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• Blog / Life after MIT

  14 years later what I've been up to in the past one-seventh of a century

  

  , and the rise of LLMs like the one writing this blog post, the years 2011 ... I took the path of least cranial activity and applied to physics ... was rejected from both of those jobs and accepted to all four Physics Ph

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining. You ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply ... to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars a year. Unsurprisingly

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  's your favorite part of your job?" President Hockfield: "You. The students." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and ... choice?" President Hockfield: "There is a huge amount of choice at MIT, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student ... you know. By “you”, I especially mean “employees and proprietors of the ... consists of at least 40% actual humans, leaving an estimated 58% for spambots

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  A few nights ago I insinuated that there was a list of questions ... work? Is the program composed of self-starters, with very little peer ... work hard? Is hard work a virtue or an expletive? Is there a lot of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  So...remember that time, way back at the end of first semester, when I went to take my 8.012 final exam and had a sort-of-awkward encounter ... the father of the inflationary theory of the universe - and figured, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The word meaning "the closest approach of an orbiting ... floor is arranged into suites of 4-10 people each. This means that for a ... Target refrigerator from Omaha, NE in the back of your parents' minivan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ... Friday afternoon, but I’d always come out of it with a cool device, feeling ... "][/annotation], I still really enjoyed the content. The first third of the course was

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , offering students the luxury of having the entire summer to revise and giving ... 'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the last week of lectures here at ETH Zürich. But, the semester technically

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MIT blogs and also to offer an update on my life post-MIT. I graduated ... of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  , which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by ... without a certain comforting character for those of us old enough to ... hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a major Madison

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  world. Currently, there are 11 branches of MISTI (China, Japan, France ... can to travel alone internationally for the first time. Of course I’m excited about experiencing a different stream of architecture than what I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  you're declining our offer of admission (it's okay, we know you ... Hello, MIT Class of 2015! Here are some things that admitted students ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  offered the explanation of his obsession with The Simpsons. I dare you to ... one to do when one discovers an un-blogged aspect of MIT??? BLOG IT! As ... meal of the day. Instead of inspiring me to eat a balanced breakfast

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  with many of the parent events during the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can get the most of your time on ... Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  that added another degree of freedom. I tested out some options on the ... knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  round, it was a crystal clear 50 degree (Fahrenheit, of course, for the ... comfortable standing in front of an audience and trying to convince them of ... 4-5 minutes to engage a panel of judges (representing all 5 academic

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  describing the entirety of my visit, you can check out Mitra's entry on the ... New York at 11:00 AM. Of course, the Fung Wah Bus Company hurriedly ... their website, but I'm not good at this kind of thing anyway. Anyhoo, four

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

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  and three degrees of firmness. Though, in his own words, it took him "a ... in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel awards ceremony in H****** Square. The "Igs," sponsored by a bunch of Mensa

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  offer. And in the midst of all of that, take some time to get to know the ... hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018