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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  blog, right? Okay. Now we've got that out of the way, allow me to ... relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a few things about the future that you might want to know, now that the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  I'm on the train home to Philadelphia. Currently: four women run my ... looking forward to it. A few things that happened in November: I spent a day giving math problems to seventh-grade girls. A friend from high

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... season with Alex S. '13, who was here to represent Boeing, Irina O. '15 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and friend. When I came to MIT, I was looking for an education that ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  around the building to document what everyone was up to. One of my favorite things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which ... ’t want to be alone, which is also often, I can always find somebody else

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  few days. That's over now, so breathe and allow me to distract you with ... managed to crash the Internet. I don't want to lead with that story though ... , to say the least, extremely cool. Our evening began with a walk

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of ... ’ve been on campus for just over three weeks, and, according to the Google ... food since arriving. Somehow, I’ve managed not only to scavenge

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  One of my favorite classes this year is CMS.100 -- Introduction to ... worldwide fan communities. The idea is, people tend to think of media as ... means long meetings with production staff to determine the feel and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  &A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few minutes and answer questions if there are any." We swarmed to the stage while Neil walked to the edge and crouched down to shake hands with ardent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents ... and cheered for their friends. My boyfriend's aunt leaned over to fill

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  friends for a while (THANK YOU TO XIAOYUE '15 FOR MAKING US ALL BREAKFAST ... up to get my act together. Showered, dressed, brushed teeth - booked it out the door at 9:50, and made it to Astrophysics at 10:03. Our exam

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of ... turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop screen, since they tend to crack. sitting in the very center of an exam

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  straightforward and similar to practice tests I'd taken. The bio section, however ... know that this entry won't be helpful to everyone out there, but ... studying at my own pace. Most people who I've talked to have said that test

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  Alright, you and I both have some big decisions to make in the next month. You all need to decide where you’re going to college next year ... best to make this decision post-CPW when you've formed your own opinions

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So Long, So Long, Front Foot Leads the Back One Go on, and it won't be too soon...my Texas road trip (Part 1).

  

  When we last left off, I had narrowly dodged Hurricane Ike to fly down to the Rio Grande Valley. The saga continues... McAllen, Texas ... . My hotel was right next to a Tony Roma's (great ribs!) and Logan

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... surgeon. 9:28am: A parent's question: "How important is it to choose a major

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... painful but doable. But it's Saturday, and according to my 18

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do is to blog every day 'til eternity passes away, just to share them with ... to go home and get my instrument, so I had to take it to class with me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005