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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tangential Learning Isn't the point of research to delve into what you don't know?

  

  in time management.  You've got tons of things to do, as well as even more things that you want to do (and learn!), and seemingly not enough ... to do a UROP involving research that's tangential to my major

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  't getting anywhere with my biochem studying, I decided to take a break and ... CPW 2011! I hope you '15s realize exactly how excited we all are to see you on campus. We get to find out which of you we'll be host

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  I wanted to post this a couple days before decisions came out but ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  been, a "morning person". When I was a child my mother used to start the day by singing to me, "Good morning to you, good morning to you." I hated it, because all I wanted to do at that moment was go back to sleep

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... upperclassmen gallantly agreed to give us piggyback rides. Eventually I decided I ... attempted to propel myself off his back, except that with my knees roughly

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  Alright, folks. Let's get down to business. Buying cookies and arguing about peanut butter are frivolous, if funny, activities. I'd like to dedicate this post to my experience so far with academic advising at MIT

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... ", because you have just enough room to extend your arms all the way. Coffin ... happened to paint it a hearty violet shade. Still, I like to decorate, so I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico to talk about MIT with students, parents, and other interesting folks. This trip follows another recent trip to Northern California

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  lot out of the experience. It's kind of nice to settle down to classes, but I'm happy the summer went so well - it's good to be productive and ... -- got to know some of my co-workers a little better with more time in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... is nothing american about me except my passport. I wanted to know ... matter if we send our scores to MIT now? Why now and not later?" And Dan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Kelly Clarkson is the first artist to have five top ten ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key ... the Boston Public Gardens. There's more to see when there's not snow on the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree "ooh I'm going to take one three ... sleeping." But then I had to be like "nah, I'm going to take a class that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the ... 't know or anything, but I choose to believe that he only auditioned because ... ! And I hear Ankur was even there! I could have gotten to meet a reality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  . Basically, they try to get rid of all of the overstock and damaged books, so ... with them. I decided to take advantage of this, so after sending my ... unfortunately have absolutely nothing interesting to report about it. The most

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  drove downtown to JR Masterman, then back up to Central. Those of you who ... to one another, so sticking the Masterman visit in the middle wasn ... the shots, not the traveler. :-) I got to see a lot of the city that

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , since I hadn't had to do a lot of the stuff on the test since 10th grade ... again quickly). And I'm sure that's all you care to hear about the GREs, so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I ... wanted this to be recognized. Instead I just felt relieved that there was ... . Actually it was wonderful to see how many things had stayed the same, little

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024