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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  . You get to try a career for a few months to test the waters. If you don’t like it, you have narrowed your options. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve really ... GEL program encourages its students to get the most out of their

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... 's always refreshing to see people get up and leave during classes for ... beginners. My impression is, there are plenty of chances to play if you’re

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  get a chance to meet Ben and understand how completely ridiculous he ... he wasn't just trying to get rid of these old things he was getting ... TOTALLY NORMAL and all, and I just didn't want to ruin that.) Snively loves

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  final chance to get suggestions and advice before we made decide which ... Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  stop wasting time on the internet and get back to writing my paper. I ... , about five miles away. To get there, you'd have to take the Red Line ... on the 4th of July. The look of horror prompted Adam's mom to ask me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  really hope to God that I get the yes. After rapidly typing up an essay, I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I ... really to speak. They could feel the sheer nervousness just radiating off

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  day in my life except it’s a live blog

  

  blasting you forward even as you try to dig your heels in the sand and stop ... on the red line since it's above ground, and you get to see the boston ... use it to get to east boston but havent had much time to do little trips

  • by Victor D. '27
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  place you’re trying to walk to. So as a kid without a GPS in her pocket, I ... . Stress over whether or not I was doing enough to get into graduate school ... teachers to get some accommodations. In preparation, I wrote a letter. A

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  , or the exam that tests your ability to choose correct responses to 144 ... the SAT is bad, wait till you get to the MCAT. But that's enough ... So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to check if your computer is plugged in. It turned out that I wasn’t able to make it to these mandatory training meetings which conflicted with field

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  gratifying to connect with your region of origin through a deep and analytical ... were a great way to get back into watching theater productions." 6 ... in course 6/9 related things I'd highly recommend it, to get a taste of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  metronome in my mind. It takes us over two hours to get all the footage we ... surprised me; where, despite the odds, my heart is full to bursting, bringing ... soul. These feelings usually sneak up on me—I never know when exactly to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  was able to communicate with the girls and get around in the city in a ... ! _,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,__,.-'~'-.,_ Monterrey, Nueva León, México-   After finals, I decided to immediately ... by the direct funding deadline (we've all been there). When my soon-to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  I think I get my need for notes from my mom. Every day of my childhood was a festival of notes. I'd wake up to a note on my bedside reminding me to brush my teeth; on the bathroom mirror a note would remind me

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  * For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to ... using your resources to implement an idea rather than the results. The ... This post comes to you from my friend Iris Xu, '14, a longtime friend

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  to business. Find below the best 23 Chuck Norris MIT appropriate jokes. I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... you're Chuck Norris, anything + anything is equal to 1. One roundhouse

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  to get a sneak preview of a sold-out opera ten years in the making; but ... , Carolina, and my adventure getting to Death and the Powers. (Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR) So how did we manage to get so lucky? The answer

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  sure I'd ever be able to get any work done. I went on a student-led tour ... -California, I had about 12 hours at home before getting on another plane to attend ... 'll sure give it a shot. Hope your summers are off to a great start! -B P

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  One: Never assume that students are just going to take you at your word ... where to get black hair done to the availability of urban radio stations ... made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  you're not allowed to bring cameras inside... so I had to scramble to find someone who lived nearby to stash it so that I'd be able to get in ... huge fan of either, but then CAKE came! We were able to get amazingly

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006