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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  time to read it. Turns out, I’m still the same person that grew up on ... saying that I really wanted to like this book. From the second it was ... Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  the horizon, I’d embark on a long bike ride over to the complete ... turned away, but my eyes to be on the viewer. I find myself looking back to ... have to do anything with us, affect our present day and future. On the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  United States to pursue a PhD in biological engineering. The second Rhodes ... On Saturday evening, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 Americans who ... ’s rights, and race relations. She plans to do the M.Phil. in development

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for ... substantive happenstance, to an extent that the word explosion is inadequate

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Wisdom of Khan revealed the MIT secret

  

  arguing with, or passing judgment on (and will then have to put up with the ... the couch, threw on my running shoes and took to the streets. If you ... honor to be here at MIT. Not only did I spend some of the best years of my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  emailing the Admissions Office; I will try to follow up on your email ... ...my mother wishes to know what exactly will be available for the parents and on ... to my post on cross registration, "How can MIT undergraduate students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  up, so I amplified the sadness by listening to more Bowling for Soup ... .12."]scientist[/annotation] for the rest of my life. I didn't know which schools to apply to in the fall, mostly because I had no frame of reference for which

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  to take on the responsibility that comes with knowing you can make the ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  purpose of the blogs is, and always has been, to give MIT students a place ... students access to the interior lives of current students; a sense of what it feels like to go to MIT. The blogs are not supposed to be a soapbox from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  Since the end of August, I've been living on-campus in Simmons in a ... this photo, I was halfway through the second 2.678 project, which ... Tech is still getting printed and distributed to the dorms, so I was able

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  ...etc. etc.). Back in May, they invited MIT to appear on the show, and they invited three MIT alums to be the panelists - Berta (Matt's friend, from '00 ... TAIWAN host on the Living and Traveling channel on Taiwan...anyways, you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  , but I wanted to compare the two experiences, with the caveat that I ... fellowship. In particular, we have the 6-A program, which allows you to intern ... financially feasible for students to pursue the degree. Social life is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  . Meanwhile, I'm putting together more traps to deploy. It's easier the second ... metal converter to a machine that ran on 10,000 volts. Would the converter ... “I’m going to UROP this summer!” I told my mom over the phone. Later

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  impossible point on the very edge, that we know how to pick up a tennis ball ... once worked on a tick-collection robot (yes, ticks the insects). I had to ... how long the robot’s reaction time was when it tried to reach a blocked

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  I register online and the second step of the registration tells me to ... can use on the test. At around midnight, I realize I need to somehow ... suit jacket, so I grab a decently-fancy sweater to go on top of the dress

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I ... is so worth it to take a few extra seconds and truly understand what ... chilling in a tube on its own. 5. Have an idea? Share it. One of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  , a house, a job that I love, food on the table, and the means to follow ... city (250,000+ college students can have that effect on a place), the ... anything from the 80's Favorite books: Frog & Toad, Bridge to Terabithia

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  plan to take the class again next semester. And I plan on CRUSHING it ... . About how I can't put other things to the side to focus on my academics ... arrow goes from the nucleophile to the electrophile. Enantiomers can't be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  the Charles River and stop in the middle of the road to take a picture of the beautiful skyline and fall-colored trees, I think back to my ... out the door. I wanted to witness the magnificence of a Cambridge

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and ... received an email letting us know that the event would be to announce MIT ... ? Where would they be coming from? What would be their approach to the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022