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• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  . Let's get down to business. Who is This Guy? Hey Skeech how did we get ... be a minority to glean wisdom from, or participate in, this blog? Au ... US Army Officer (Adjutant General Corps) where I learned how to jump

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  admitted, do you guys get to just relax until fall travel starts up again ... 't begin to tell you how that feels, after all this time. Maybe I'll have the ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing ... this dichotomy in which you have the power to either save the world or ... accelerator. This accelerator is to be used to detect fissile material, in hopes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  to get homework extensions or makeup exams (especially in big classes ... severe enough that I decided to get it checked out at MIT Urgent Care. I ... note="Ouch... apparently that’s how long tailbone injuries take to heal

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... to investment bankers to recruiters. It is kind of cool because I get to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  compelled to remind everyone that it's never the numbers alone that get you in ... application tracking. How can i get to know when it has arrived? Can you suggest ... were sent in early December. Do I need to get them sent again? I hope not

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  T camPUS & Random Hall dorm culture How to get 8 hours of sleep a night ... coursework) Debating what majors + clubs to get involved in Organizing BIG ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  have time to grade it and provide feedback. What actually happens in the supervision is largely dependent on the supervisor. And thus we get to the point ... 'll come with questions about how to solve a specific type of question that

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  students can learn about the various organizations on campus, how to plan large events, get funding, and how to get involved in student activities ... the initiative to make a change in the community. The MIT Public

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  place where i've felt settled, where i know how to get around without ... and Y and Z and then sleeping and then immediately getting back to it in ... joy in getting to see her again. it didn't take long for the rust to

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... to tell, and it was one we can all relate to: the story of falling in ... , urging the graduating class to get out there and "do interesting and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not ... Adelaide and when I told her, "Hey, I'm about to get to Mass Ave, I'm at ... update to say that I made it safely back to Boston after 20 hours in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  ’s all just because of P/NR? How will I be in the spring, when I have to ... right, maybe I don’t quite know how to be productive in a way that is ... considered a gap year in pre-covid times would have been to give myself a break

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  in their freshman year and goes on to graduate. You can do it. And how ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you ... in this situation, MIT Admissions is willing to give an extension on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind ... questions. How To Respond To Your Offer Of Admission. I hear from the folks in The Waiting Room that many EA admits have been wondering how they

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... , become mini-experts in everything from 3D printing to bowling mechanics. If

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Think Happy Thoughts D-Lab Memories >> Graphing With Matlab

  

  understands how I feel about being stuck in an Athena cluster generating graphs ... moving up and a bear market is one in which it's moving down! But back to ... I'm generating graphs, and have been since 8pm. They tend to start

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  trying to get through it. But now that you're going to college you're going ... welcoming place to work out what I was comfortable with and how I wanted to ... not be the most effective allies. It can be tough to feel comfortable in

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  greatest pleasure to introduce to you, in my role as[annotation note ... applicants -- in fact, we think it took us longer than it ever has before to ... to be so good, so so good, and I am very excited for you to get to read

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  , and now I'm counting on you to get this idea into the Top 10. Let's send ... voting tactics to win, as others in the competition have – we ... successful and failed policies have been deployed to address it in the past; [2

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009