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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  are pretty straightforward, I think, but then sometimes you’re me ( / a ... with your actual grade.”)) I should probably clarify up front that ... finals.. I mean I guess if I’m being dramatic I could probably define it as

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  definitely was the case for me. I was 12 when Jon Stewart began hosting TDS, but the first episode I really remember watching was the night of September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my household my sister and I planned out our days based on television shows. I ... Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A. SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p-setting even through they're on Pass/No-Record, and I think to myself, "hahahaha

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Needles That was anticlimactic.

  

  I got my first piercing in eighth grade, at Walmart. I had done horribly in a Mathcounts competition, so my mom and I decided that I should ... strips and loops of metal through my ears? And I said that sounded kind of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  I absolutely hate picking favorites. My grandmother always said never to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway. Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  I am really excited for spring semester’s classes, and without ... .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that ... the course. I think this has something to do with the science education

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  There've been several times when I felt like I didn't really fit in at MIT. I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn't a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind. The

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I was sick when classes first started, got better, and now I've been sick

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11am. I don't know how I did this 2 months ago, how do you pack up ... -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  As of noon today, I am officially done with my first year at MIT. I ... problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... ...but what now?" What now, indeed. As I mentioned before, this Saturday I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into neither of these categories, I put off of grading 5.112 problem sets (which I was using to put off doing my own problem sets) and do a little

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  childhood friend Charles Ives. Hokay, so I still do exist and I still do blog once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks ... my current situation, but I can't remember it because I didn't end up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  sorted out (and has been sorted out for quite awhile), I have a few ... admitted! Exciting, isn't it? It's so exciting that I'm excited for you. I ... enroll. Don't be shy- send me an email. Say hi. Introduce yourself. I try

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  Wow, lots of questions to address today! I guess I'll start by ... few months ago, I wrote a summary of my last project; a paper describing ... mouse project, I've been working on a yeast two-hybrid screen. Basically

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on the way home from my field hockey game, and when I awoke, what to my wondering eyes did appear but... snow?! I kid you not. It was snowing. And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  (Note of warning: this entry may be short, because I seriously screwed up my back/shoulder/neck area at cheerleading camp tonight, and I ... /brain and cognitive sciences major is that I frequently don't have class on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT's alumni interviews. I am looking forward to discussing them on this blog ... , I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• FAQ / Transfer

  How do I apply as a veteran?

  If you are a veteran and interested in learning in any way, shape, or form at MIT, please know that we appreciate your interest and thank you for your service.…
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT football team completed its historic regular…