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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  means: Well, the week is up. I'll definitely start tomorrow. On Jan 31 ... notwithstanding. For the even slightly sentimental, there might be this feeling that 2014 should open up with some sort of bang—performers at Times

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair technology, stickers and internships

  

  hours. Techfair isn't just any career fair -- you dress for the job you ... helps you learn to code interactively for free. We didn't get away with ... , 40% hand gestures), which Anji and I ended up enjoying thoroughly. Leng

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  ;t yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots ... email to inquire about missing documents. The MyMIT tracking is up ... do is tell you that MyMIT is up-to-date and to be patient as we process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  I grew up in a house composed almost entirely of girls. Genetic odds ... past semester has been an incredible journey for me, academically and ... , actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Spending the F.A.T. with Arthur Ganson A missed opportunity to build kinetic sculptures with artist Arthur Ganson.

  

  should have been working…and catching up on sleep. Up until this morning ... Emmanuel College, Dave Kemp sets up his Rube Goldberg-like ‘Toy Land’ contraption for the MIT Museum sponsored Friday After Thanksgiving (F

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  woke up to watch Chicken Little and eat. Then came for the excitement ... to pick up a travel book. (Yes, I waited until the last minute to ... . Actually, a total of 18 of me and my friends ended up making the sojourn

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... Medical Engineering Society (BMES) I quickly signed up. Novartis is a world ... up in 2003 and is home to about 700 scientists. Ever seen those

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  enter the housing readjustment lottery, giving you the chance to pack up ... 2. Here are the posters we made to put up around the dorm... do they ... successful last year. Our floor is called English House, for reasons

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  in hopes of catching up to my current life. For example, I have a good ... for this summer being done, I haven't quite settled in yet. In fact, as I'm typing this now, I should be packing for my Chicago flight that

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  mixed up. I've been reflecting on the changes in bits 'n' pieces as the ... different. A lot of things are simpler: splitting up fridge space, figuring ... 's shifted how I approach leaving the house. I can't just go home for lunch

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  the door had ever been painted. I thought about it on and off for all ... no door painting for me that year. Or the next. This blog post is the ... complete psets and exams remotely. They were also super fun for drawing on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  your computer do it for you. Starting from the app I picked up right ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was ... feel like I'm being organized, at least for my sanity" [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  ’ve made while in college...   1. Trying to go for the computer science minor I regret this, because 1) I ended up aborting this plan, and 2) it caused me to take 6.042: Math for Computer Science and 6.006: Algorithms

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  —although I ended up learning a lot, a valuable lot. It was for interaction, a ... backtracking out of the vicinity of the trains toward the parking lots, for ... .” I ran up to Tally, and a short while later, I was standing by a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  soldering iron for a slim-cut suit and gotten into semiconductor sales, was ... thing he put up there was his treasured Mac IIsi. Later, I would come to love that MacIIsi for its games. Shufflepuck Cafe, Oregon Trail

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  indecisive is that you should sign up for all the classes worthy of ... Three days before classes start, I woke up at 7:09 AM, ran 6 miles ... temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This title is irrelevant In which I discuss two important aspects of undergraduate life: scientific research and climbing stairs.

  

  For a gaspingly radiant millisecond after I received my acceptance ... the sentence you've all been waiting for: life is full of ... finished 8th grade), if not for the unhappy fact that I climbed 253 flights

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus Okay, so it's not even really half a bus. But I'M not the one asking…

  

  for the SATs, I suggest Up Your Score. It's cute and funny, and while it ... -voiced office secretaries, just change into whatever time works for you or which ... 've been trying to decide whether or not to switch into 5.112. I'm in it for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  actually a vampire and doesn't show up on film, so I had to stand in for her ... lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE THE WHALE! Nice weekend. More later. Okay, more. So, for words

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  ) when they come around. I’ve hesitated with writing up this post for a ... planned for my life to work out alright. But I’ve decided to write up this ...  interview students applying to MIT. During one of my interviews, a student asked me for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021