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• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... was able to get on the T, miss a stop, get off at the wrong stop as much ... learned to ballroom dance. I also managed to catch up on a lot of reading

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  I had to miss a free, pre-screening of Be Kind Rewind AND a chance to ... , Obama was the only one to have a public rally in Boston. I think I shall ... Politiques Français Since I know all of you read about French politics on a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  exuberance to post at least twice a month on average. We may ask you to help ... it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a ... employer would take on by spending a lot of time and money to training you ... she speaks with aspires to be a lawyer and almost all plan to stop

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  friends, like going to Celtics games, exploring a new part of Beacon Hill ... -than-the-usual amount of freedom this semester. It’ll be fun to reflect on how I thought ... think it’s achievable because I have a lot more I still want to share with

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  wanted to be a ghost, but that hasn't been on my mind this past week or so ... ends. Take on Me (Acoustic) by a-ha (0:00) starts to play in the ... bloggers" tab on the MITAdmissions website. I wanted this to be my official

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  quickly. Case in point: in the past two and a half years, I've learned the ... -viral on Facebook last semester. The caption was: "Death came to personally ... be pretty easy. Ummmm - definitely need to go find a good TA. STS.075

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  expect the admissions decisions to be emailed or posted on the website ... working on international applications, and expect to do selection in about a ... the usual factors) to make sure that the student will be a good fit on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  etiquette. Laura Stuart was giving lessons on dating and how to let a ... ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae without ending up with my food on my face. It's almost been a decade since

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  of my day goes on to include a lavish, adjective-laden description of a ... was never the same; I hopped on a plane, went home to my 300-person ... that night, the lights in the building would be turned on to spell SOX

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  , a 3.5 mile drive from campus. I sprint to get on the bus 3 minutes before the departure time, 6pm. I make it on. It’s a smooth and ... A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The ... I came to MIT with an ambitious goal: to sit everywhere on campus. Oh ... learn nor explored all the places on campus I've wanted to explore

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  it a year and a half ago, I knew that the best place to check it out ... memo too. Now, if you're going to a biannual event involving an ... seemed to elude most of the latecomers who showed up on the third floor at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  grade, I declared my ambition to one day run for a position on the ... after one fateful trip to the bathroom in which I discovered a door on ... higher emphasis placed on something like going to a fancy "pre

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

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  . Fortunately, however, snow with staying power chose a weekend to finally arrive ... displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees ... ’t end here. As snow began to actually build up on the sidewalk, I went to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  ’s. [I’ve been planning for a while to have a midlife crisis and switch to ... sufficient 2A credits,” to which I respond, “You’re right,” and submit my 21E ... entirely finished but we are finished, and it’s enough to scrape an A. I live

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  from cow dung, creating a great start to the day. I fully intend on going ... ; development on a chemical weapon -- the so-called "gay bomb" -- that will make ... . While I missed the ceremonies, I did make a point of going to the informal

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  quickly went to work deciphering the jokes. Anyone who has learned a foreign ... (on the right). Photo credit to Sophie de Loubens, one of our JSF guides ... going to class, we had a packed schedule of walking tours of different

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I ... snow flurries. Folkers E. Rojas G Here's a link to the article on the ... past, and like some freshmen and sophomores still do: a place to leave

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A poem for every day of August or nearly; I wrote 25 in all

  

  Workshop this fall, to keep on trying new forms and commit to workshop a new ... scribble a new poem in my notebook. The process took about an hour on good ... of work. Poems are a great way to try out new ideas, or condense

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 5, 2022