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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  consequence of being a professional perfectionist, pessimist and long ... go to California. Honestly, that was it. I love the beach (evidence: I ... beach, though disappointingly, the Boston beach isn’t warm and you can

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  graduate student), having never flown a drone before, took it to the beach to test it out. I’m not sure why Larry took the drone the beach, as opposed ... a raft to the beach, military assault style. We hiked around, ate

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  , we checked out the State Museum of Pennsylvania, where we saw this ... 's just a fake model; I'm not too sure really). Of course, I had to take its

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  always be something that you can improve, but as long as you don’t let it ... exaltations. The state of my existence seemed to be exactly the same one step ... and of varying degrees of tired or not, walking forward at a welcomingly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  degree temps they regularly weather. But the baby penguins were cute little ... spot for primates), and lingered in the butterfly garden's 100-degree heat for as long as I was allowed. Needless to say, it was a good

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  name like: "Dr. Anna Ho" or "Anna Ho, Ph.D." Pretty sweet. How long do ... the application process consist of? An application fee. A REALLY LONG ... student to pursue his or her degree without any obligation on the part of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  this year. Course 6n’t For better or worse, my own MIT degree audit is ... ="Intro to Solid-state Chemistry"]3.091[/annotation], [annotation note ... ’t think this degree of flexibility is necessarily bad, even if it can lead

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  long run." My favorite story from him was when he told us about his ... chronic diseases. Co-founder and CEO Laura go a degree in mechanical engineering at MIT and later a Masters in Public Health from Emory University

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Washington University in St. Louis, and down the hall was a colleague from ... take, though there is some degree of choice for each of the required ... the normal student using 8 terms to get a degree, most take at least one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  died a year later, a final disenchantment in a long, gradual descent. At ... long time. Both of them even think they haven’t met each other in real ... simply goes from one predetermined state to another. An NFA, in one sense

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  degrees and got a whole lot of planning experience being the operations ... 'm beginning to build a fundamental understanding of the way the universe works ... E class I need for my degree, and I'm doing a lot better this term. I'm too

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  version of 6.006 to tech professionals and university students in Addis ... Water was formed at Ethiopia’s Mekele University. It started when Matt ... university. They wanted to have a sort of base, similar to Mekele University

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  About 6.5 years ago, I graduated with a Philosophy degree and a minor ... from Northwestern University’s science and health journalism program, I ... major and current math enthusiast. Through a long and winding 11-year path

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  the weather know it... i swear it jumped like 5 degrees celsius as soon ... to :D In like November/December (which seems so long ago now), the ... professors at the university near home, sent out "cold emails" aka begged

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for so long, and i'm excited and terrified to see where the chips will ... Astronomy (with Anna Frebel, who studies the early universe, works on discovering the oldest stars in the universe, and is a funny and endearing

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the ... beginning of the (long, painful) growth process, but even in 48 hours after ... state of thinking too much, and I'm scared if I think too much, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  ’t have to be this dramatic, but it generally helps your case to state your ... .784. After getting off a rather long waitlist, I realized it conflicted ... explicitly stated anywhere above, but scheduling issues are inevitably going to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  and international students at MIT. The Institute has a long history of ... reported that "few, if any institutions, in the United States have a higher ... students of 1885-1895 and the MIT students of today. By 1895, 38 States, 1

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  , Formerly a Key but Now My Math Grade”, “Solid State Chemistry of Fractures ... so, you only saw them at the state math competitions once or twice or ... and long integrals. But hey, I guess that's enough pedantry. I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  undergrad, as long as you go somewhere spectacular for grad school. I have ... junior year. I was on the varsity quiz team, which went to the state ... other two. I sang first soprano in the Ohio all-state choir. I kept little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006