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• 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, seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... clothes for years, had the same hairstyle that I had had when I was just a

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

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  probably not the best way to do so). I was a bit disappointed that Google had ... does it know that a typical non-MIT person wouldn’t? “How many windows ... . Now onto some harder questions... “How hard is MIT?” When I asked this

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  .   I tried out technology that let you walk in virtual reality, a camera ... not in a rush to try out the latest gadget. I thought that I was going ... our dining room table, planning out my year. 2017 is the year that I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  future. In fact, I received word today that I've been accepted as a presenter at a national admissions conference in the fall, where I'll try ... reading and for being a great audience. This isn't to say that this is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  goals is not that big of a necessity as long as I do something a little ... inclined to sit down and do a pset, I think it means that I'm at a better ... want to do in tandem with the academia that is about to suppress it. This

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  and live in a country that I haven't lived in before, I want to explore ... friends probably could've told you that. I've moved to San Francisco, a ... time. I'm working my first in person internship, a real corporate job

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... his parents each got laid off in recent years. Dad Scott Zinser is now a ... right now is that efficiencies are low," Zinser says. "I'm one of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... a handful of the events created with you in mind for CPW and I hope ... do how can you really get the most out of the experience? I hope you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  become a valuable intern! When a friend that I know at UPenn is struggling ... question - and I believe that this warrants a more drawn-out response from me ... 're ready to move on - Again, I hate doing the "been there-done that" talk

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice ... , but it’s largely written with first years in mind. This is in no way a ... observing what you find yourself interested in is a good way to really figure

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  I don’t have to do work yet (although this is work; also ... . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... you need to know is here. Remember that you don’t have to be a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad ... teams are noticing how beautiful Corn Dog is, too. DBF really fosters a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  years later, I’d learn that that hallway was actually a ‘corridor ... , hearing a name that I knew well—Harvard. There was crimson all about, and ... empty. I remember it feeling very brownish-green, in that deep patina

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  the most rewarding as well. Without a doubt, I would love to do MISTI ... particles called exosomes. I managed to isolate exosomes and show that they ... . What next? I may return to France in IAP or next year as part of

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  was considering colleges a decade ago, I had this same concern. So how ... example, do you know that we have one of the best faculties in the country ... can do a UROP in HASS. Currently, UROP students are being actively

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  in day out until the day I die, that is what I want to work on and what ... completely honest a big reason for that decline is in fact my time at MIT. Now ... to take a toll on my ability to think outside the box. How I see it, is

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  Dilijan, a neighboring city in Armenia. I thought about how I would rate ... . “Or maybe a ten.”  With all this in mind, it’s a surprise that I never ... /dinner together is a really good ~friendmaking~ tactic I plan to employ more.) That

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  Training is a mandatory program that cadets usually attend the summer after ... , she is spending a couple of weeks in Korea with family before heading ... Hostrop (Wellesley) ‘20 spent her summer in Beijing, China as a media

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  background as when I got home. Do you know who's in the picture? It was a hit ... machine and bought the only ticket that still cost a dollar--"E I E I Dough ... play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  . This is the end of a sad saga that began before I or any of my classmates ... decision, I hope you will understand it is firmly rooted in our care for you ... : making a separate blog post on that later on). I got to McDermott Court

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017