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• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  , I once had half of an episode described to me and I think it's kind of ... hierarchy of all reality shows based on the amount of self-respect you need to ... stereotypical to be advertising an open casting call for "geeks" at MIT, but this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  while people in Cambridge have not. I can't explain this, other than to ... to the holiday season, and (2) we had a major blizzard the day we mailed. Oh, and (3) the post office infrastructure seems to have its own

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  their own literature seems to admit that their coverage area is much ... to have Verizon at MIT). Cingular does seem to offer better rates on ... much better place to buy cell phones or get service, just let me know and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  . And they were kind enough to give us well-needed breaks. In the ... to justify getting it? Will I use it well? But, wait, what does it even ... guilty I didn't work well, before giving up to write"]I lacked the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  hope to try them all without bankrupting myself with import fees and ... In July 2018, in my application to be a blogger, I left a note at the ... arrive at MIT in the fall, to trying each and every one of these flavours

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  to be a little more adult for containing strong language, handling ... is, just watch the clip below. It's all you need to know.  https ... confusing if I didn’t tell you that I made the last-minute decision to move

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  once you finish, you don't have to look at it again until you study for ... , “How does this compare to MIT?” Apples and oranges… ... The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  transfer. "He spent the whole tour talking to me about what he didn't like ... with incomes of $200,000 to $300,000 applying for need-based aid," says ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  the day before, or just had too much random stuff to think about that ... penalty, but trust us that it becomes much harder to write it the longer you ... visit them and talk to one of the S^3 deans if you need advice, need to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially ... motivation, as well as rendered me unable to put as much effort into some ... I needed to allocate to things and, at first, was evaluating myself in

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  requirement for many of the classes I wanted to take, and as much as the content ... much as I can to make it easier for myself in future [annotation note ... got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  : given a problem, what data do you need to solve it, and how do you ... skyline. “There is so much for us to do.” ... , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  they have way more time to finish a task then they need does, and I ... will, nearly everyone does), and be prepared to do less but much much ... also needed to complete the entirety of the pset in one night, so we

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  actually, there’s just so much to do. In a literal sense, there are so many ... does being a Muslim woman impacted your day-to-day life? “I think the ... Linda Sarsour. What does this mean to you? “It’s really great to see

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  quickly, almost feverishly, as I could to get down as much 8.012 knowledge ... finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... far as I can tell, not much has changed. And yet, at the same time

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was ... so much more to my job than selection. We get to present information ... want to make the process less daunting for you (at least, as much as we

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  this picture. To add insult to injury, once I finally found shelter just ... was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  MIT career. I am pleased to announce that Ms. Tamy-Fee Meneide has ... million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  to as simply 'Technology.' "]Technology[/annotation] to flourish. However, not everyone at MIT cares that much about Technology. Some people here are interested all kinds of different fields, from anime to manga

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until ... , "life after college" is a scary but also exciting topic to think about

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011