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• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... this was just about two years ago, but yeah, apparently I can say that ... freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  myself useful in ways that I can be for people who are struggling. 5 ... back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by ... , I sat with my mom in my house, watching the ball drop on my television

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  syndrome this summer, and I can’t tell if it’s because of the team I worked ... for shirataki noodles! I snuck in vegies in my dinners! And I actually ... pressing desire to learn how to drive. The one time I used public

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  're also backed up that way in case I ever lose my phone. You can also share ... you should download and test out in your first few weeks of college. I ... can attest to how well they work.     Note Taking: Evernote

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  trip and started looking in to how I could attend. Maddie Hickman is ... awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack ... more release info then. Keep in mind, I was in a very toy-oriented mood

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  makes me feel Old. I can only imagine how it makes y'all feel. I've just ... that she is "halfway done with MIT and I still do not know how to MIT very well." And even though I'm an [academic] year older, I can

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I ... a UROP, and I am now pretty confident in sticking with physics ... . Yeah! Advance mankind! However, then, in my case at least, I asked myself

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... post as a reflection of how I regretfully spent some of my time during ... than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... little Christmas tree in front of the Student Center. I saw this snowman ... fete, with more Nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  taxes, which can double the price of a car. I’m not sure how this ... infrastructure, because I can’t imagine biking everywhere in Boston or Tucson ... . In the past three years, I’ve visited over 10 cities and lived in three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  my laptop so that I can actually use it in Europe. Work is challenging ... asked in the last post how I got this job. Actually, I Googled ... . I joined College Confidential. I finally decided that, no matter how

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  rises, I can spot the hills in the distance. One day, I’ll snap out of my ... day and exercise whenever I can. I should invest in a water bottle and ... what I need. It’s the first time in the last two years that I’ve stopped

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... Kresge Auditorium is on the left. You can see the Alchemist in front of the ... Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to manage your time, certainly, that crucial skill you can show off in a job

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... set in stone as i imagined: i’ve already switched jobs and roles, signed ... brutal. i was reeling from moving to a new city and living in a house with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yo quiero… A Spanish themed entry?Ok, not really.

  

  ground beef. I know. That's insane. You can't microwave that stuff! So ... a big poetry person, but I liked his stuff. I have no idea how well it ... Today I took a nap fom 5 AM to 9 AM. Then I went to class. When I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  So in between reading applications I've been sitting in on CMS.790 ... , and say: "Hey Flourish! I'm Chris. I work over in admissions. A decade ago we worked on FictionAlley together. I was in the group that fled Fan

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  is nice, but I guess you can't really compete against school pride ... The Annual Burton-Conner Apple Bake: Sunday, October 23 in the ... Sunday the 23rd at 3:00pm in the Porter Room. Winners will be announced

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  mechanical engineer. I went to work for General Motors in Detroit designing ... would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni Association, and three years ago I came to work in the admissions office in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005