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• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  '15 is in Au Bon Pain right as I'm walking outside from my interview ... the kind of person she is. We discuss how our senior years are going. I ... good food, and ask questions about how to become a real person in the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... my breakfast in my pajamas. 9-ish - I start to head back upstairs to ... first classroom is in a decently sized lecture hall, so I spend that time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures

  

  about that. Gerthy cares about that. I care about that." I blogged in a ... From the article "Engineering changes for the better in Haiti: Local ... . ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  weekend. You have no idea how excited I am to meet you all. See you soon! ... Campus Preview Weekend starts TOMORROW! Are you pumped? I know I am! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  knocks.”  “Wow!” I replied in joking indignation, but swiveled past him ... Multivariable Calculus exam. I filled in the solutions, turned in the sheets, and ... ’s moving into Alpha Delta Phi this fall, and I’ll remain in Random, while

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  should be doing in January. I worry about how much energy I’ll have next ... 'll usually respond, in my experience, no matter how famous"]acclaimed author ... started. Now, it feels more like I'm in a sprint, going through my classes

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you ... automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the ... other people are freezing I'm basking in the comparative mildness of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... at 12:45pm the following day, and realize I left my pencil case in my ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  and walking, I traveled through God-knows-where in Cambridge and Boston ... . More leaves spotted in a park along the river. I'd already seen some ... yellow. I'm still unclear how I ended up at Harvard, but there I was

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  AP Computer Science, i didn’t do any coding in high school ... this semester, in which we learn about what's taught at Sloan and how it ... dancing alone in my room in 30-second spurts whenever i wanted, but now i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  in designing the class ring (and plan Ring Delivery, but first things first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the ... semester. It's one of the most recognizable rings in the world, based on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  more. I was fortunate that my family decided to take a vacation in New ... why I loved it so much here. CPW has been designed with the students in ... a handful of the events created with you in mind for CPW and I hope

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  anything like that classroom in the movie." I actually thought the movie 4-145 was closer to the real thing than most of the rooms in the movie (I ... . The closest in number would probably be the awesome course 2

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  long and hard, and I totally remember being in your shoes in turmoil about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and ... the day. Where are you reading? I'm lucky I live in the suburbs and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  same values, was quite different from the MIT I would come to know (for ... early. If you're reading this, what are you waiting for? In other news, I ... action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  started at MIT. I put “smart” in quotation marks because Bevi machines stop ... . That I always end up contemplating what went wrong in the past few ... hours ranting about how much I despise Bevi… but this post isn’t about

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  leading authority on how the emergence and growth of American colleges and universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig’s advice on how MIT could best explore its historical connections in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  .  Here's the main lessons I took away from his talk: How to know when to ... cost and cycle time.  If the costs in a field have come down recently, or ... start up in that field (see: genome sequencing). Aim for small wins first

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016