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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  undecided on a major, I just knew I wanted one. TL;DR I'm basically a pretty ... , and I'm probably going to continue to use this spreadsheet for the ... ...90-100? I'm actually unsure. I just yelled "Oh my god I got an

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  Borderline exec. I'm now President of the club during one of the weirdest ... . Since CPW was probably the reason I comMITted, I'm excited to contribute ... my first semester at MIT, which I’m beyond grateful for.  Since then

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  an intangible amount of free time, i'm finally making some slow headway ... .[annotation note="they're all good books: i don't know why i'm so bad at finishing ... seems ancient"]winter break.[/annotation] i'm trying to get better at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  lot of sense considering I’m in the middle of reading applications for ... out with their previous hire. WAAAAAAHHHHH!!! I’m already at 1000 words, so I’m going to do my own time skip past this part. Long story

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  Hi all! My name is Catherine J. ‘22. I’m studying Computer Science (Course 6-3) and I’m a sophomore cadet in Air Force ROTC.  ROTC is an ... -October. I’m happy to say that each time I’ve taken the PFA I’ve gotten a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  while you guys. I'm happy to report that I'm alive and I'm actually doing ... ). I'm not sure if this is something I picked up from others or if it ... day by scribbling some reflections into a journal. If I'm lucky, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  details yet. Now, I'm two weeks into the semester and in the thick of being ... it, I realized it was my dream UROP! I'm serious when I say that ... Point presentation, I show the child I'm working with scenarios, ask Wilbur to describe

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  ’s finally hitting me that I’m not just in an entirely new country, but also in ... part of me that doesn’t feel like I’m in a new place though. That in some ... ). I'm told that many of them are the same age as me. Some even younger

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as ...  QuestBridge and which will soon begin for Early Action. So the next few weeks I'm going to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA, where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 ... resources for one family. So I guess I’m adjusting to suburban life: surprise

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  readmission what'd i miss?

  

  I've been gone for a while, but I'm coming back! Withdrawing from ... , maintain work-life balance. It's safe to say I'm a different person than the one that left MIT. I'd like to think I'm more comfortable in public (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work ... /faith I tend to be skeptical about outcomes. Often, I'm right but not happy ... -explanatory. I used to be more abrasive but funnier. I think I'm hap impact

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  Hi guys! My name is Quynh, and like Connie, I’m a crusty old senior ... comes to the humanities, I’m trying to understand people, their motives ... stories of Caligula’s reign. I’m just as happy and excited to discuss Early

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  , these are the various extracurricular things that I'm involved with this ... (by day of the week) into cooking teams of 3-5 people. I'm on the Friday ... . This fall, I'm preparing to teach two classes for ESP's big Splash event

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  classes for the day, but now it's Saturday night, and I'm still feeling ... might change me), but for now, I'm going to sit here and appreciate the ... , so I'm guessing they're related to woodcarving or archery and that they

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  I'm now halfway through my undergraduate career at MIT, which means ... 're interested, here's more detail on the classes I'm taking this fall: 8 ... Physics I) which I took last semester. I'm nervous; there's only one exam in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  , and I figured some of you might be wondering what I'm up to the summer? Well, I'm still in Boston! After all the fun that I had last semester, I ... since I'm usually trying to not drown under all the psets that I have to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science ... staff has a problem, I’m the one they call. But who do *I* call? Through

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  before. I'd say the freebie post is the inevitable "sorry guys, I'm super ... . (Please send any hypotheses you may have to keri-lee at mit dot edu. I'm ... and Related Media. This is a grad class, which I'm taking because I took

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  .07): Having spent 6+ hours on the problem set already, I'm reluctant to drop this class. I'm already 3% of the way to completing 8.07! Don't give up ... pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009