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• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  the hypercompetitive environment of gunning for grades and a good ... "At the core of many of his stories was a distinction between success ... meters. Later, I realized that this is where the coach put all of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I ... ’t say that participation will smooth the path for admission, but any of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  the floors' layouts? Then, on internet connection. Does MacGregor have ... eight or nine feet high. MacGregor does have wireless coverage -- all the ... lot of the experiments I do involve getting cells to take up foreign DNA

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  goodness, and it's the consciousness of that choice that gets me all weepy ... the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  ."]abroad.[/annotation] Some of the international scholarships in the UK would offer 2 years of ... fantastic, the sort of dream you never dare to dream. The only question is ... if I’ve heard of the program before. This is kind of like forums in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  , imposter syndrome just sort of, exists. It’s a voice in the back of my head ... just cover it up with the confidence of facts. Fact: I am on track to ... . Sometimes, I wish I could get rid of the voice. That it didn’t just linger in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  , after 12+5 days! I'll let pictures tell the story of this last two weeks ... required to attain 8 PE points before the end of his/her sophomore year* as part of the PE GIRs (General Institute Requirements) set down by MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  , insufficiently damp world of my room. I got in the shower around 11:30, speed ... leaves, and evidence of beavers in the forests they shaped (see below ... tell me what the bug in the upper right corner is (and how much of a bad

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  writing, and biomaterials: tissue engineering. I really like all of the ... I'm a senior! And it's November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy ... 's been going on? I Moved Off-Campus Me - once the frosh obsessed with my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  or September of 2016. I thought, in the style of my last blog post, I ... speech from the president of the MIT Class of 2020, Nacho Nwana. Though it's been a long ten days since the video was posted, it encapsulates a lot of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door ... outside. I'll be honest - I'm not the biggest fan of the architectural ... well as the design of the little overhangs on the [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  're really good at shooting (we've won the national championship in pistol 2 of ... unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals, have come from the "pirate sports" of rowing, sailing, fencing and rifle

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I ... , read all of the Arthur books, and played Arthur’s Reading Games on the PC

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  Thanksgiving. I spent most of it watching Food Network and The Jeffersons on TV ... , which I found basically unwatchable despite the presence of Xena and the ... does the average MIT student have to watch TV?" Throughout my first two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  ): obtain mushrooms of various types. shiitake is pretty good. obtain ... boils again, then add a splash of cold water to stop the boiling wait until the water boils again, then add a splash of cold water to stop the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  of waiting, we finally got our class rings! The brass rat isn't just any class token--it's one of the most recognizable rings out there. It ... . This Tuesday, the Class of 2019 got together to celebrate the time we

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the ... lists, but one of them ranked the top 20 metropolitan areas in the United States in order of the percentage of workers in STEM (Science, Technology

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  Growing up in the Midwest, my "beach" experiences consisted of the sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living ... longer. Even better, many of them are accessible via the commuter rail

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  The Craziest 3 Days of Soccer Ever broken records, halloween practice, and senior day!

  

  On Wednesday, we had our second to last game of the regular season ... step closer to that goal.  But that was not the most eventful thing of ... and unstoppable. Watching her sprint down the left side of the field

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 4, 2024