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• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  free, MIT-sponsored flight from Lufthansa. Get to Philadelphia at 4:20 PM ... , they would get a lot of money. No, really. This man had been teaching ... 'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  I'll get use to it in the future, but it's pretty weird. I'll keep ... : https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/undergraduate-research/. On the MIT application, as many of you know, you are asked to talk ... wanted to eventually work with MIT's Game Lab. I thought that I would have

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  two weeks of class at mit doesn't mean you get to catch up on the stuff ... other, miscellaneous things to worry about but combine them together, and ... about the work i had to do - i was too busy thinking about how painful

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  legal and okay amount of classes to take, and it means that my schedule has a lot more free time for me to do other things and really focus on doing well in school. It's a lot of free time for me to be a tryhard. For

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ...  http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... been at the finish line and he was unable to locate them. He had seen his

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mr. E. Hunt In which I return to blogging only to learn that I forgot how to blog,…

  

  . **The answers may be online somewhere, but I'll ask to see your work ... Truth be told, I have no idea how to use the MIT admissions web ... be told honestly this time, I've actually forgotten how to write

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  the middle of Killian Court. Alerted to the hack by email and word of ... of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of ... my camera having trouble focusing (not to mention coming close to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Princess Leia" and "When You're Good to Jabba" and "City on a Cloud" and "One ... that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... to see The Aristocrats at LSC next weekend, I'm afraid that this may

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  -Elysees Here's a small tip for your next visit to the Eiffel Tower: Don't go when ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  : elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... 've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my ... to dumb it down make it my own. Here's the week-long process, in photos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I ... are. People are more willing to help you than you think they are

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday ... Boston. P.F. Chang's was packed, but we zipped to the front of the line with a large table awaiting us. It was a great opportunity to catch up on

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloween Preparations First my birthday, then halloween!

  

  ? How about this...whoever gives me the best costume suggestion gets to ... celebrations in New York City. I returned to Boston last Sunday (which happened to be my birthday), and what do you know? My train broke down! I spent

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  MIT homepage today, I've been getting lots of traffic interested in summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  began, we stood up to do an icebreaker: Say your name. Make one sound you ... story is that life is so much richer when you're able to have fun ... that turned out to consist mostly of resume workshops and recruiters from

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break ... .” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus, to be divided unequally amongst 400 or so residents. 2.The Choir Party

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  minutes.   Let the soup cool enough that it is safe to handle. Food process ... cream. Stir the soup, bring it back to a boil, and season to taste ... something very, very satisfying in garnishing soup with plants from your own

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  heard a barely audible groan from right over your left shoulder? Students ... , doesn't see the zombies as a threat, forcing hackers to help protect the ... convenient and easily accessible form of defense. Some are oblivious to the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to take, c) what dates your professors feel like assigning major papers/tests, and d) your personal procrastination preferences, the weeks around the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005