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• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  , and it is such a great form of relaxation. Strange, huh? The reason why it’s relaxing is because it’s so focused on clearing your mind of ... is this so terrible? I was not used to running at all, let alone 5

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  #3 on it), Alex Doonesbury is officially going to MIT! Look out for ... minutes, sent it out to the other Baker residents who all ran it, and then ... character in Garry Trudeau's popular Doonesbury comic strip, will be coming to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  the fair or during an interview. The way I like to think of it is, if a ... , experiences. This is the hardest part. Keep it to 1 page max. Once you have ... think of as your "hook." What is it that you want the recruiters to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  always picked it up briefly only to drop it later on. My goal is to learn ... weeks. Python is easier to commit to since I'll be practicing it by ... it's a good way for me to try a new field. Full discloser: I am very

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  the feasibility of traveling to Israel. it said that we should expect to ... offered a job. it happened to be an infinitely more interesting company and ... .[/annotation] I love learning languages, so it was cool to participate, but it

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  I'm beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by ... actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make ... ! (Affirmative.) It's really hard for me to explain the nerd stereotype; the best

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  do justice to how otherwordly it is. For a day, I was a princess ... do fun stuff because I believe it's important to make time for fun ... today?" and then do it. The rest of this post has nothing whatsoever to do

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  was kind of hoping that would happen, and it did. Props to them.) Their ... , you need to get some Kerberos tickets. (Kerberos is a security protocol ... your identity to the MIT computers. For whatever reason, SecureFX is a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  opinion it is generally easier to make friends with someone you know in ... pursuits. Crew is a great sport to do if you really, really enjoy it and make ... . Anonymous asked: "Advice about HASS and HASS-D classes?" This is going to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  to believe: It is okay to be the weird kid in the room. You are ... before because... eh, who cares why? It's not central to this story. I ... radio show at the campus station, WMBR. That show is now in its tenth year

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  you who can't make it to CPW: don't be sad! Orientation is essentially ... opportunities to get to know what MIT is like. I know several of you tuned into ... Speeches, etc) - but also feel free to stray a little bit. The point is to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  freshman was choosing to join a fraternity. It was, in retrospect, also one ... open their doors to any and every interested freshman. Much like CPW is a ... fraternity life. It is not a false version of Greek life: if anything

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  homecoming to a new school year and adventure

  

  ="Yes, weekly. My family had an annual pass since we lived close to Anaheim and it ... sense of it. It was simply a train that wrapped around Disneyland to help ... is to come. Yesterday, I visited some friends on campus, coming back

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 16, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  Ann Curry is my idol. This NBC reporter is somehow able to balance an ... so well within a career that is still considered to be male ... , they win in same percentages that men do. It sounds silly, but this is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it ... wanted to show you it all: the silly, the poignant, the ones that I really ... it rains and I get to wear my rain boots When it rains and I get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  hoping for 100 to enroll??" It is true that we are aiming for a smaller ... allowed to admit each year, it is better for us to compare all of the ... goes part 1: Random questions Akash asked a common question: "Is it true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  . Science is pretty amazing. And when it comes to amazing science, Professor ... is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers ... MIT that reiterates the theme: MIT is home. Yes, it can be hard. But

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically ... 're going live on 12/17 at 12:17? No. What they have to with is this: history ... numbers and MIT selects "prime" candidates - is that a reason for the date

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT wins the Putnam ...for the third year in a row!

  

  of the Putnam--but for those who haven't, it is a six-hour proof ... --the median score is frequently 0; in 2015, it was 2 points out of a possible ... Putnam, it's no surprise that the top performers on the IMO go on to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  time. I thought that this was what college was like. I expected it to ... role model and still is to this day. Working in my lab gave me a sense of ... dorm and learned how fun it was to have friends living down the hall

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019