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• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  only virtual REX at Next House, not to mention the UROP I was working on ... just did not have. The first event, in particular, was quite an ... generally try to keep on top of things at start of the semester, it is a bad

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  smuggled out of dinner. Now, you may be wondering, is the above: 1) a ... people would agree with the fact that MIT is an academically rigorous ... phospholipid bilayers. This is my brain tapping me on the shoulder and saying

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  -attack-worthy lies over the next couple of days. And this blogpost is all about the art ... is always a cause for celebration. And, on the surface at least, that’s what this post is about. “Fiction is the truth inside the lie

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  to grad school. You are not the same person you'll be at the end of ... , but not in my subfield). In the end, MIT was the right place for me ... that will bring out the best aspects of you, even if they're not totally

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  with what's going on in the world becomes something extraneous and not ... human being when the only news i get is from MIT Confessions... this feeling of being trapped in the Bubble is tangible in my failure to take

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Dishwashers, parents, space: what do these things have in common?

  

  use of a dishwasher is the last frontier in an immigrant household, an indication of complete Americanization. The dishwasher is a rare kitchen ... college I realized that the dishwasher is on a long list of things that make

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... officers, our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the applicant. It's not to be wowed, or feel like we need to read the most unique

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  in Physics, which is perhaps not a representative sample of the gender ... not the string theorists. Or LIGO, since LIGO was crowded with UROPs ... ? Does it not matter because the overall Institute gender numbers are

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  Design. The concept of 2.00b, or Toy Product Design, is fairly simple ... technology is all the rage. An idea's no good if it's just stuck in your ... about the prototyping process.  A "works like" prototype is often just a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  series of words or pictures. This is the kind of conversation you might overhear while a puzzle is being solved: (The following puzzle is completely ... types of fish?" "Ok, sure, why not?" [Spend the next 3 hours identifying

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  them how the application process was. Even if they did not know where I ... studying abroad is how expensive everything seems... In fact, the annual cost ... , only more wrong. This is not to say that my college application process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  never really comes. The reality is, there is always going to be something ... ’m listening to music for the sake of listening to music, not just because I need ... everyday. I’m not stressing myself out with the expectation that everything I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  you who have never heard of Goldman Sachs, it is one of the world ... prominent company is very impressive and Mr. Dweck has the qualifications to ... specifically mentioned his UROP, which I think is an amazing testimony to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  , though, so I’ll be more mindful of my workload in the future. I’m not ... note that the classes I took are not a typical freshman schedule. I only ... ="well, that's not strictly true, but it definitely lessened the concerns

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  This entire blog has this playlist. Enjoy. Also this is the second ... next thing. The issue is, that I don't know how long this feeling is ... coming around the corner, but with no clue what that bigger thing is

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  ) is physically pulled upwards by all of his friends to fight the very ... of the story is to stretch better, I guess. Tell us about something ... trying to console myself. As a 6-3, 6.004 is the most “hardware” class that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  woman's lap after the crew handed out afternoon tea. Not my finest 8 ... "are there fridges in these rooms?" and not "do we have a fridge in the ... ?? Where is it? Neighbor: Under the TV. Me: Really? Okay. I didn't see it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  (READ: PLEASE DO NOT ACTUALLY WRITE LIKE THIS) Q1. Describe the world you ... for the pleasure of it. This is probably something that I shouldn ... manage the situation? Since I'm not actually applying to college, I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  turning back time now your clock can follow the right hand rule!

  

  all but one box and guess the number inside. If at most one advisor is ... real mathematician knows that counterclockwise is the positive direction ... posting on the [annotation note="the schedule board is a beautiful mess of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around ... is also taking the class and we were able to test-run each other ... Death. I got hit in the head; TWICE! ...at Bad Taste 2014. "Bad Taste" is

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014