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• Blog / About Decisions

  L@@K at the Class of 2015 profiles in greatness? a great profile? or both?

  

  US Citizens & Permanent Residents Number of US states represented ... ; Plains States 12% Southwest & Mountain 10% West Coast, Alaska, & ... Represented US State California  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  long sleeve layers, but according to Claire and to wikihow, this is not ... wearing a long sleeve shirt. Here, I hope there will be days where a long ... degrees (I know you winter-lovers are laughing at me but just remember I

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  obscene hours of the morning to attend a 2 hour long double lecture. And you ... atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance ... stability. He talks about the 120 degree separation of the fins and their

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to ... . How long will I have to work hard? When will I finally receive the ... on the beach at night. Deep down, I think I'll never really be over

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  beach, and played frequent games of ping-pong and foosball in the basement ... found the office. My schedule was very flexible as long as I completed my eight hours of work per day and was in the office for meetings. As long as

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  celebrated July 4th in the most American way we knew how - going to the beach ... once classes hit, so as long as you keep in mind that it's there, along with a seriously crippling life-long dependency on Rock Band, you should

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  cafe, a lot of random activities i.e. fly fishing, and a beach volleyball ... you the short and long version of this post, and you can choose! It ... that that's out of my system, let me explain. Long version: residence

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  for grabs to a degree few still among the living have ever seen. And ... receiving their diplomas from President Reif and Provost Schmidt  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  different departments) contains pages and pages of “degree charts”—lists of subject requirements for any possible MIT diploma. Pouring over the lists of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding heritage at MIT

  

  't enjoy the grade schools I was in to varying degrees, but I never felt entrenched in them - maybe high school a little bit, but only to the degree ... part of any sort of "tradition" within it, except maybe the politically-liberal-in-a-red-state

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  ... I've spent the past four years at [state university] which have been ... the university she planned to attend. She thanked me and said she hoped

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  one side of downtown opens up to a 180 degree panorama over the ice ... long walk overlooking the St. Lawrence river and ended up in a beautiful ... while chilling in a café chock full of university students finishing their

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  Hey, blogs. How ya doing? Long time no see... Or, I guess, write ... universally intimidating questions that you don't really need to know the ... degrees!!!   (the real MVP of overlapping interests/fandoms/etc. is

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  questions they will inevitably be asking. It is a truth universally ... your hands. I’m stating the obvious here, but I think a lot of people ... , family, and whatever it is that you do for fun. I personally have a long

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  don't think I left anything in writing stating the reasons why.) I ... regularly. Fortunately, the long walk to New House and the hike up the stairs ... feeling, to think that I will bow out of this universe in under two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  in the same dilapidated state it was in when South was built (until ... organization which recruits top students from prestigious universities and hires ... despite all of our claims to be a land of opportunity, we have a long way to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . Last semester, I was worried about graduating and finishing with a degree in materials science and engineering. Now, I've finished that degree, and I'm two classes and one thesis away from a second degree in writing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... . The effect is striking. One article stated, “100% of the women who have ... . The case of Patagonia is also in stark contrast to the United States

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  people, just with snazzy degrees and bulky metal rings. Orientation is more ... state to start our respective journeys. At least that's what I, a fellow

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  in no small part upon the young men of the United States and that if ... might reach 55 degrees. And then it'll probably get cold again, and then

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016