the challenge a fun experience for ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye Free-Body Diagrams Hello free -

  

  -related anything is the sheer range of supplies you get to use! Although all of the ... regular floor plan of our lecture space, just to get acquainted with ... little person inside, as to imagine a body inhabiting a space... and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  frantically typing up essays fueled by caffeine and a tinge of desperation. Each ... . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  -para-n-butyl-blah-blee-blah-blee-blah" and get a 98 on your first exam. Emboldened by such an experience, I ... themselves to a differential equations textbook, buy their first starbucks ... Pass/No Record. And then I went to a party at my frat. Hey, want to come

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  ,[/annotation] or ‘monomyth’, characterized by a call to action, descent to another ... , started designing a show-and-tell style fashion class. Drawn in by peer ... to Structure a Novel.”   resistance of the call Bilbo doesn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  nary a mine since bidding goodbye to the tender age of microwaved pizza ... enlistees, and that Bill Gates had cleverly developed a way to hook up my ... -secret military agent whose patriotic duty was to sit in front of a CRT monitor and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soy Bomb Doo d-d-doo d-d-doo d-do d-do. Ice tea!

  

  beginning to punt in spectacular fashion), it was really refreshing to get a ... is hard enough), a fuel cell that could theoretically be used to power ... step in the project was to establish a set of constraints such that a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  my apartment and introduced myself to people that lived close by. And ... in French libraries, trying to get used to the French keyboard... it ... read that right - until I could get mine fixed. It turned out to be quite

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  hoped to meet you in, but since I’m already stuck in a staring contest ... blotted by some cruel impressionist painter, my days in quarantine seem to ... fight to outrun a faceless threat. It’s been challenging to feel creative

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  'm Vietnamese, would you tell me about how to get a scholarship from MIT?" Hi Nam ... candidate is also wanted by a coach, can this really help?" John, to be ... In response to this blog entry: (As a reminder) Don't hesitate to

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house ... 'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  short by a writer I admire to warm up my voice. If you can’t think of ... 's mission to make the world a better place Collaborative and cooperative ... . It saved my GPA last semester. Take a break when writing gets difficult

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  weeks pass I'll get a better feel for this place. Maybe even start to fit in, in a way that feels most true to me.  - By the way, just make ... even carrying a child in the front and another in the back. I want to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018