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• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer begins And I get a brief vacation.

  

  enjoy this stage of life while I can - when I really don't know what's right around the corner. TSA Agent: Ah, well. Life gets better, don't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 25, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  that rivals it. You don't have anyone in front of you that can recline ... have electronics you want to use. Don't have a fold out tray to use

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  it straight. It's easy to forget to check in--I don't call my parents ... direction where I don't forget myself and what I love.

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  protocols. Also, for those of you who don't know about Langer Lab - it's the ... ! Speaking of which...   IAP I cannot wait for IAP.  For those who don't

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  ourselves. We don't look at each other competitively- I've honestly never felt ... new, but I just don't think it was the right thing for me to do in the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  traits that might not come through on a resume. If you are curious, don't ... email or a nice card. (It doesn't hurt!) And don't sweat it. The

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with a bunch of people I don’t know* Instructor: “Ok, each team should ... ’ll change it, but if I don’t like the change, I can always go back and undo it

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  My hope is that in the next p-set and class-filled 48 hours, I eat one of these beauties: Usually when I don't blog for more than a ... I don't get a flaky biscuit, Moving on: I'm BACK! I love being back

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  there might be some weird desyncing nonsense going on also don't ask why I ... students. (Don’t worry, most of us make it.)

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  ://courseroad.mit.edu (You don’t need an MIT account to use the site, but if you don’t have the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  or the coming spring, don’t hesitate to ask your supervisors or ... yellow fluorescence: Add another plasmid, now you don’t!! :) And last

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  me? I’m a little weird (don’t ask me to describe why, it’s very hard ... doesn’t mean I don’t expect the experience to be valuable for me. The

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  , or you've already graduated, don't worry, you're all set -- you will be ... + (Final grade)" or "B+ (online course)." Also, you don't need to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  distinct change from Hanoi where emission controls don’t seem to exist. I don’t seem to have any pictures of this fabled field, but Mai Chau is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  break. Although I don't want to talk too much about my break (let's be ... finish, but in my opinion it was well worth it.... Don't you agree? More

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  no, I don't want to think about them, and neither do you. So let me ... 's a place for you. That is why I don't think it's redundant to add

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  the best in some competition. I'm not saying that here at MIT, we don't ... know it's actually okay to be average sometimes. But don't think that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . You don't need to "do" anything beyond that. But also remember to make ... school of your choosing. That's amazing. But please, don't get caught in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  . And curious. Especially curious. They don't really have hands. Well ... don't usually look at a bleeding hand and go like, "Oh my God, this is

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  the gym when I don't want to and the 'freshman 15' was just an abstract ... . We typically don't practice on game days (two games/week in season

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011