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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... to sacrifice a few other things to get there) or manage to finish the ... things changed - but definitely by mid-February or so, I wanted to get into

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... use each machine, we get to learn by making a spiffy Stirling engine ... to get the creative juices flowing, and in the real world it's really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  ones in which I get to dispense laughs or in which I get a chance to ... Happy New Year to everyone! As you may have noticed I've been absent from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I ... to get there? [Continue reading "Outside the Norm"]

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... restaurant. It was challenging to get onboarded, learn background information ... IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  swimming on my stomach, I'm getting there. I won't have to worry about ... get paid for your work! I'm really lucky in that I get paid to have fun ... Engineering and Computer Science Over IAP, I'm trying to get out of debt. I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  ’m trying to help them out too, you know? Q: I get that Danielle. I really do ... of the things that you may NEED to get out of a college experience are ... in the morning, and I’ve got to get some sleep. D: Okay, old

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  Raymond and others to get through my coding assignments and I wonder if I ... As CPW comes to a close and I watch eager beaver high schoolers drag ... regret wash over me. New waves of kiddos are coming in to make MIT their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone ... students to get through it.  … They made me feel like everything was going to ... head, a whirring that keeps my mind thinking about what I need to do next

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  time getting the hang of simple things that were easy to make and tasted ... allow me to actually get groceries regularly. So, I told myself that I ... I'm not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  went out to the deli to get turkey meat and an exciting new cheese ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... floor. The rest of B entry had gone out to Memorial Drive to watch the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour ... . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  calling your school to get them. For other students whose grades have been ... Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... will be hard to choose. We have begun selection committee meetings. Thus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  weather, it's raining again, and harder than before. So I get back to my ... to go off. I go and look at my computer (which is supposed to be my alarm clock) to find that the power adapter askew enough that my laptop

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an undergraduate, she made sure to take time to explore our campus and enjoy the ... , “Other than getting people sick, bacteria have many useful

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Dora the Explorer My long-lost twin has suspiciously wrinkly forearms.

  

  to give her addiction to "papas adobadas," a kind of mexican hot Lays ... ! Another factor I'll have to consider when selecting a class is whether they allow me to take photographs. I should ask my classmates sign photo

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  expected 12 drawings of our 3D models, but I couldn’t get the program to ... some more and wrestle with the program to try to get a drawing or two out ... ’re somehow unable to deliver what’s expected, find whatever works to get your

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... I’ve mentioned a few times in the past about being unsure as to ... industry for a bit first. My intention has been to work in the industry first

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023