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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  closer in the future. I decided right then and there I was going to get a ... desire to have a positive impact in the world.   Aldrich Hall, part ... VR. If you guys want to get involved as well, I suggest buying a pair

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  ’t want to eat the laundry detergent or get it in your eyes. Procedure ... interested in the nucleus of the cell, which encloses the DNA. Your DNA is a ... on to your children. Instead of paper, it is written on a long string

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  in your brain to fire in a way which destroys you: “He means the Word ... thought of if something happens to you now, you’re fucked would creep in ... to mine at least, you tense up your abdomen and end up with a lot of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  impressions count. Your EC only has a very limited amount of time to get to know ... memorable to us, especially when we have a number of interviews in a short ... highly technical work to your grandmother in a way that she will understand

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know ... -red pigeon in snow.[/caption] One page turned into a chapter, then two, then ... .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  Dad is no longer whispering his view of it in your ear.” I turned to ... 's happened to you in the last five-and-a-half weeks you'll recognise this as ... dedicate my life to something so important when i’m in a place where i can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  was a ridiculous amount to see and take in. I could sample any color or ... kind of place where I want to be: a place where you take your talents and ... solutions, people want to create a thermite reaction in the backyard of their

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  . Also take this as a sign to go get a credit card and build your credit ... 't spend too long on this section, but Google Calendar is a typical go to for ... task you need to complete gets time scheduled on your calendar, so you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  . Learn to cook a new dish. (Like those spam recipes you get in the advertisements on your spam folder page in Gmail.) 5. Write thank-you letters to ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from ... the good life?” and on the very last page I underlined “to such a degree ... will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  Doves Cry.. I'd heard this like a dozen times in the car driving up to ... the song comes in with kind of a funk-metal tone, and Clay begins to ... it was a lot like the strange waking dreams I used to have in 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  fake a good interview, you're wrong.) So if you say in one of your short ... 've ever been in), then whoever reads your short answer is going to say ... your electives contribute to the improvement of your skills in some area

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  managed to get lost in the dark.   Credit your innate sense ... early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to ... . But hey, don't get me wrong - you can do a lot of other things in the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to ... "getting to class exactly on time" down to a science; I can afford to waste a ... ="capture-the-flag, a term of art for 'cybersecurity competitions where you try to get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  times a week instead of four to get rid of extra steam. Aiden, Jordan ... and even participate actively in the class. A really good way to end the ... have to work in teams of three to solve them, show the solution to a TA

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  your hall to get things done. Two people working on a problem set ... supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and calling home once in a while. There are things to do at all hours

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  and you fall asleep in your chair, or at least get pretty sad and decide ... would need to do it in a satisfying way.. ..which is okay! Because ... in them. This course will expose you to a range of questions regarding

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong ... ". "Career" is not really a word in my vocabulary yet, blogging is the closest

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... some of your thoughts and feelings with your peers, to show a spirit of ... I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Summer

  and they were roommates living with "randos"

  

  were three of us, because we were searching for a short-term lease in ... 't worked before, in my case), and talk about logistics like how we get to ... . And sometimes we take a Lyft to get back home, but most of the time we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 6, 2022