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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  ’s because no college is going to magically transform you without your consent ... defined by its discontinuities. The first half of the year was spent trying not to fall asleep in my last stale months of preparatory schooling. The

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  same time, you're meeting so many new people, who are so friendly and ... ? ME: What? MOM: You're not really kicked out of MIT, were you? ME: Yeah, I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  essential things in life, like sleeping (I HAVE TO BE AT BREAKFAST BY 7 AM ... you to buy things off its own website? Was there some revolutionary ... I was going to save this post for whenever my summer job had given me

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  a blog from the universe aka me + my tarot cards + finals season procrastination

  

  decision your gut really wants to make- but practices like these help draw ... your mind that always seem to elude you. After this round of soul searching, it’s time to change course, to take the necessary steps to get you

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first ... you keep rolling?" but I figured that nobody else would get that either ... its famous water pollution, making the Charles "Swimmable by 2005

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Accepting criticism please criticize this blog post

  

  my team to get some criticism. Now, it wasn't like they were my boss or ... get better at writing. But sometimes I wonder if it encourages me to ... motivation to do anything that'll get criticized ever. Maybe that's why I can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  swear you're never going to fly again. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, my ... the internet if you're not sure when they're going to show up. (I should ... and hallways, so you can get from the T stop in Kendall Square to 77

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  . Somebody remarked that it was impossible to get by the Brandenburger Tor ... seemed kind of strangely appropriate. After the game, I went to go get a ... yesterday's entry for, well, more pictures. I, I can remember standing by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  , because you get to see where all the creative energy of the student body ... Cooking" and "How to Make a Bike". Or those who want to explore a new field ... software. Or getting pointers on how to commercialize research from someone

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  getting rather long. My research experience will have to be represented in ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me, what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  get a rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your ... , cozy blanket to curl around you while you wait. here comes a thought by ... I wanted to open my decision alone so we could get the argument out of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to ... new language before traveling to that country. You know, it ... truly incredible getting to know them, and their extended family, and all

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  afraid to get to the heart of issues. So in the spirit of Charlie Rose ... on campus, so I really appreciate you finding time to fit me into your ... Valley with a population over 4,000 students. How did you get to MIT? I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  the fastest way to work and what they mean by "la noche madrileña"- the ... who I knew was getting to Madrid the same day as me to start her job ... all the way to Madrid, buying a new cellphone, and trying to remember

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good question, which is why I went trekking to Professor Warren Seering (my new ... journalism ranging from the New York Times to Twitter feeds, and assignments

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  using biology. To get you started, Amino ships with Amino Glow App - your ... to terraform mars, and lab-grown meat, synthetic biology offers new ... allows me to do just that - I get to create organisms with fun properties

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  student gets to see a local doctor, or a local pharmacy, and you or your ... . Even if all they can do is take a look and then pay your taxi fare to get ... Extended Plan. Or, if you are on just the Basic Plan, they need to send your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  . Rationale: when evaluating the most direct route to your goal, be it the ... -twisting parking maneuver, you don't hesitate to overshoot your target and then back up until you're perfectly centered. (By the same reasoning, people who

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  't only have to choose a place to spend then next five years of your life ... blogging and getting paid by MIT. Well, that's not too bad a deal. But ... New Hampshire and leaving the cabin, I managed to misplace my wallet

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  It was the blurst of times? I'm a stupid monkey.

  

  get a piece of e-mail that's accidentally been replied-to-all, I say to myself, "Wow, you're so dumb. How do you even, like, get dressed in the ... new full-time faculty member. They invited all the candidates in to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 3, 2005