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• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  experiences are quite different at both places and listening to the stories from ... called Formal Halls, and of course attended these huge celebrations at the ... at MIT, 2.006 or Thermal Fluids II (think turbines, compressors, and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  food at home, I turn into this hyperactive raging rhino. I check the ... . I still cringed at Mufasa’s death, and by the end of the second volume ... melancholy thoughts Lion King sometimes inspires. At the time, just about three

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  my computer, took one look at my Desktop background, and screamed "WHAT ... a July 4 party at my house, and all the other summer students came ... that I have during the school year. Here at the NRAO in Charlottesville

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  up early from a field trip at the Pittsburgh Zoo to go on a road trip ... wrote an unhappy list of all the people I was unhappy at, which Cory R ... hopefully more funny than unhappy. Here it is: At a pit stop, the lady who

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks ... thought I'd been there all along, working at this godforsaken JOB!" The ... !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  opportunities freshman year? Proceed) At least 1 out of 16 student bloggers agree: everyone should travel* at least once a month (from here on abbreviated as ... important things I've learned so far at MIT isn't related to genetic

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  downright dreary, we feel right at home. In eleven days, we will be home. I ... breakfast, made an attempt at making my bed, and I might even go to the gym ... science at math is flimsy at best. I slept eight or nine hours a night in

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  give to her. It sounded fairly interesting at the time though (I paid ... original as he claimed! We finally arrived in New York; where we stayed at a ... designer Phillip Starck: The next morning we had a lovely brunch at

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  a happy combination.) When I got to the terminal at 12:13 the bus had ... looked down at my rollerblades. “Not with those you can’t.” I pulled off my skates, dropped my bookbag at my feet, and opened my laptop. Luckily my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  Two weeks ago, I arrived back at MIT. This is the view from my new ... , the two of us ended up at MIT Medical the next day, where I had a super ... at MIT", and had a nice bonding experience with Juan :) Negatives

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  Amanda David, a sophomore at MIT majoring in management, had in mind when she collaborated with Sally Susnowitz, Assistant Dean and Director at ... societies at MIT to serve the community at large. "Kristi, Sally and I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  at least mildly entertaining. I definitely needed a few laughs this ... -matched with this Sunday at a short training session, and in just a week, we ... dose of pancakes at 2 am in favor of staying up till 5 am just talking

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  department, has its own fMRI machine, and at MIT, there always needs to be at ... at MIT.But here's a fun fact: both my roommate and I are performing ... win any prize at all, I still won't be the first (prospective) doctor to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  ! ================================================= It could have been any number of early mornings my freshman year at MIT. There I was, slaving over a 18.02 or 8.012 pset at 3AM, being really no ... sentiment echoed many times during my years at MIT from anyone from second

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  My first final exam at MIT was 8.012: "Physics For Masochists ... . He turned around, and some gears at the back of my mind began to turn ... , a professor at MIT. Woah. He was there because he's a recitation

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  of my visit to Anaikatti is to work at one of the tribal hospitals in ... help. It’s been an amazing experience so far. The doctors at the ... from working at the hospital, I’ve also made a couple trips out of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  their helpful faces at the end of my information sessions. The time had ... your staff id in your back pocket and listen with rapt interest at ... coolest places on our campus. Looking at it day after day you tend to forget

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  's perhaps most important for some future nerds here at MIT (not to be confused with nerds from the future here at MIT). As I'm sure you already know ... I love being at the most (a good thing since I spend most of my waking

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  class at MIT on my resume. Not bad. Plus it's my favorite professor's last semester at MIT, so I'm happy to get to work with him teaching his class. 6.01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  in the world." Money has always been tight at home, especially after ... him that was a prerequisite for going to elementary school. At 3, he ... Street was a 16, for instance. At Woodstock Elementary, his second

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009