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• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... expressed were at once very resonant and very troubling for me on one hand, i ... of improving the world and used that as one of the primary criteria for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  day, for MIT, for the country, or for the world. In addition to the ... for our nation. The death of George Floyd and the events unfolding in ... intense for certain members of our community, beginning with those who are

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  final, 6.034 Artificial Intelligence. The grading for this class is quite ... fourth midterm that I don't need the take the final. For my other Course 6 ... , and at 20:57, the code was still uploading. I panicked some more. For

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. '18 for her day in the life at MIT post)   8:45: Wakeup. For real this time, after 10 ... :10: Arrive at Johnson Arena, next to the Z-Center for skating practice. During

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  and left for the States at the ripe young age of 1. From there I enjoyed the weather in lovely Los Angeles, California for around 5 years before ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How the Career Fair saved my summer And forced me to try something new

  

  This is a summer of new things for Maggie Lloyd. I rented a car for ... rented my first apartment; I had to find furniture for said apartment; I have to rely on my kitchen for dinner, not a dining hall; I have to wake

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  maliciously assaults snowmen, we will never back down and we will fight for the ... everywhere (except for the sidewalks, thank you facilities). Students here have ... , and we're starting to see winter hats. I, for one, have ordered the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  haven't yet replied: As soon as you've made up your mind for sure about ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  People sometimes say that it doesn't matter where you go for undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have ... undergrad, and your undergrad school will change you, whether for better or

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  Triton, where I am hanging out after my UCSF interview, waiting for the shuttle to take me to SFO for my red-eye flight to Boston.) I'm really kind of glad I'm interviewing for graduate programs this year while writing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  fields that are totally unrelated. For me I love both physics and ... are different options you can follow to study multiple fields. For two related fields (like Course 7 and 9, for instance) it's obviously more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  talk about for one entry (especially since I have a hockey game to play in quite soon), but I'll do what I can for now and try to cover other ... to a camp like RSI for admission purposes - other than for its own sake

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in Indian Trail, North Carolina, the qualifier for the US Championships in ... throwback to last year's Eastern Sectionals, as I was vying for a spot on the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego ... be clicked for larger versions. You can read more blog posts by and ... and settled into their seats for the 80 mile drive from the airport

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  resource/guide for MIT first-years. This is a program under the Office of the ... advisor: How do I know what to take this year? For starters, CJ has an ... informative and offers a lot of good information on how to search for classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  nothing at all, which wound up being quite a bit...but that's a story for ... whirlwind for me, and since we're now in the midst of the first week of the ... "]headaches,[/annotation] but overall, I enjoy the satisfaction of cooking for myself when I have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... outlines for how to get into MIT are do well in school, be nice and pursue ... of high school that ensured there were designated times for meals, play

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  peacefully arrested in their homes for murder and aggravated assault of Amaud ... . For every death that blows up on the internet there is someone being locked away for 15-30 years for taking a TV from the corner store; for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  taught the 6.810 class I took last semester. For the past few weeks, I've been rushing to finish prototypes for a project to be submitted to the ... 're reading technical papers each recitation. For example: Last week we

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a weekend, Seattle to visit friends, twice to Colorado Springs for training, Detroit for a competition, Chicago to visit my cousin at residency, and NYC

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017