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• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  meetings and talking about what it is I wanted to do. I wanted the controls ... lecture, ask. The moment you start to get behind, ask for help. The instant ... splices to make the Voynich Manuscript look like Shakespeare. No what I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  show's creators center the plot development on her trying to get with the ... native to the Indian state where my family is from, and [annotation note ... -watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  a pretty good sign -- it means the department is excited about your ... lab, is not going to get you into graduate school. Publication ... applicants aren't published by the time they apply. Getting really involved in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  students to the "Way of the Beaver," a doctrine created by MIT students in ... of undergraduates who worship the KerMIT by performing rituals to ... minor consequences following the explosion of the sun, they had to quickly

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  Some lessons, we learn by virtue of way of life. They’re the kind of ... tree, and looked liable to split your lips if you said the wrong thing to ... an ingenious way to get himself, and often times his friends, in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  squeeze) to see how many data points the Lab Quest can record. This quickly ... general, the food is much spicier than I’m used to, but I still think most ... D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  strange nostalgia for the future. It is impossible to explain. ... shower, got an early lunch, and took the 11am bus to wellesley. i caught up ... positive thing to people's lives. this is a good feeling and i'd like it to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  excitement, also known as passion The ability to balance your coursework with ... easiest. It should be covered by the classes you took and your grades and ... Cs? Will you still give your all the semester after? will add to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to ... spent with walking around the campus and the city to get an idea of who the people are. Now to reconnect this to you and your college

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  the way home from my field hockey game, and when I awoke, what to my ... , since it is still October, and the snow was pretty wet. What is weird is ... . I just don't get it. Anyway, I thought I'd wrote a quick little entry

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  Akhil '05 MEng '06, who is the only other person from my high school to ... , by the end of 2006 I think the answer to that question will be quite ... I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a ... you're reading this site right now, odds are Ben has touched your life

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  meet and get to know people by playing games. It’s no secret that MIT is ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... beginners. My impression is, there are plenty of chances to play if you’re

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  the line, and you learn quickly to take it in stride, get back on and ... pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby 13, the dancers-to-be had convened from near and far, hailing from MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  love the way the evergreens seem to stretch up to the sky, and enclosed ... of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the ... is close enough to the serotonin boost I receive from solving small

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  climate change. So part of this class is looking toward the future to ... , and Transformers. The course is taught by several professors but I ... likely be able to tell you exactly what kind of stork it is. This is the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  uncertain coworker. By the time I grab my sandwich and get to the door, both ... manager has sidled up to the counter and is standing behind his employee ... professionalism, was the necessary component. Also key, Khan says, is to enjoy the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  it. All I want to do is lie in the sun and read a book, but... finals ... too much on, worried about not getting the opportunity to rest enough ... the pset is due. Recitations aren't supposed to be something I play in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  . And if you ever want to a chuckle, find a way to get the list of 101 ... weeks—that is to say, I’ve been floating around in the bubble built around ... is also taking the class and we were able to test-run each other

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  sentimental; inspired by my dad, I’ve set off to intern in Germany for the ... ’m quick to recall that sense of accomplishment, the thrill of having ... said goodbye to my parents ten times. The first time they dropped me off

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025