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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  , clone, et cetera was confusing at first, but by the end of the first week ... Skiing is a class I thought didn't exist at MIT until I looked at the PE course catalog for IAP. Every Tuesday and Thursday night at 5pm, you get on

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  Phoebe (@phxbe) on Aug 14, 2014 at 10:56pm PDT (I haven't updated ... importance of being emotionally open, but in real life I am not like that at ... that class at all and I was fine," not "I spent hours making up the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  you want to do for, potentially, the rest of your life. Even here at MIT ... until my eyes fell on the word “nanotechnology”. At the time I wasn’t very ... like them. I wanted nothing more than to be at MIT with them. The second

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  is rather odd, but there you have it. Since this is the case at an ... the window seats, I work best at the long outlet tables, preferably when ... , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... Speech at Stanford, Steve Jobs said, “Have the courage to follow your heart ... choice has been made for us, what we can change is how we look at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  about what I am capable of. I pre-registered for six classes at the ... . However, all of the assignments were due at the same times and the amount of ... class. That's right, I GOT MY FIRST A AT MIT!!! I am so happy!!  I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  notifications up the wazoo. 7:13pm - My Floor I went out to lunch at a Japanese ... I could play with at my leisure. Can anyone PLEASE explain to me how ... ; And some shenanigans: 2am - My Room At around 11:50pm, Sarah '17

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  . We set up camp at the lower falls: Jennifer stayed behind to watch ... hurtled around a corner and there, a couple of meters ahead, a snake at ... . I thought: "That snake is at least six feet long." I thought: "I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  do one at the time, since I was dangling off a cliff in Utah and had ... known as "the smart one" or "the guy who's good at biology" or whatever ... than yourself at any top university. What tipped the balance towards MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman Learning Communities Your first year at MIT is all about ... to Concourse in that what they look at is an intersection, the ... through Wednesday, for at least 3 hours a day. This forces you to get into

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... , at 12:30 this afternoon, I zipped up my big poofy winter coat, tugged ... French House freshmen, and he back to campus. As I got off the bus back at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  without it are at no disadvantage. We will accept your school's own ... take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this time about documents that ... not send a second copy of any document at this time. Also, you do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior Haus (where I lived as a freshman) and at Theta Xi (where I live now). As ... community at MIT, and I don't often talk to other MIT students about the

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  middle-of-nowhere suburbia, at 3am. Power lines and a small rickety corner ... . Look at what we do for you. We almost fell prey to a demon ... : especially 1) the state trooper at IHOP and 2) friends we ran into there). I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Events

  An Evening With BJ Novak, opened by Barack Obama You may have heard of BJ Novak from his role as Ryan Howard on NBC'S…

  

  at one of the top engineering schools in the country, or that the guy ... parents at some point. I'll wait.) So it was certainly an overwhelming ... to start at around 12-12:30, so naturally they asked us to get there at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... 's quite the character. I had to look at my photos carefully to make sure I ... ). Students get their rings at the end of sophomore year, and wear them with the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  interning at a fairly large Asian public health clinic in Oakland, CA. During ... medicine at the slightest sign of a recurring cough or a stuffy nose that ... 's worth of medicine. At MIT, I'm covered under the MIT Extended Student

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Springtime I actually had no time to write this entry, which is why I cannot explain…

  

  : pika is an independent, cooperative living group at MIT headquartered in ... neighbors over for dinner.) No surprise that I've decided to room at pika ... clear.). At this point, however, I think I need to learn how to live with

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  community. In fact, the first sorority ever founded at MIT was the ... . The second sorority ever founded at the Institute in 1980 was the ... though, Greek life at MIT is as diverse as its student body and includes

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  with each other. The dorm gives them an annual budget to spend at their ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time ... did my show at 7am and stayed to answer phones for Ben '09. He does the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008