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• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  then I thought of writing it all out in bullet points, but the sheer ... During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my ... journal. I anticipated that the next ten days in the epicenter of AIDs would

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  't expecting to gain much in the program other than a commission. Now I am a year ... to me as I filled out my college applications, making sure to include all of the "leadership positions" that I had held in high school. After

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an ... of MIT to set up. I understand that a lot of people get a lot out of

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  09:35. i hobble out of bed and pour myself some milk. there's a ridiculous amount of snow outside. i pull out some leftover pizza and walk to ... pull the pizza out of the microwave, and i walk back into my room to eat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  incremental game support group let's distract ourselves with games!

  

  two in the game. You can play this for over a month and still have ... 't take too long to finish; you can even finish the game in one sitting. As ... . Probably has the most substantial plot out of all the games in this list, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  better food. In 2000 I left JPL to try out consulting, teaching and ... engineers do that they won't have to ask! I graduated from MIT in aeronautics ... Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. JPL is the place that sends out

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  ,[/annotation] indeed............. I decided to go to Firefly back in May. the tickets ... -COVID (lmao), and since I had already planned on going to a festival in ... 'll definitely go to festivals in the future, but I'd rather eat grass than ever

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  : Lawrence Academy senior Quentin Smith works on an independent project in his office on the school's campus in Groton, Mass., May 19, 2006. Smith, a ... Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall, is one of two Presidential

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  original, and I’m not sure I can convince you to read Homestuck in two ... dedicate my life to something so important when i’m in a place where i can’t even find the energy to think that getting out of bed in the morning is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  if I'm cool enough, I can become an MIT Lifer (you just found out one ... jones - blogger alum?!?!?!? did you really have to remind me? Can I at ... I was in lab on June 9. Welcome to graduate school! (I actually chose

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was ... fast pace I had always hoped for in high school, where we weren

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod ... less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  day, and all I can say is it's kind of crazy how I am literally alone in ... RSVP deadline, but alas, I can't really blame them, I might have been in ... . 12/1/21 Though this picture was blurry, I think one can make out the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in ... the privilege of completing before grdauation. You can read more about

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog ... House to join President Obama talk about clean energy research (video ... Friday! Pretty exciting stuff. Regardless of your political views, I think

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I test out of some classes by taking Advanced Standing Exams?

   grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply take the class and the ... 've already mastered introductory coursework at MIT, then you can take an ASE to test out of it. It's essentially like sitting the final before the class
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I ... turned in my last final, walked out of the exam room into the bright Boston ... problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  . I became a Campus Ambassador for Monster Energy! I came out as trans ... place to explore! So you can discover your interests!” But I have grown to realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  derivatives involved. (I feel like noting in here somewhere that, thanks to most ... my satisfaction, I headed by the Chemistry Education Office to hand in ... and try out the Steam Cafe. I had the vegetable ragout with northern

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005