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• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  being able to sit and see nothing but a wall of water and just catch your ... " to get help, I felt like I could exist a little bit easier knowing I ... time at MIT. Some semesters go by better than others, but at this point

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  to your field -- spending time on an extracurricular sort of means you didn't spend that time in lab. But you're welcome to submit that ... efficient way to get into a lab. 6. In response to my entry on Adam's and my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  through to get where they are today, but there’s something about the phrase ... telling you to explore science or chase your dreams would be like preaching to the choir, but you never know whose lives you all can change by

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the ... a masters and/or PhD and go into industry research. I would get to ... get *accepted* to these programs, and would be in school for another

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  interesting turn of events, Naina is hired by her own alma mater to take on the ... , when do you add salt to your okra? At the beginning? Or the end? (student replies that she adds salt at the end to prevent okra from getting watery

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  go until he graduates, and then he hopes to stay at MIT to get his ... -time in my "rotation" lab -- you get to rotate through as many labs as you need to decide which lab you'd like to do your thesis project in. There

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  -rain-jacket-everywhere weather). What better way to enjoy this good weather than by going on a ... frustrating when you're trying to fine-tune and practice your technical control ... our tour! We didn't get to see everything, like the sailing pavilion

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  like trying to get a stray cat to come closer. sometimes your efforts and ... utter silence. but, hey, i get it. turning on your camera and talking ... questions, and answering the questions i did get to the best of my ability. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  morning to find rows and rows of laptops accompanied by nametags and setup ... their laptops on a couch after a hackathon. Again, we don't get paid to ... ’ve sent 150+ emails and made 20+ calls related to housing, because I decided

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  glamorous, but people, if you know exactly what you want to do with your life ... Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work ... do everything possible to avoid getting sucked into the cocoon of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Question me an answer. I try to help somebody, for the first time ever.

  

  getting to know me. I mean, the real me. On Friday or thereabouts, I'm going to do an entry introducing myself in a survey-type format. If you have ... limited only by your imagination. Okay, hope that helped, Anonymous... if

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of student support services are available?

  support for MIT students. Whether you're struggling with a pset because of something going on in your life, you feel too ill to take an exam, you're ... hose and Student Support Services (S3) is available to help you manage
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  major I ended up declaring, go to grad school, get a job at a biotech ... to get as much experience as possible in the fields I was considering ... .  And by that, I mean our instructor said: "I want you all to design a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  survival, whatever you’re trying to survive against. If you don’t hit that ... . "The path to success doesn't open by eliminating failure. If you want to ... to eat shit when it does get served so I can move on and work towards

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  it was hilarious. I found it a little like that "How do you get to ... would be to finish your applications way early to avoid all of the stress ... know you to write your letters of recommendation. You may even want to

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

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   rice with forks? How are you going to scoop it into your mouth? The default of ... cards. And even of the places that do, often, getting a card to work takes ... and had to get to the other, you went on an overpass. A footbridge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  17.5 minutes, and that you're probably too excited to sleep tonight ... asking who I was and why I wanted to attend. I ended up getting a ... Dear EA applicant, You're almost there. It's Friday/13/13, so if

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  your benefit and doesn't contribute to your final grade. With that said ... ) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E ... professor to talk about your work. Group Projects - A term long group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... playing. The game takes a pretty long time to complete, but it’s choose your ... here. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate. To be honest, this is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming ... ) the flight was supposed to takeoff. we get an announcement from the ... change, a real gate change, and at least two more hours to go before i get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025