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• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  excursion to Venice with some MIT friends, a city with no cars! It was a city ... is no longer visible because it has, like many other old artifacts, has

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  with no experience? While some of the opportunities I looked into ... have me on board with no coding ability or past experience!. The

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  , here is my schedule: (NO 9 A.M. CLASSES HEHE) Every weekday, I start ... here under Pass/No Record because I have not taken a biology class since

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  campus one single time, I consistently have no idea what building I’m in ... tunnel systems. In theory, there is no need for winter jackets, which is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Room Where It Happens my two year tale of student governance, up until the bitter end

  

  Senior Haus co-president, until suddenly, there was no Senior House anymore ... no one else had ran against me. I grew to love DormCon. As secretary ... through together. No freshmen? Our GRTs being fired? An alarming amount of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  Shit No One Needs And Terrible Ideas Hackathon to hang out with Rachel F ... is to take Monday and Tuesday as hard vacation: no work or email, just

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  brunch with a friend in Palo Alto and then stop by the Stupid Shit No One ... as hard vacation: no work or email, just surfing and reading. Starting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  have no unique language, or holidays, or rituals. Of course we have ... , incoherent sounds, and images that meant nothing to me and seemed to have no

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  white tables, and a dozen chairs per table. No one regulated the sitting ... censored (every kissing scene, no matter how benign, led to some administrator blocking the projector for the duration of the kiss). We had no real

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  ) is essentially a practice of executive discretion, no one knows yet if ... , and MIT will ensure that no undocumented MIT students will lack the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... strong EECS background but no business experience and little understanding

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  ,” and “no.” Oh well. Step 4. Complete miscellaneous administrative tasks ... public transportation frustrates me to no end. Thankfully, I have a bike

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  off a grad student) which cuts my travel time down to no more than 6 minutes total, no matter where I’m going: I get to leave later and not be

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  no right to say anything about being black because I wasn’t *really ... . Reality. The physical. Facts that no one can take away from you, that no one can distort with words, that no one can argue out of the way simply

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  lake and curved over the mountains. For once I had no schedule to follow, no places to be. I was just there, with the mountains and the lake and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  sort of emblematic of MIT. No matter how hard you practice for something, no matter how much you cut into your Hamilton time, there is always a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  ? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school ... students whose interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  HASS.” I’m taking four HASSes and no technicals. I don’t discuss my ... Orientation days is no longer possible. Once again laundry is becoming an ordeal

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  , challenging ideas and assumptions, and taking ownership of problems that no one ... 're working with - this is as important as the work itself. Form trust. No team

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  . There are no restrictions on memories, and pictures of family and friends ... . No need to bring the stock of a lifetime on the plane. And once you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015