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• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... this was just about two years ago, but yeah, apparently I can say that ... , how far can you go? At the end of the day, no one gets out alive.” New

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  , and left me in a somewhat disheveled state. There's homework, lab, extracurriculars, office hours - so much going on that while I've started writing at least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  about 80 to go. And then, I have to manipulate the data in Excel so I can ... computer in grad school. I suppose I should mention, in case it wasn ... Like Laura, I also read up a storm in the summer. I (re-)read Robert

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... lot of words, but more generally I’m interested in the chemical traces ... designed so that it can easily double with other majors. I think I’m the only

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story ... same about crew. Before I tell you all about it, check out this short

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  I live at Burton Conner (W51), at 410 Memorial Drive, along the ... can also see the Pierce Boathouse over the water. Our regal Memorial-Drive-side entrance sunny view of the river I don't have a bike, but many dorm

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  "I would walk 500 miles" people. Check out places I've visited: (note ... The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week, so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  applicants? What can a viewbook offer you that the web cannot? Thanks in ... from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  " part, but I'd probably be able to figure out a way around that ... the rest of the night (morning?). I was, in fact, sitting around not ... luckiest person in the world, because one of those things is my career. And I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  should fill it out? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible after grades are ... submit the form? Yes. There is an option where you can indicate this. I

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Day Cats cats cats cats cats cats cats....

  

  finally woke up. I sprayed dry shampoo in my hair, and headed to MIT Medical ... . So I had my appointment, and then I checked my email and found out that ... him in the basement of the medical building, and Will R. '16 and I got

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  Münchner, and I immediately thought of this title. The first thing we did in ... bloody severed mannequin hands. I can't think of any way that you could ... artist Raynaud's favorite works. Well, I think they're pretty cool, too. In

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  If you commented any questions in the past few weeks or so, I'm going ... and see if I responded. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can ... had to comment on Schrock, even though I was already scooped in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  (or cornfield, in some cases. Like mine. I'm from Illinois, remember ... . I'm warning you now. With this in mind (the world, not parenthetical digressions), I spent a year abroad as an exchange student in Taiwan the year

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  of skeleton code for me to fill in, all while I went to lots of office ... impressive) feat. I took ownership and pride in this work, a very, very toned ... , hey, I produced that! With some help, but yeah that was me! And then in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  we had in mind starting out, but we will find some point C that we can ... about 15-20 minutes. Every day, at least one hour out of the many that I am awake is spent going back and forth from the building in which I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Space Weapons" and everything in between. You can check out some of the ... Electricity and Magnetism. So I just happened to be hanging out in the ... 's worthy of a blog entry, even if I'm 2 years late in posting it. Yesterday

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree ... the field is completely different. I might have been in over my head ... England, where I learned to work with people from a different culture and in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  ; I had tests in three of my classes: 9.65 (Cognitive Processes), 20 ... Biological Systems). I’ve also been putting in several hours behind the ... ; GEL is no exception. In my time, I’ve noticed that at the

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  ! See if you can find them in the archives!) Mikey, as you can see from ... and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011