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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to ... great...but it's good that I tried really hard. This part was not a ... roommates. Today, I walk away happily with 4 years in a single room, albeit a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... steps in real time.  So I learned a bit of Processing (which is really ... nicknamed it the Aquarium. To miniaturize Stepper, I learned how to etch a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  : do you know anything about that? Diana: definitely...it was a smash! ;) Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like ... street location, they said we couldn't do that Diana: last year a couple

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  pretty sure that I'd love doing the work, no matter how much there was (I ... ... and I'm a bit worried that I'm not as bright and shiny as the others ... that... I'm basically a kid who likes math, cats, plants and some

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  inspiring that I got the inclination to write a whole entry on them. So, if ... ), or, in our case, a living group (Conner 2!). Now, I've played three ... is that you have a lot of Eastern European women who go "wa-PEE!" when

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  some stuff in my mouth that I can NO LONGER FEEL. It's at this point that ... she's getting that cavity filled when all we're doing is HOLDING THIS ... days, however, is just one of many things I have done in during my summer

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  the suburbia that is kirkland, because i think it would've been a lot ... for a brief moment over the summer i think i truly believed that i ... and a curse. i was spending most weeknights by myself in a tired haze

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  picture above. Now, I know that it was really a trick having to do with ... . Also, I live in a castle (see the stone behind the rose) Case in point ... they're in financial trouble. Despite this... I landed a definite job

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  and to learn the material in a way that I'd remember it. They also told ... that I would know how to do tougher problems. The next day I took the ... , in the state that I was, I wanted to give a word of encouragement to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  that other stuff. The problem inherent in all of this is that now I have ... . Yeah, that was a few days ago. I was distracted by the front desk and its ... awesomeness that it is." Tear! I decided to finally blog (weeks after the fact

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the ... to any Common App schools in that round, so I wound up using this essay ... pleasure of it”: video games! “What do you want to major in”: 18C, with a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  of FIRST is, in the words of Wikipedia, to "promote a philosophy of ... a soldering iron but how to interact with others in the spirit of ... to say that FIRST is a prerequisite for admission, or that it gives you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  eating everything at eastern edge a rave review of a new food hall!

  

  places to try food. Eastern Edge is a new food hall located right in the ... tea available and I was determined to have something. Yet, in the first surprise of the evening, it was a latte that I both enjoyed the taste of and

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 28, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  that will differentiate you is how hard you work." I left feeling ... made a list in my head of the things I've made in the past few months ... 't do that. It's like planning to bake a crisp and hoarding fruit months

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  CourseWare version of the same lecture that I witnessed on Friday: In ... to Random after class, I took a picture for the Internet. What else is ... resonant and in-tune than any Walmart greeter that I have ever encountered

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  don't think I've ever had a steak that good. Bern's has a menu that in ... Hrabowski's incredible speech, after which Marilee and I went in search of a ... 's fighting the good fight, and thank god someone is. I was a bit appalled at

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  say "My name is Joe, and I have three dogs," while that line might be ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... yourself that might help jumpstart the conversation. Make sure the tagline is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  championship, which is three games over the span of a week. In the NEWMAC ... not their name will appear on the bracket is a mystery. The teams that ... half, John Carroll scores. It’s a bit disheartening, but I know that we

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  fatigue, I have a lot of fun fielding questions and discussing ways in which ... happened in those missing four hours, I finally open a Word document at 11 ... its pdf attachment are catapulted into cyberspace, I realize that it is

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  thing is, though, that in this video, he isn't rejected, and they do let ... TRADING CARD IS. Maybe I'll try doing things that are awkward more now. I ... [/annotation]. This rejection therapy experience worked, but not in the way that I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025