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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sororities @ MIT- Become a part of it! Come to the first day of recruitment on September 1st to learn more about what…

  

  national stereotype, so we decided to give recruitment a try. Since the ... your desk in the Reading Room to see a row of empty coffee cups and Red ... half as a favor to the affiliated women I was friends with and half as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  some reason that makes you realize that you forgot to bring a change of ... were on crutches for weeks, thanks to a broken big toe. Senior year ... your forehead, you approach a lifeguard and announce that you are here to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  a recipe for making yourself extremely hosed or, what i'm doing this fall

  

  -front about it as well. Without further ado, here is a recipe to make yourself ... next step. Step 2: Add in the activities one at a time, making sure to ... nine classes into online registration, making sure to keep an even mix

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  in response to this degradation – degradation of a noble activity ... Emerge the old-fashioned way: one trip to Sri Lanka at a time, one lecture ... a small gesture of kindness – making jewelry for a small group

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which ... on November 2, 2006. This is the easiest way to get a UROP, most people will be more willing to hire you and there is not a lot of hassle with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  was alight with chatter: it was obviously going to be a vicious battle for tickets. Olivia was a teenage wunderkind who had somehow managed to ... to make it, and part of the reason why I wanted to go was to hang out

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  teaching web.lab aka what i spent all of january on

  

  that make the world a better place (in my opinion) and i want to do ... you were a student in web.lab 2020, but you never had to use this stuff ... your life, you don’t have to address a disproportionate amount of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  't shake The feeling I might make A difference To the human race ... the musical then transitions to a song entitled "It Sucks To Be Me" so let ... econ PhD programs go on to research/teach as professors or employees of a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the ... want to make this as easy as possible although in some cases the EC may ... to still set up a meeting, perhaps by each agreeing to drive a distance

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... experience, make sure to obey traffic laws and try not to give yourself a heart ... a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  typical pitch for a CPW event, thanks to the winning combination of gluttony ... sent me a photo was a winner in some vague motivational sense, I had to pick a single ultra-winner in order to prove that I believe in capitalism

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  comments. I do read every comment, and it makes me happy to see a blog ... while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the ... people! First, I got an email from Eric more than a week ago (to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2.004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got ... demonstrated with every blog entry why he was destined to become a successful doctor and I was destined to become a twice-terminated project manager in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to ... comic's readers to choose among MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  ) or which have never come close to profitability (doordash loses a few ... because i expect to be worth a billion dollars in the future. rather, what i ... . i don’t have much to show for my time in college other than a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  Ohio. 2. Pop vs. soda website. Also a story: When I came to MIT as a ... I have decided where I'm going to grad school! (Actually, I decided a ... 'll be in the area for a while. Hooray! So you'll all have to come to our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  minutes each to complete. As you might imagine, particularly at a school ... , but I also find myself alone in a quiet house a lot more than I used to ... classes. Now I live a horrifying 15-to-20-minute walk from campus! So far

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Stay Tuned Liveblog, coming your way

  

  schools, but make sure you like ALL OF THEM. You don't want to get into a ... discuss a broad, general aspect of admissions that is relevant to each ... of ways to do it, visiting, info sessions, websites, etc. She mentions

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the ... ombre color that matched my winter jacket. It was also a relief to have my hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020