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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  less than an hour, my bus leaves in less than an hour, I need to do ... do. But it's been two months without posting and I'm going hungry. I ... like what I am doing is "bloggable", I shall think back to my all

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  want to do, so we commited to making something nice. We found a lumber ... wondering: what in the world are we doing? Finally, we mounted our ... . "This is insane. Why did we do this?" We bought an oil painting (on

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  write about things you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about ... reasonably free to write about things you do, think, and experience while you ... like to do, then head on over to Slideroom and fill out the blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  ROTC Cadet 3rd Class. Howdy, I’m Rachel P. ‘18. I’m doing Course 16 ... afrotc.com/scholarships.   2) Do you actually have a ROTC class?   Indeed we do. During freshman and sophomore year, we have one hour

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  goal to understand the material, and even if I do okay on tests and don’t get an A, I’m still fine with it.” -Azaria Zornberg “Don’t EXPECT to do well easily. If you are EXPECTING to do well in every single class that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  GPA, your SAT/ACT scores, etc.—you can’t do anything about those, so ... perfect applicant—you are not, and you do not need to be. Rather, essays can ... not only to take classes and do work there, but also to eat and sleep

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  talk to CompanyX? Do you think you’ll apply?” ____________________ This ... Department of Education for it. What do they have in common? Coming soon ... . Feel a part of a whole separate world. That’s what I’ll do right now

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done ... idea what you are doing. Sure, the practical tips about being an adult, like how to do laundry, or how to not burn a pot of spaghetti are

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  you do at MIT. Admissions officers can write about holistic admissions ... you do, think, and experience while you are here. Beyond that, we will ... like to do, then head on over to Slideroom and fill out the blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  brothers on how they're doing and what they're up to. That got me thinking ... me, the stories of what my fellow undergrads are doing around me are a ... Arman '17 and Rowzay '17. They're doing the 6.470/6.148 IAP Web

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  series, I decided to make an episode about some things I do in the lab! It ... describe the specifics of what I do, but gives a general idea of why. It also ... learning everything that they do. By comparing the genomic sequences to the

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  asked by prospective students. What kinds of clubs do we have?  Usually ... of research, the SENSEable City lab is doing really awesome things ... and report the locations of the signals. How often do entreprenurial

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  L. Rafael Reif, who always surprises students by doing quirky things ... yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish ... many as people and celebrities began doing the challenge while neglecting

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  Becca H. '12 Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch by Rachel F. '12 Do I have a ... doing so. The whole idea behind the blogs is to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. These blog posts do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  changed, as I am still (sort of, I’ll explain) in school at MIT, doing ... chosen to stay at MIT to do the longest graduate program possible, the MD ... was doing two UROPs simultaneously when I blogged about him; you won

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  only do so much as a high school senior and almost-college freshman. But ... puts their faith in you, they do so believing that there is potential in ... the most of your opportunity. So the next question is... how do you make

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  than what I had originally planned. That said, do go through your CPW ... B. '15 1. If you pay for food at any point, you're doing it wrong. 2 ... experiences! Elizabeth K. '14 Don’t stress over not being able to do everything

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I've lived here ... ago. It's awesome. Nevertheless, you do get a little bored living by ... .) Should I do it again? You decide! And if you have any cooking tips

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to do or not to do something; *New Year’s Resolution: On Jan 1, it means ... simplest solution: write. Writing is fun. That’s why I do it so much

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  Afee). The job description was to do some penetration testing with some typical ... internship was to do quite a bit of work with Metasploit, a hacking framework ... put out by the powerful hackers who do this for a living. Script Kiddies

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013