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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  department’s minimalist but colorful website), I decided to apply. And for a ... will to improve is the surest sign that you're just not that into what you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  , companies could choose to sponsor their own with special challenges. These ... 's challenge was to use their new Marvel API in your project. 1000 ... the day, companies also gave talks about how to user their software in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  culinary greatness to automatically make burritos. Up until several hours ago ... 're RFID-enabled rings that you can use to pretty much punch your way into a ... The future of, well, pretty much everything seems to be coming to us

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting ... Have any of you read “The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT”? If ... , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Laptop Stickers of MIT and their stories~

  

  this sticker as part of the (in)famous "how to make (almost) anything ... extension for your chrome browser!!) I absolutely love my family and want to ... . At least it inspired me to get stickers to make it stand out less

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  another 10+ hour pursuit, was just not wanting to make a rash decision. “I ... we’d need to make a decision as opposed to having our decision be ... making things in highschool, and that interest didn't seem to shift upon

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  socially at your own pace. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I called ... my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on ... your first semester at MIT. Contrary to what one may believe from the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  ’s quite easy to stare at myself and ramble off changes i wish i could make ... cries. The saliva that pools in the back seems to drown you. It’s your ... to the ground and a deep red blankets your feet. There is no amount of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  Press about our Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones. According to Google ... new book: "Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your ... surgeon in the audience who will come up to me and say, 'You're not even

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  conversation is to actively listen and make the other person feel heard ... person wants is to hear me boast or make fun of them. This doesn’t mean I ... cautious. I make sure to emphasize how lucky I was to have teachers who

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  because your application was already strong enough to make you a contender ... , which can be downloaded off of the MyMIT website. Your semester grades are ... keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  accommodations fully covered!). I won't name the company, but I still want to talk ... connections the Institute has with local STEM companies. Last week, I went to on ... apply. Events like these make me feel incredibly lucky to attend this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  to grad school or possibly working if I find a cool company who wants ... weird to be a senior. It feels weird to be a senior while excited ... are your plans for next year???" and I internally scream "I DON'T KNOW

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to ... the address on my company website is not the exact address of our office ... lead to longevity and good health does not make them any easier to eat. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  how (not?) to concentrate a quick guide

  

  concentrate; fail Google how to concentrate Wikihow how to concentrate ... Try to concentrate on assignment Fail Browse memes Try to ... food; order more Wait for more food to come; browse memes They forgot

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • May 9, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  GELcamp project management… in the woods?

  

  coordinate the GEL1s. Check out their website to learn more! Our journey to GELcamp started with a two-hour bus-ride from campus to New Hampshire, where ... much, so I was surprised to be greeted by a cozy summer camp with dozens

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I tried holding out, but I was young and wanted to fit in, so peer pressure ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  ghost haunting the corridors, and you make your way up to barker, the 24 ... -fire email exchanges to make sure everything's in order, and then you're all ... to get disappointed when reality doesn’t match up with your dreams. you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  getting to know me. I mean, the real me. On Friday or thereabouts, I'm going to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have any personal questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Doctor Who?

  

  have thesis defenses to go to. And then, of course, when you get your Ph ... with the bubbles there. If you happen to Google yourself and stumble ... to his thesis defense in full uniform: Doesn't Professor Tester (my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005