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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  , a flame to protect from burning out. I get to study the cosmos with ... , and went off to get her PhD; I stuck the program from her commencement ... I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  Research Opportunities Program and allows MIT undergrads to get research ... lab of a Nobel Laureate, get a paper published, and go to professional ... finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  applications, I grabbed a Zipcar Prius and set a course for New Hampshire. After battling traffic caused by the likes of Barack Obama and Ron Paul, I arrived in Bedford, New Hampshire, home to inventor and FIRST founder Dean

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  mention that if you're good enough to get into MIT grad school, well ... through to a handful of people, but you seemed really cool! Thanks for your ... , the inevitable "MORE FOOD THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR", talks by faculty

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  the surface of your skin, just enough to numb the tips of your fingers ... most of my commute to class looking up, absorbed by the scintillating ... This is my favorite poem. Ladies and Gentlemen in Outer Space By

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Pachyderm Photography I'll try to avoid elephant jokes. There might be one or two, though, just for…

  

  (Answers to your questions are coming next entry; keep on sending ... circus comes to town, and the only way to get the elephants from the train ... running all the way to the Museum of Science by the Charles just to catch up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven ... class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  you're being chased by some large jungle cat and can't get away fast ... all your responses to the lynn/lonn/line poll. My high school math ... "), "tan". Then you get to the hyperbolics and it's "sinch," "cosh" and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  ’s apron and tell you it’s time you learn to make your own lunch. You ... you’re fully sold on this idea that going to college is like being on ... episode where you've just been told you have to finish your seven problem

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated ... May. What a way to decorate your room! Whoever said MIT students don ... Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  friends, but also as a chance to get poke bowls at the mall, try out a new ... awkwardness get in the way of getting to know people. Asking people to eat lunch ... students to live in AirBnbs, sometimes funded by their MISTI programs. My Air

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Typhoon, Wedding Highlights from my trip to Asia.

  

  , including the famous Petronas Towers. Closer in, though, I was able to get ... ice. Coincidentally, right after I returned to the US, the New York ... inspired by a friend's wedding in Malaysia. It was a hot and steamy holiday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  first time, but much easier the second so this is your chance to do paper ... , and a part of that is engaging with students. Go talk to them!!! Getting to hang out with cool people is also part of the fun! Go get advice and

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  important to you. That said, you're probably wondering why I would expose ... who you are. If you're a senior right now, getting through your ... what you've done to get to where you are. Answer the question, and it

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  decided to go into Boston and buy new shoes from Marathon Sports. They ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would ... Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  your academic record doesn't appear to merit credit in a certain subject, you may be allowed to demonstrate that you're entitled to such credit by ... If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  their fellow mortals, only get to attend a fraction of the events they ... group was getting quite hungry, so we decided to head to one of the ... prefrosh in an "OMG, you're from New York too?!" powwow. Once back on campus

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  designed to fly at 20 mph and the wind is 30 mph, your plane will take off ... possible. We wanted our plane, Corn Dog, to fly all three of our missions ... have an opportunity to re-fly tomorrow for better scores. However, when

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  room, not to mention three (count 'em) umbrellas. In case you're curious ... !) Unfortunately, I'm not going to sing it for you. Sorry, but trust me, you're ... Makes it hard to get where you want to go Boston Rain Come listen to my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a ... were really interesting (my subtle hints to get you to consider courses 1 ... to take part in a program called “Israel by Foot” which meant that we

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011