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• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  by maybe three to five for all the companies you're interviewing for at ... this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating, "I am not going to think about elephants while writing this post

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  . "The path to success doesn't open by eliminating failure. If you want to ... by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  Diasporan Art) 5:45 pm – went to Union Square. Stopped by Crumbs Bakery 6 ...   To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog ... #springbreak2011 Adventures to keep your taste buds tingling with excitement

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  [by Patrick '09] I am another Biochemist coming from MIT to Cambridge ... , Biology as conceived by Cambridge is about knowing a vast set of facts ... foundation. Ask any young Cantabridgian to expound on collagen, but s/he may

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  to be in Boston that weekend, and want to stop by, we'd love to host ... me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Global warming? ...or just a weather anomaly?

  

  free time to participate in competitions, take a class in something you’ve always wanted to learn, hang out with friends, or do research in the lab ... of the warm spell by being outside as much as possible. I saw a group

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Go Sox!

  

  passively watched sports, when I did. I've been to a couple of baseball games ... one football game. I never went to any sort of sporting event at my high school. But when you move to Boston, it's really hard not to be a Red Sox

  • by Evan B. '10
  • October 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... , which gives "MIT students the opportunity to learn about ways that they

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  opted to paint. Over lunch, we were approached by a nice old man who asked ... the new car smell. My first leg of the trip brought me to Lawrence, MA ... Humanity. The two tasks for the day was to remove from siding from the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all are united by a thirst for knowledge and an indefatigable work ethic ... absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More CPW Pix

  

  I'll start off by linking to some of your photos: Anthony et al ... , as we finally get to put the face with the application. Sometimes, it ... -awesome)! It's also a time to see some folks we haven't seen in a while. It was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  'estaloam', which can be stretched to mean 'this soil' in Spanish. As in 'Mira ... don't think I have to detail the personal benefit of travelling, but I ... 've been a firm practitioner of estaloam and have had the opportunity to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  can buy from Bed Bath & Beyond or something) to make it easier to ... of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me ... , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  only managed to attempt about 60 of the 100 points by tuesday midnight ... 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 / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... getting serious and deciding what to keep.  It also means unearthing things ... about.  Free t-shirts seem to be for everything at MIT; classes

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  decided, for some reason, to leave a bunch of boxes stacked in our bathroom ... and head-scratching, because we were able to put them to good use. Also ... Rush. You have to look kind of closely to see him in this picture though

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  ban, or to the people affected by it. What I do know is that MIT, and ... banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the ... on behalf of undocumented and international students, to reaffirm our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  by Saturday night, but we really didn't clean out all of the boxes ... housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  to not really knowing how to make friends (I came from a close knit ... having the chance to make new enemies on campus joined a racial ... how to get back on - with the end result that I haven't blogged for over

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  , I just watched Napoleon Dynamite again.) To make up for the lack of ... This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston ... when I hit 20). To kick off part of the festivities, free hot air

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005