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• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  there was was state interest. It did a big part in helping to unite the ... voting for the first time. In 2004, I'd worked as an election official, on ... also all had their shot, and knowing in my head who I would have voted

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the ... were greeted with was an absolute flood of more acronyms. In fact, I think I’ve seen more acronyms in the past few weeks than in my entire life

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  exist in droves—McKinsey information sessions are packed full, pre ... time in college: Not being involved in professional clubs. My sophomore year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  GPS coordinates on the website, and started walking in the direction we ... I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  know--meaning keeping a gallon-sized Ziploc of cookies in my middle ... represented in our phrases. Because of this, I've been thinking a lot about ... , and you make a good one--to try. You actually can be interested in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  water war weapons. I have sporks on my shirts. I chip in to buy our ... as possible and decide whether or not they'd like to live in a ... nearly every freshmen male participates in Rush. This is totally expected

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... in the morning is amazing. Then go to Bunker Hill and climb the stairs ... along with it. That's right, your comments actually affect what happens in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  that I did. In an obvious sense, money is good, and I've always felt that ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found that having a job and participating in an extracurricular activity have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Canadian road trip and spent our days chilling in the woods. Here are the ... catch the production in its final days. That was all we planned to do. But ... rides with my friends. We blast tunes, indulge in snacks, and share

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... remember back in high school, every college admissions officer highlighted ... research. Some promised that every student could do research at least once in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  at several schools in January and February. The process was [annotation ... ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a good research job. It's ~5 years of subsidized training in a field that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wordle, french toast, and copyright law fun mit storytime

  

  ) and loved it immediately. In Semantle, you are trying to figure out some ... words; however, in Semantle, your guesses are scored by how close they are in meaning to the secret word. Higher scores are closer in meaning, and

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  that simulation can give you a better idea of how plasma behaves in a ... project—and college—thinking there were just a few big problems in the world ... apart in every direction. I quit the plasma physics research: to get any

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  The day in question is Thursday, one day before the end of my ... because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end ... notification in the social channel of Microsoft Teams. In my office, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  [annotation note="well, 4.66, as in 5 until mid-April and 4 after that. But that ... campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love ... who walk with me after in-person classes. I wander alone down the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  all the power. And years later when I found myself in the United States ... times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average ... pressure building in my head that goes something like this: You’ll have to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  in at 15 units, the class consisted of two one-hour lectures, two four ... scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It ... came to a close, I packed up all of my belongings in under 3 hrs, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  point. My name is Anna Ho, and I am a constituent living in Cambridge. I am a student at MIT majoring in physics. Ugh, I sound like a robot ... ’m a constituent living in Cambridge. I’m a senior at MIT majoring in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  era in Albania, 18-year-old Alban Cobi moved to the United States eight ... students we admit are like. Who are they? What are they interested in? What ... some general demographic data in the freshman class profile, giving a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008