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• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  place called a library to get information. It was, of course, uphill both ways in the snow to get to the Institute back then. After a stint in ... visual ways to get across the energy and fun of doing science gave me yet a

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  asked Justin to write a little guest entry too, so he wrote a really nice ... . Building robots turned out to be harder than I had anticipated. I had built a ... interesting project - to build a sound localization device (ears) for her robot

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  dishonored him by stepping on his sneakers in a crowded auditorium. Why do I ... examine Mills first. Mills is a student who is defined by the world in which ... believes will negatively affect his chances of getting into a "good school

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  records — and that was only last year.  According to our athletics website ... -athletes to get their take on sports at MIT and the current 2023 fall season ... -athlete because it is hard to find the friendships and bonds you get with your

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  an entirely new continent (whoop, whoop there more to go). There’s a ... for a ten day immersion into the epidemic. Taught by Dr. Bruce Walker ... having conversations with women affected by the epidemic to being

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  recall we journeyed to New York City at the end of July and survived a ... , impeccably sanded (by Yan & Co.) roofdeck is a full-service pit stop on the ... while trying to catch a bus? And remember how I was so Oprah

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  here at MIT. The way I managed to get this one is I emailed a lot of ... the Google Alert. You can set it to email you whenever a certain ... alert. After opening the email, what I began to read about seemed like a

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make ... , so we may be off by a few days. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• 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 ... was a high school senior, I had visited MIT by myself for CPW, and it

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

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  impressions count. Your EC only has a very limited amount of time to get to know ... interviewing applicants. It’s a unique and amazing way to stay connected to MIT ... -stress and rewarding as possible, and to that regard, I’ve put together a list

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  from Chris P.) for a few minutes to welcome all the new pre-frosh to MIT ... wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a ... I will be under a rock until further notice, I have taken the time to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laundry Lists And other things. Okay, so just the list.

  

  they don't have to. -Starting classes. By the way, getting up at 8 ... Tuesdays and Thursdays) after a term of never having to get up before ten is ... seconds ago when I was getting up before 5 every morning to catch a bus to a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me ... Massachusetts, and not a day has gone by without me thinking "TGI Boston" (even ... limited to countries or regions, but cities and schools as well. It's also a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  like them and they like you, you probably end up getting a bid to join ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... sleep. So to a degree, the reaction my friends had was well deserved

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Educational Counselors. It is a good chance for students to get to meet some ... expected, meaning a number of folks had to stand. To those of you who stood ... helpful to you. We had a great crowd in Miami. The Miami meeting was one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... myself by making things up. I sat a while. I called my mother. I began to ... , I get nervous, and I get a little angry. I want to be the kind of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... Public Library Visit Harvard at least twice a semester Get a Harvard ... story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

  not get to draw Beth R.F. '18 and Crystal W. '18 properly. Here they are ... very inspired by Lydia K. '14's posts like her Dragons post. I really like her little doodles, and I still get extremely happy whenever I find

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... . That means instead of a week, you actually get like, 3 days. And by three ... . Otherwise it's like 4 or 5 AM. You get used to this and develop a routine, it

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  like to study by myself, in a quiet, quiet, deathly quiet isolated spot ... Cornwell "I've never studied this much //21" by Jusuf "How to Make a ... Finals™: Survive and Thrive is Brought to you by a senior trying to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018