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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  accurate depictions of how things really were. How wonderful was it to get to ... in episode 2? It was AWESOME to meet George Takei. We did get to talk ... interviewed Brandon about his experience on King of the Nerds. How did you get

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  am not sure how many transfer applicants get in and what the admissions ... -law - Seen (and lived in, for a few days) my dad and stepmother's huge new house in Woodstock, Georgia, a town which appears to be half farms and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  planned to double in Course 20 and[annotation note="Science, Technology, and ... essentially went in a giant loop back to Course 20 :^) If you know me ... difficult considering I'm not entirely set on what I'd like to concentrate in

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  interests with others helps to get your thoughts and priorities in order. In ... ), all you need to do is fill out a form and get it signed. Basically ... would-like-to-graduate-in-four-years thing: if you took zero aero

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... , video game designer...you get the gist. And then in 6th grade at the ... properties either those inherent to the cell or those in the local environment

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  . What do you do afterwards? If you want to continue in academia, you try ... astronomy, and get a job in industry, business, finance, teaching, and ... you have to type this information again and again and again, in various

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  and staff who have agreed to take in a group of wide-eyed new cadets ... take, what to major in if you don't know what to major in, how to talk to ... 'm actually here to talk about, albeit in my characteristically verbose but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  Bay with an all-you-can-eat buffet, in order to welcome the new freshmen ... back to my dorm in a giant U-Haul truck I always dread having to move my ... choose to store their stuff in a lot of different ways. Some people have

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  I get to mentor the four very lovely freshmen who live here in person ... in the world. I didn't know that we actually had to debate each other ... write a really great paper. We're hoping to get it published somewhere if

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  anything else. Holy Ground makes me want to spin like a girl in a brand new ... talk to me in the comments!  Reputation This was the first Taylor ... thought about it like that before.  New Year’s Day is such a mellow end to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  drafts leading up to A New Hope show a vast improement in quality ... must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you ... resurrection of Obi-Wan Kenobi. And how to explain this unlikely event? LUKE: Ben

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... IAP, but this break I really wanted to just chill out. Just wanted to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  of you who went to an admitted student party in your hometown, how was ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that ... at least a few days in advance, if at all possible) than to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  ordered 4 of these, expect epic rock band pics to come Along with the new wardrobes come new and exciting activities for MIT students to take part in ... a picture of this process, this is when we started to realize how big

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . If you are new to the MIT blogs, mine in particular, there are a few ... need a PhD, how often will I have to move, are there any jobs available ... mother due to breast cancer in 2007. The day she died I promised her that I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Council on Education estimates 75,000 to 100,000 college students in the New ... . Get in touch with us when the time is right for you and we'll be happy ... Cities to examine how cities recover from disasters like 9/11 or Hurricane

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  years of science)and plan to apply to MIT to major in biology. How would ... out, when I get to MIT, if that double major is really possible? How ... seems a little silly to try to get in touch with them before I get to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... front leg. When the Red Sox had their amazing comeback in the 2004 ALCS to ... Fenway Park to celebrate in the streets. I could hear the World Series from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a ... now that, once I graduated, I'd move to New York and would have to find

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  new trails to follow. For each reference, I made a new entry in the ... -Man Shoes, featured in my MIT college application![/caption] When I got to ... neighbors to see Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage in a Fenway theater

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023