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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  [annotation note="There are two ways to get from Heathrow Airport to Paddington ... . "I was getting one of your keys copied, and it was taking longer than I ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working observatory. It was here that Foucault experimented with his pendulum to show

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my ... several problems with this logic: Not everybody wants to go to grad school. You shouldn't spend your undergraduate experience thinking ahead

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  one timeline. I present to you, my 2017 Highlights Reel! What do your ... asking if anyone would like to get some burritos before they close. Kevin ... , because I get to combine sci-fi and horror, two very blendable genres, but

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Family Weekend 2014 family weekend 2014, day 1 and how I had fun

  

  October. I spent this past week trying to get all of my work done before ... .01 lab to finish a 14.02 pset due Monday morning, and an 8.02 exam also on ... waaahmbulence for a bit, I got straight to work. I traded away sleep hours for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  . But anyway - Now that I'm in the IAP EMT class, I get to experience the flip side of the victim-EMT dealio. Which means that I get to deck myself ... . How many of your past interviewers have spontaneously asked you to tell

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  to my parents, living on your own is the first step on the pathway to ... others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... noodles until we get scurvy and staying up until 4AM day after day

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  min bus rides to class sound incredibly unappealing. As does getting ... dish. I read an article where Martha Stewart said to gently push your ... run key. Hardware is a little different, to say the least. When your

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  hang out with me as i wrangle my worms or make spontaneous plans to get ... heart going to the poetry store in harvard square with alan and getting ... to keep chugging along." (contradictions) "you’re doing a really good

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  don’t fully get this one"]fourth order tensor[/annotation] is, how to ... in order to simplify all your required math. Solid Mechanics is a bit ... lab component where we actually get to see the magic behind the theory

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you're ... hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage
• Blog / Admissions

  Saying Yes (or No) Decision time is upon the Class of 2014. How to choose?

  

  sure about whether or not to attend MIT, please let us know your decision ... 't need to send us money to hold your place. If you're still on the fence ... CPW is over. The May 3 reply date is quickly approaching. What to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons ... to others unless you're going to major/minor/concentrate in

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  (I won’t get into that in this post). To the right is an enlarger—you use this to blow up your negatives into a viewable size. On the ... all are interested. Now, let’s get back to those resources I’

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... 390, and learn how to make educational materials, including educational ... simultaneously took pains to avoid (that skim milk) and ate a lot of (that pizza

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  straight face, I asked Jenn to go inside and get the sheet off the bed so ... collects your data. We weren't allowed to walk on the dish, unfortunately ... , we'll all get on a plane and fly to New Mexico, where we'll reduce some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  get too-focused inside bubble. People who come to MIT are usually ... pushing forward. You don't want to ever feel like you're falling behind. And ... be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the ... key is to try to maximize what you do get out of MIT. For example, I ... intramural sport. Didn't get to be Undergraduate Association President

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  get back to more stable internet connection. Aaand literally as I just ... share a lot of similar goals in getting the children to love learning ... observe, so hopefully we'll get to go either Thursday or Friday. Professor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... inventions, since I came to MIT to learn from creative engineering gurus like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006