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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... of studying for the GRE -- it's not actually all that important for ... busy. I've also, of course, moved into a sweet apartment, graduated from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 4) notes from the last day

  

  This is the fourth and last part of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San ... : just outside of Winnemuca, NV train: #5, one hour and 58 minutes late

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  honestly the most important part of all. We saved extra sweetened coconut ... myself a glass of water, and taking ready-to-eat baby carrots out of the fridge. Learning to cook was the one thing I hadn't crossed off all of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  point, Yo-Yo decided to really lean into the "haha I am so old" part of ... , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  In 1984, a book lots of people have read, the people in control made ... kick out the people in control. Are we buying into this? I am a very old ... went to this Well Known School of Three Letters. That's like another life

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... feeling of getting stronger and lifting big objects. I love the way your muscles tremble at the end of a workout, when you’ve pushed to the edge of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  something similar: The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating ... . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... more important in science: getting results or finding new questions to

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT hacks Caltech

  

  Some of you may remember last year, when Caltech students came to ... fire it at important events. Guess where the cannon is as I type this? (All photos are credit of Jo Tong '08) That's outside MIT's Green

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  . The time that people of color pour into these initiatives isn’t free. It ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... of visuals and storytelling. But, once the summer came along, and I was

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  planning had come together. The five of us went into TIMtalks having never ... , or failed at a wide range of ventures or ideas told their stories ... “Think. Inspire. Motivate.” There has already been some coverage of the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  a few hours of implementation. We divided the space into two - one for ... into singles at the beginning of the semester, but each turned it down ... express themselves. Below you'll find accounts of six very different rooms

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  . My problem is that it doesn't really fall into any specific category of ... grades, and due to the importance to my GPA I don't want to omit any of ... . I am also looking into the possibility of taking a math course during

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  advisor exclaimed as he looked over my registration at the start of the ... reach the bottom of the screen. I chose Guitar Hero for this project for several reasons: It’s dynamic, fun, and one of my favourite

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  out of bed and walking around, trying to force myself to fall asleep.  I have been having a lot of problems with sleeping lately, where it takes ... comfortable coming and knocking on my door.  Many of us Medlinks in East Campus

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  information the next time the question comes up, instead of "🤔 I don't remember ... Transportation was what got me into urban planning in the first place! So I decided to register for this course as a way of returning to my roots. So far

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  Emmanuel A. ‘18 is a member of my own class year (as is Pelkins A ‘18 ... the privilege of sharing a class with him, but we would meet at all our different community events and (of course) occasionally when working on psets

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Boy, that's a lot of capitalized words. During the four years I spent at MIT ... volunteered at a bunch of Asian community health clinics. Now, I write MCAT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  , which I will list here (notice that lists will soon become the theme of ... small breather of vacation time between reading Early and Regular applications. 3. The end of the year is near, which always calls for lists and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... breakfast for those 10 extra precious minutes of sleep. Get ready for class in ... awake because of content. 11am - noon Next is biochem II (5.08). It's co

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I ... which (especially the second one) had the overall effect of lowering my GPA while also not being very useful while also causing a lot of stress

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017