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• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors ... myself on that train on the way to the aquarium one day. Find your ... ⛔ This is probably one of the easiest ones to get, but I just never got

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  life is [annotation note="trial and error is the best way to learn and I ... question and work my way to the first one. Learn people's names. MIT is a ... post is by necessity a work in progress, so I'll be adding to the list

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at ... Rodrigo is an MIT senior. He worked in the same office as me for a summer or two. We played rock band in 10-100 together (enough to get rock band

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  that Verizon is the way to go. But I wasn't really looking at this ... touristy, yeah, but it was great to get the lay of the land in such a huge ... busy, but when else are you going to get the chance to see the actual

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  . My lab studies the genetics of brain development, primarily by finding ... Ben Jones is a notorious gossip.) We had our wedding reception at the ... got a job offer last year from Google[x] that was too good to turn down

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  doesn’t  change is the strange feeling you get when you’re about to leave ... the key to succeeding is "reminding yourself that you know yourself best ... the air. I didn't know how to get around campus, I didn't understand the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  getting out of bed to rush to my 8.01L quiz at 9. I opened up the quiz. Our ... /50. I tried my best to finish the written section, but I honestly doubt I ... 'd get maybe a ~36% on the quiz overall.[/annotation] I quickly scribbled

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  (which you should all come to, by the way: the fun starts at 9:30 in the ... Come one, come all to CPW! I don't know about you guys, but the energy on campus right now is absolutely amazing. The Infinite Coordidor is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  that kids need to be perfect. We get rewarded by U.S. News rankings for ... take so many AP classes, we fixate on the scores, and oh, by the way ... busy all the time, because parents think that's what they need to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  (who is now actually married to Adam) feels the need to be all "Sooooo, I ... school I've gone to for three and a half years. And the thing is, I'm over ... half dozen different departments, I know the best place to eat lunch on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two ... initiative is beginning to bear fruit in the form of scholarly research ... ;   When I come back I plan to post the blogger application by July 1

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  . Convince the adMITs to come to CPW. Getting them to come to campus is the best way to help them find their place at MIT. Get advice from alumni ... is organized to celebrate you! Come to the Admitted Meeting to… Make

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Problem Solving. For those of you who don't know about AoPS, it is the best ... , USACO is the best program for high school students interested in pursuing ... . For formal, self-guided opportunities, the USACO is really terrific. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a ... , then your math is going to be fragile and prone to collapse. You can ... that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  fanfiction of side characters in your own story, to get excited about the world ... they desire. There’s Intro to String Theory, Ballet in the Soviet Union, and How to Stay Private on the Internet, the list goes on and on.  MG

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  out how to get UROPs. I was seated at one of the café spaces at Stata ... me, “I’m happy you’re getting rejections! They’re important to show you ... , snapping me back to reality by succinctly reminding me that being at MIT is

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  Hi, I’m Mollie! I used to go here. I was one of the OG bloggers ... moving to the west coast in about six weeks to start as an adjunct lecturer ... talent at building tiny airplanes led to him being offered a job at Google

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  like the world is your oyster. If you’re willing to put yourself out ... ’s this tendency at MIT to start making summer plans all the way back in ... summer, the goal is to have a strong data set to back up statements of how

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  the forefront. By junior year, we had created a spiffy website and I had ... a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook ... and sent them to Matt McGann. You know, the usual: a cappella concerts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  open this door you will likely receive a shock to the palm of your hand (which, thanks to a guy named Ohm, means you'll die). Your best bet is to ... , you get pwnd in the face by Nitrogen. Surviving an explosion can often

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008