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• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  having each other to lean on." And also: "You can't take any other ... challenges. So when my turn came to introduce myself and share my reasons for ... work in teams, and what qualities to look for in good teammates. I

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  you don't blog for a long time, you lose your ability to rhyme. Not that ... the Charles for the 4th of July, and argued endlessly about how to prove ... and talked my way into a free waltz lesson, and I went to the middle of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  ...but for all additional essays I tried to tailor them individually). okok ... that sufficiently paint the picture for the reader, and then leave him on ... reader to think about. For example, classics in world literature rarely

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The rise and fall of CPW all the cpw history, plus proof the weather machine is fake

  

  Weekend was like. On Thursday evening, there was a panel for prefrosh to ask ... ="Surprising primarily because it's so rare for the faculty to weigh in on student life ... would free up enough space to house all first-years on-campus, which was a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  a "nap", because I told a friend that I'd be free for a video call at ... sit on your hand for a few minutes and then pull your hand out, you get ... weird, for me to ask this. From the outside, I guess, I could look like a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  extended reflection on what it means to be creating a community of people ... mattering. snowballs and shuttle buses and moments to save for nostalgia. at ... all the mailing lists you want to stay on because you know mit is going

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  name for MIT's famous class ring, whose design is unique to each class ... from putting a firetruck on the Great Dome to subtly sabotaging the ... affectionate name for MIT. hosed (adj.) - Flooded with work, as if attempting to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  -traditional” route (for example, opting to put their education on pause to compete in ... cohort[/annotation]to reflect on their experience. I’m sharing the ... engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  things.↩ 2. According to MIT, based on data for the 2006 starting cohort ... on out) that it’s going to be okay. Everyone likes to hear that. Some ... halfway through a botched sophomore fall to receive treatment for clinical

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  going to be useful or informative to anybody, except for future me who wants to reminisce back on my glory days at MIT. So, for future me: here ... Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  might want to apply for an internship. Just like applying to college ... coveted group for internships. As a junior applying to internships: it ... colleges way before senior fall. For a lot of juniors, applying to jobs

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  but air? And then you kinda have to wobble for a bit before you lower ... . If this was a movie, this would be the cue for me to cry. And with the ... ’s side of the room. Four. MIT was gracious enough to put all of us on a no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  alarms pre-set on my phone. I may need to awaken for lecture at 11:20, but ... to wear jeans. Nice things are for the early birds.   The easiest thing ... hours to socialize. 5 hours to waste on grooming, latest YouTube hits, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  on How to Get Around MIT. And now that I’ve cited How to Get Around MIT ... get funding to work on it…? Second, you need to understand Oniongate ... , and posted it on Twitter, and sent it to some other MIT-adjacent groups

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  proudly. I tried on many different labels for a long time to see if any fit ... consequences for being out in their home country or state. This is not to say ... household was hard. For a while it was fine (up to around middle school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  REX at Random Hall Pancakes, LN2 ice cream, board games, game theory, math, raves, staying up entirely too late,…

  

  home on 2 am trips to Wal-Mart through empty dark streets in my pick ... morning. I was on my own for the first time and not feeling alone at all ... . One of my best friends Ami G. ‘14 is out to find yellow paint for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  like. This Russian salad was what I decided to make when CJ asked me for ... Fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Making the sauce: Bring some the stock to a ... ) cornstarch, ½ tbsp (5g) flour, and 130 ml water to form batter. Rest for 20

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  ’ve barely practiced on. For me that was a rope dart, a single wick attached to ... "]brimstone[/annotation].  For the past year and a half, I’ve been working on my current UROP with ... David and Ali, but I’m especially grateful to them for taking me under

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  undergrads and found out that people tended to use certain frameworks for ... person’s identity that they hadn’t expected to find; for others, however ... So you don't know what to major in. You have no idea what to do with

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015