Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  he’s on track to acing the class. His love of “making stuff” follows ... he says it’s harder to work on them in the city, and lately, his attention has shifted to rockets and robotics. He’s on the MIT Rocket Team, a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  needs. But when I'm on my own, why would I go to the dining hall and have ... good bread to put it on. The way the strong, familiar blueberry taste is ... myself a glass of water, and taking ready-to-eat baby carrots out of the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  submit,[/annotation] and to reflect on the things that mattered to me then ... up to sit on the couch for a few minutes because my back hurts, and ... reblogging GIF sets on Tumblr, I finally found a place to watch Blue is the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... down on education in America today - had some very kind words to say

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  [the Koch Cancer center] takes people on for UROPs?" 4) "If you had to ... /convenience store on the first floor of the Student Center. It tends to be quite ... (UROP). The program allows students to gain hands-on experience in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  'm writing this from the train on the way to work. Please heed my advice: When ... grease does weird things. Anywho, on to the stuff that actually lets me ... comments on an entry the comment is e-mailed to us, this way we get to see

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  my poster and have to rely on the copy that my friend Anna has hanging ... Professor Solow is on the far right. I especially wanted to blog about this ... 've done just over half of all the items on that chart. One item that I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  'd share the two that I have and do some reflecting on who I used to be ... I'm showing it to strangers on the internet. Funny how that works. i ... to be held outside on the front lawn, where seniors traditionally

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  the things that we love to do and would love to do on an every day basis ... . Thursday, 11pm - Firehose! Take classes on anything and get to know the ... AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT provide CSS Profile waivers?

  Some students of certain incomes are able to have the their CSS Profile fees waived by the College Board. MIT is not able to offer a fee ... on waivers is available from the College Board.    
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... to the future.         Like many ... thing you do when you study history is to realize that while the past

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  , showing up to a random office building on the first day still a little ... . Surely, now, as life goes on, there must be something else to measure the ... behind me. I am holding on to the steering wheel, because there is still so

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  York, and yes it was my fault but I’m still going to hate on the food I ... on what ingredients would be good to have in the broth… this is ... on all of these dishes"]The menu looked suspiciously well designed to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  to forget. It feels all the more easy in places like MIT, where ... hearkens to the etymology of the word amateur—someone who does something out ... shame in sharing your work. Leave the pursuit of excellence to those who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  . Before I take off on Saturday, though, I have to deal with what I think has to be the least glamorous and least enjoyable part of the overall ... than a few Greek guys who choose to live in the dorms - like Alan '09

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  except on the ground floor. So someone who lives on Conner 5 and wants to visit a friend on Burton 5 would have to go all the way downstairs, across ... before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  sent me. I faxed them over to MIT on the 11th itself, yet, my profile on ... expect the admissions decisions to be emailed or posted on the website ... the usual factors) to make sure that the student will be a good fit on a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  media, on giving laptop computers to the poorest children in the most ... @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... Turkle, on the positive and negative effects of technology on human

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  , except on Sundays, when the T runs 6-ish am to sometime shortly after ... Hall. We seem to be going the right way. Follow the stairs on your right to the inbound trains. On your right will be another neon sign, now

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  . But in an attempt to eschew the "nerdy girl" stereotype for Devi, the show's creators center the plot development on her trying to get with the ... -watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020