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• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... Center. And since my postdoc is an MD/PhD and goes to the hospital on ... was cool in the first place, to sit and listen to Professor Sheng talk

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  Berkeley: The number one thing is to be yourself. Take it seriously, but not ... they are meaningful to you. In general, what is meaningful to you ... I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  is, and it reminded me how grateful I am to live in a community where everyone is so happy to live also. Next up was soundcheck for the CPW ... composed the speech mostly in the shower, where inspiration often strikes. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  sentence is to be interpreted literally in the context of “there's so many blog readers in this picture that the probability of your inclusion is ... , however, accurately reflect the views of the author. Much to my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... scientist's role in advocacy is in the first place. Eventually, Dan has to go ... most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Events

  A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee This morning I attended a lecture in Stata, given by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the guy…

  

  site to learn more about him. My favortite page is the one on which he ... question. It was a bit weird to be sitting in the same room with the guy who ... happened between people in your life. Maybe most of them come down to one

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  the interview, speak in a manner that is easy to understand, and bring ... description of the current interview process is posted here.  Here in Cambridge ... "wet and not-so-hot." It's quite an experience to be in a place where the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  .  How could you tell the person who is writing your most important ... lie in bed and stare at the ceiling for a bit, left with enough time to make it to the next interview location, found out that it was in an

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  drive to be doing the most I possibly could be in any given moment. In ... crazy, no overtime, plenty of time in the evenings and on weekends to ... projects was that I was still exploring what I wanted to do in the long run

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  proudly brought it to school, got up in front of the class, and spent thirty ... . I was startled to see one of the graduate students in my group there ... felt our way outside, in the dark, and had just found space to breathe

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  ones I wrote and rewrote the most times. What I’m trying to say in this ... , this is when I wanted to major in math and REALLY cared about competitive ... an admittance to Phillips Exeter, arguably the best high school in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  class every student has to take"]GIR[/annotation], and it is (from the ... hands-on lab sections where we got to see the theory in action, and I had ... °, cold air has to be pumped in. But how much, and for how long? Too much

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  , when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the ... Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about ... is easy. Generally, you just sign on to the MIT MUN mailing list, and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  close to the chapel (currently under construction). In fact, Maseeh is ... as the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center) is home to the varsity weight ... 't in the photo. The tiny robot is currently sitting on my desk unopened

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  considering Thanksgiving is usually just the three of us in a big empty house ... telling me to look up. The moon, jupiter, and venus in a right triangle ... should just relax. (The link is to my final transcript - complete with cues

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  reason. First semester is on pass/no record (P/NR) in order to give ... all; I learned the subjects much better and 18.03 is so super, super ... better than people who have much more experience in the subject. And that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... Campus party I went to was, nor what the last meal that I cooked in my hall ... strategize to get the buy one get one free deals, and somebody would a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  great choice to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the ... should not do: Fly to campus to make the case in person. Send us ridiculous ... other. It is in your best interest to complete your financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007