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• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  starting at 4:18 PM GMT, and we will see what is to come. gmt. greenwich ... is still wild to me that i'm a grad student at MIT, that i've been ... i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake up and check AirNow to see if more smoke is floating down through the ... potted Cattley Guava is fruiting (in USDA zone 6!) it is time for those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  this post is just a collection of goodbye-related passages from some ... crash on? Is it selfish that I’m happy as we pass the setting sun? from ... 's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  first is I’m three days away from my first day at my [annotation note ... 're reading this now, it seems like i do. The second reason is actually buried ... new job, and I’m kind of nervous. Well, kind of is KIND OF an

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  physical separation. But, right now, it feels like spring has come. It is ... , even more folks will rush in, and even though I know that it is not ... fast. But what will really matter is whether or not we have forgotten how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  This blog post is an ode to whiteboards, which I love very, very ... ’m starting this off with the how-to guide. All that other content is down below the how-to :P This is a guide for how to restore an old, dingy

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  deep talks , strange person

  

  The weird thing about quarantine is that I'm actually being better ... to capture is ~the deep talk~. Most college students have experienced ... . Anyway, one thing that I've started to do with my friends is playing the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  enthusiastic!) offer. At long last, the deciding is almost done. Every year, we plan to admit students from the wait list. How many we admit is a function of our yield rate, which is admissions industry term for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  Pi day is almost here, when all the hard work from both applicants and the admissions office comes to fruition. Breathing is hard right ... little workout. Stress-exercising is a coping mechanism for me and one

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... at Harvard Square that is the main shop, and they're even better (imo

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  proximity to so many creative and amazing individuals, and right now is one of ... DESCENDED TO EARTH The machine is the brainchild of MIT’s very own startup ... ’s grand opening, my second reaction was, “Wow, a boba machine is literally

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... correspond to certain groups. The green area is the blogger fam (the very large green blob is Petey, naturally), the conglomerate of blue, red, and brown

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... ." "Mentorship is always the responsibility of the mentee." "Find a job where you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  . Unfortunately, there is none. You can certainly can try to help your chances. You ... why? To get into MIT? The truth is that the algorithm for college admissions (and life) is stupidly simple: work hard and be happy. How you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  what are we to do? we are not helpless in the face of injustice.

  

  who is only here for the summer, who talked about how shocked he was at ... then she said: "our deepest fear is not that we are helpless. our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." especially at mit

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 13, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --has administered the exam annually since 1938. The exam is notoriously difficult--the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to ... participants, including ~15k in the United States last year. Bebras USA is led ... . One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  could help let prefrosh know about their efforts. Their guest post is what ... post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our ... their peers, which to me is indicative of a community I have never been a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  if you've chosen a major that fits you? Fit is a fuzzy concept, hard to quantify or plot. But this is what it means to me: Fit is having at least ... because it's required but simply because it's so interesting. Fit is

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  collection of source texts. Some of my favorites:   Crying is great ... 'actual' authors never would. The practical result is that you get tweets ... _ebooks is now a thing. Everything it says is randomly generated from a source

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014