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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  you get on the plane (through a gate next to the line of people that was ... gigantic carry-ons into the opposite overhead compartment, you have to get up ... else is also hoping will get bitten by a snake on this plane, is sitting

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  getting tenure. Or if you go into industry, it takes you a long time to work ... consulting. "If you're an M.I.T. grad and you're going to get paid $50,000 to ... in lab watching the hours go by until I get an interesting data point

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  neglecting to take care of myself by taking time for myself, and ignored the ... school friends ended his graduation speech by reminding us to "just do you ... semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• 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 ... briefly stopped by: Dig Yer Own Grave We weren't allowed to dig the ... time to do stupid things at the canonical school of smart people with

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  for the entire class. I really, really like this class. We get to build ... met was a graduate student, so I decided to get some food and leave. #7 ... .1060, Software Performance Engineering. Thursday, 2:30 PM. Went to this class by

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2023 For all of the Blogger/Spotify Data Junkies

  

  Teresa listened to “Space Cowboy” by flipturn 230 times. That’s a 4 minute ... listening to it.  There was an interesting variety in the genres listed by ... 've listened to a lot of the "Sad Girl Starter Pack" playlist made by spotify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep ... . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Lou Guenier ... to a remote Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas. In a place without

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  appoint officers, on down until you get to the general admissions infantry ... to be done. By contrast - but keeping the military analogy - here at ... get 45 minutes of devoted, leisurely analysis by the entire office. But

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  like a simple question but it can get harder to answer over time because ... think I want and what the world seems to want from me:  Wanting by Luke ... chance to walk through campus, down the infinite, with my 9-month old baby

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  included. By the middle of November, that number dropped to 2. Being single ... trainer when I get back home. Despite all these things, I've been going to ... around the house, wanted to be recognized and validated by the public eye

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  . you might procrastinate at times, but you definitely know how to get ... never fully get to deal with your problems. oops!     Stud 5 ... can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech ... this. If you don't believe me, the lowest score you can possibly get on the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  'm supposed to meet up and get some coffee with my mentee before her first class ... something cool to work on after graduation. She's between getting a job and ... essay for a Russian class she's taking at Harvard. And I have to get to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... starts working on the kitchen table, next to me. I get my laptop and do the ... people outside a certain group, but walking to parks, getting groceries and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  nation's economy (by ensuring that people actually get up and go to work ... inter-floor activity fund whereby the entire dorm gets $3000 a term to ... few months" to "get the ball rolling" on the venture, just three years

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  , back in the day, we used to get our decision letters in the mail. I'm a ... call you.) so after getting my diploma I got to spend a lot of time ... to start the fun of taking a million pictures. I normally hate getting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  , I get to "float" a bit more tomorrow. Looking forward to the EC bouncy ... registration desk until a little after 8PM, went to the Prefrosh Welcome Event in ... back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  'll get to do things at MIT/in Boston that I've wanted to do forever - like ... this one, get back to dancing a lot, and more. I've already started on ... overwhelming than I thought it was going to be - a confusing whirlwind of psets

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  when I don't have to worry about the legibility of my notes when I get ... ’t work. I have had many umbrellas destroyed by the wind in Cambridge and ... it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates and get questions answered by current students ... your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... sure to let us know by May 1. Overnight Program Registration: If you can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009