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• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  -speak for RAs and they are the "grown up" figures in the house. (We ... they settle into this new role. Thanks for reading! If there are other

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  reenergized my desire to experience Wagner. Prospects for me not only managing ... and agree to win Brunnhilde for Gunther. Meanwhile, Brunnhilde receives ... ending because it worth watching for yourself! In any case, if you know the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  students struggling to graduate on time for the dumbest possible reasons ... 't count toward the requirement they thought it did. One alum I worked for ... , or get nonexistent triple majors, or...for fun. (There's no credit

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... , for all you haven't-learned-MITese folks), I UROP'd in a really amazing ... form, didn't seem like it was quite for me. When I started my next set of

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  Chinese dinners with my relatives for a week was great! Still, nothing ... college. At the same time, take some time to thank your family for the little things. Cooking dinner for you. Buying you more toothpaste when you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  Oh hi there. I'm back on campus now for IAP (Independent Activities ... warmer than usual. Not bad for campus, but unfortunate for those of us ... cabins. Given that 90% of the gifts I received for Christmas was outdoor

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  , and college in general. This year the date is set for Saturday, October

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It's freebie time - for the 99.9% of you readers who don ... you a secret because I have that much love for you all - I was really ... for the entire lecture and he has cookies at office hours. If that doesn

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  What’s on your mind? As for me, my hair feels normal again.

  

  .  My question is for YOU. Prospective students, curious parents, excited ... . Because these blogs exist for you :)

  • by Piper '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  over 50 applications for just a few available spots. The vast majority ... prematurely for them." Yep.  However, as with our undergraduate applications, the cruel difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... middle school-aged son thought it was mean for someone at the Oscars to be ... been married to for 9 years, the father of my kids, and I was cleaning

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Gregor, one of the two MIT undergraduate dorms open for those of us living on campus for the summer. In August, I'll move back to French House, but this is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during

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

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass ... campus for MIT-150's Open House and FAST (Festival of Art, Science, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  for the GEL Program, "almost every team practiced key leadership skills ... time, materials, and requirement specifications, and did not go for the ... boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I ... . As you can see, I spent some quality time exploiting the kid for my own

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  few things. But I'll have to save those for another post because we have ... Wednesday, but for now let's just pretend so we can annoy Mikey. P.P.S. Sorry

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  arrangement ever for my jazz class without being completely sure what two of the instruments I was arranging for would sound like in real life. Twelve non ... hours scripting and rehearsing a dry run presentation for 6.UAT (i

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  here, but I want to thank you all for using this as a positive space with ... EDT. open threads for admitted / waitlisted / not admitted students will

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  NSBE MUSE Colloquium my first video

  

  , information sharing, and networking for aspiring young Black engineers ... . I promise to get a better camera for my future productions. ;-)

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or ... 't insist that you should spend at least one IAP at MIT, just doing things for fun. For the overachievers, there are tons of semi-structured activities

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011