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• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  relief, but for me, it was a scream because i didn't know what to make of ... : thinking about this room makes me kinda sad. east campus is scheduled to get ... that helps explain a lot of why i love east campus. i don't want to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  entry. Don't go to China Pearl; it doesn't have a shark fin. The first ... University of Georgia t-shirt. Unfortunately, it only takes a moment to crash ... bike down to Chinatown. And let me say, for a girl who's been so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  homework? It’ll keep you from waking up early to work out and make you fall ... apply to grad school, there’ll be a glaring “D” in my Fall 2007 semester ... class seriously. I’ve wanted to get back into music for a long time (I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  importance of your work to your local district. Make it a two ... important changes in policy. This week, his job is to prepare a delegation of ... year olds, expected to become experts in a wide variety of areas often

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  previously saw almost every day only once a week, at best. Everyone had to deal ... ."]met before[/annotation] but never had a chance to get to know well. I didn ... and the time left to make plans trickled away. Through all those long

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  .00). We had to make a game of Hangman using Python. Thankfully, my roommate ... had to take place, one that resulted in a poem that waxed philosophical ... was also a chance to see brothers of the house at their best. Lots of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roombaaaa The longest trip I've ever taken in my life

  

  to make my way through the hustle and bustle of suited up MIT students ... representatives (because who wouldn't want to work for a cool company like i ... to make the trip by myself, I asked Natnael if he'd tag along with me

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  "competitive," how we make decisions on which students to admit. We'll provide ... . This is also a good chance for students to meet their interviewer face-to-face and to set up a time for their interview. We will always finish with an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass ... between their heads: a ~ sign, which means “is approximately equal to." The ... some point, I felt a presence, and looked up to find Frank Wilczek

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  on a stage in black and red Performing in the MIT Monologues

  

  language. I used a voice unlike the way I spoke day to day. I tried to make ... asked good questions to narrow them down. I settled on writing a piece ... come up with the right details to describe a character, small things that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  after experiencing this tumultuous year, it's strange to be having a blissful summer. here are a couple of things that are making me very happy ... never did during the academic year. a friend and i walked to a 24 hour

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  EHS training Yeah, I'm excited to finally have a UROP. This was my ... training yet. Mostly I got to make electrodes. But it'll be exciting. Maybe I ... -ed service fraternity. It's a lot of fun. I have to go to the meetings, even if

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  sometimes starts to make a little sense. 7.012 Introduction to Biology Every ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  seems I have no choice other than to make the best of the situation. My ... - but most of the time I still like to think of myself as a normal guy who ... 'm proud to say I was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana, a smallish city

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one ... things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... official close. I didn’t even have time to make it Karaoke Night with ATS

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone to let you take a test. Once you hit a certain level of SAT scores

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... a transcript of the email that was sent this morning: From: Erin To ... Kirsten (my attempt at cutting a piece was awful and too quickly consumed to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  deciding what activities to drop and which ones to keep. I ended up making ... . MIT Rocket Team: a student run maker team at MIT dedicated to developing ... blown. Making rockets?? To go to space???? In college?????? Insane. I had

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  IAP thoughts two weeks late, but with an illustration!

  

  anyway. Also, read to the end for a really special surprise :) Things I originally wanted to do during IAP: A micro-internship at a civil ... internship took up a lot of time, okay? Anyway, to the [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  writer, but also a well-rounded student. He’s also known to be an ... from Weinerschitzel (or if I got a long break to travel the extra block ... Arizona doesn’t have those things, it just takes a lot longer to get there

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012