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• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  . And four, I can finally kind of sort of walk (more like stumble) my way ... was getting her broken arm casted up. My grandma was getting her ... anything can happen at anytime. (side note: I spent two hours ice skating

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by ... Bike stations (BlueBikes are shared bikes that you can find at stations all around the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The ... ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or ... study break for the potential GRTs. I can’t wait to play poker and meet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  for which they can care like you would a pet. Amino is developed using ... allows me to do just that - I get to create organisms with fun properties ... using biology. To get you started, Amino ships with Amino Glow App - your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good ... like 2.671, 2.ThU, 2.009, and 2.087 (which can be replaced by 18.03, if ... to discuss that in more detail, He can pull off wearing suspenders

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  “Uhhh.. maybe? But I’m probably gonna wait until I get the rest of my ... 's probably smart." Because when you get into a capital-g Great school, you ... , to fangirl, and maybe to show how MIT can become a home for fellow I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  . I've got the opportunity to get an MIT grad degree in a really mind ... research lab on the planet. And I can return, at the end, to the job which I ... right time. Like Yogi Berra said: when you get to a fork in the road

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the love of 6.470, Montresor we stayed awake, we built, we conquered

  

  you can't recycle old strategies. Most of the finals are run cage ... that everyone can see units dramatically exploding on the map during the ... (paradoxically, we will do more to get a free T-shirt than we will for the amount

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  , slowly count to ten, and open up your mind as wide as you can. You are ... . Not only do they exist, they hold true for getting into MIT. While ... representing your academic competence on an objective scale; however, they can be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  doing that will make it easier for you to get jobs." 6.854 - Advanced ... freshman year: Why do we keep doing this thing where we get really excited ... laughter] But how can it be deep, we're only in two dimensions. [pause again

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  that night I wandered around campus with friends, getting a private tour ... had to take a little detour to the hospital to get an x-ray to confirm ... . Positives: I can cross "chairing" off my list of "things one ought to do while

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  , anyway. And the hope that one day I can get my hands on a time turner ... to get work done. I found that the best test of whether I really ... process a zillion times before, and I can’t imagine that I would have been

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and ... relaxed atmosphere. Oh, and you get academic credit for this, and the ... standup comedian. As you can imagine, our seminar meetings have been

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  wasn't even an MIT student. (I also can't forget getting lost on the way ... "...woops, wrong HAL. Anyway, let's get back to the Fourth. Two years ago, my ... in town as well. And now that I'm not a freshman anymore, I can live

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  , dumping the gajillions of photos I shot before 3:30pm on Saturday. I can't get over this. Fortunately, the videos were preserved. When I hopped ... sure this is condoned. Just to get everybody in trouble, clockwise from

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  comes when I'm standing at the west parallel of EC, since I can see both ... and what you guys do sounds really cool. Can I have a UROP?" It couldn ... Wild Party or prefrosh who want to know how to get into MIT 1

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a ... about x or y, etc. The least I can do is try to make your research a ... in the rain): http://shuttletrack.mit.edu/ Computing Get certificates

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five ... contacts, finding channels through which you can apply, and exploring the ... stuff, in which you can carry all your other free stuff. In a related

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  ," the Bloodhound coach added. "He gets out there, gets excited about ... -III conference in the country. "We are hopeful that Daniel can fill our need as ... it, we feel that he can be a strong contributor for MIT football

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... LuisObispo.com. You can read the story yourself here, but I'll pull out some choice ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006