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• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  more streamlined and at once slower than anything I’ve ever seen in an ... tested immediately (it came back negative), and I’ve been trying to avoid as much contact with others as possible in the two weeks since I’ve

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year ... next 51 weeks. Motivation and Rationale I've discussed briefly in some ... one of these last-minute announcements as we approach the spring. They've

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  unwound. Yet one of the downsides is that I've now gotten myself into the ... ??????? Yes. Who would've thought that an excitable, little frosh would have ... 'm putting my time into. I've been given so many opportunities never offered to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  more.     The last few years, I've pursued human ... course, however, I've surprised myself in starting to break away from ... literature we've read and discussed in class has enabled me to rationalize much

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  ’s not like that moment came out of nowhere — i’ve been course 14 since sophomore year, and i’ve liked the classes i’ve taken and books i’ve read ... pile of work i've allocated to that day. a song i've been listening to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  single day, but who knows? One question I've been asked a few times lately, though, is how to format a résumé as a freshman. You've just graduated from ... companies are looking for what you've done on your résumé? Hmm, good question

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  1. Labels The number of double takes and comments I’ve gotten this ... like, “I see; you’re a yuppie now. Should’ve seen this one coming,” or ... corporate jobs in favor of teaching and research, so I’ve wondered if even my

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... 6, I’ve spent the majority of my life in frigid ice rinks. I ... . Throughout my travels, I’ve gotten accustomed to living out of a suitcase

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  science writer (among other things). I've reproduced his post (with ... biology. I thought I was going to be a genetic engineer. I've always had a ... blast doing it. I've always been a performer and wanted to end up in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  should work where you're happy and productive. Personally, I've ... poured over into our problem sets, where we've been given actual data ... which are all pieces I've been kicking myself to read for a while

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to ... that I've taken so far, though, I've found the CMS department to be much ... classes you've already taken in this major, a general plan to finish it by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  that I've gotten via email/FB message/owl post in the past few months. 1 ... , and in many cases much smarter than, myself. None of what I've written ... locked doors." I've found that to be very true; at MIT, pretty much every

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  and warn. In my experience, they've been some of the greatest, most ... !) in your lifetime. They've also been some pretty great teachers ... you can count on to keep your mind where it needs to be. Then, once you've

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  ? Just kidding! LOL. Q: Oh! You’ve got jokes! No, I am not a fool. I know ... , I’m just thinking about my parents and my brother….They’ve got a whole ... known me to lead you astray? I’ve got GREAT advice! Seriously though

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  glory. I am pretty sure that I don't have pink eye because I've had a red ... =( Hopefully we'll all make it through! In other school news, I've been getting ... /mountaineering somewhere... but everything I've found is too expensive so far... so I'm going

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  so I've omitted it). Master of what? Doesn't matter, as long as said ... met with this: [I've actually finished this set so there are ... . I've taken the liberty of listing such attributes: 1) It's extra work

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  admissions process. I’ve had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, New Haven, New ... specialty of Mechanical Engineering called Course “2A”) and I’ve only now been ... task that my fellow bloggers have covered extensively. I’ve compiled some

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  guilty with specific reference to the blog, because I've held back large ... 's get back to the blog. I said that I've withheld large segments of my ... experience too. I've been to DC three times in the past week, all by train (for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced ... allowed to discuss calls we've been on. That won't be hard- there weren ... . You should definitely try to come if you can. I've never been here in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  Programming), and 6.1200 (Discrete Math for Comp Sci). Would've been four but ... probably would've been the nicer treatment) 3 hours later. 4:30PM. Test ... pretty much summarizes all the different experiences I’ve had this past

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025