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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  thought I was bright and I would be able to learn, so that's how I got my ... earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... 't know how to get people to listen to them," she said. Perlman believed in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... ’t realize just how ignorant I was about outside institutions. There are very ... prepare for—I’ve talked to alums who have been in the bubble for 30 years

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  would sleep more!) Other than hang out on my blog, I am pleased that you ... process. I could go through it step by step with you, but Ben's already ... ; The quality of the essays. I was constantly floored by the way so many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  them envision themselves in these spaces. Instead of just telling you how ... use. I had never lived in a place with any kind of public transportation ... got to explore the city in a way I never had before and share the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  would have built in my bedroom anyway. The difference this time was that I ... art adventures at MIT?” What I thought I heard: “how many pretty pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  thing I've ever encountered in my life and the work and content is ... because they know how tough this school can be. And frankly I think the ... MIT competitive? As said in my last answer, no. I do not think MIT is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  a hackathon, a marathon I went to MIT EnergyHack!

  

  would be catered dinner. I’d had a midterm and a major essay on Thursday ... weekend for bacchanalia.  I was thinking about how, at MIT, I rarely have ... book in too long. I miss that. During summer, I spent a week going to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  Barrett. I've always wanted to learn how to write poetry, being too afraid ... more risks. Though my poetry isn't good by any means, I thought it would ... they wanted to be featured and I got some poems in response! I absolutely

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  during this whole process, in order to show your constituents how calm you ... hobbies of all kinds – acting in the Musical Theater Guild, for ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Patriots’ Day Rejuvenated by a Reenactment

  

  /ladder constructions, and those in the trees. Niki '09 and I grabbed a bench. She ... patriots. So, he was really unsure how the battle would unfold, if he could ... night, and squeezing in doctor’s appointments wherever they fit. Helpful

  • by Kim D. '09
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  glad that I totally switched gears in college. I think I would have been ... 'd excelled in high school; I would have been all "oh, I remember the time when ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  playing every instrument in turn, and the teachers would rate us from 1 to ... that "you better be in the band, dear", and I found that I really don ... I troop downstairs once a day to practice, trumpet in one hand and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  abandoned it in favor of Google Keep as soon as I realized how many things I ... Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my ... journaling, which I took up in my junior year of high school because I was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  quickly tested. It started about 1am that night.  I had been getting in and ... , there was a knock at my door.  I am a Medlink in East Campus, and I ... the door and let her in.  She sat on my floor, and I sat with her.  She

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  letter in the Senate? Dan: No, but I would be happy to start one. Wait ... I discuss how to get scientists more involved in advocacy, and what a ... him by name when I passed by in the hallway. Now, I’m in a big room

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  something this summer (since I have an internship with Bayer in Germany ... Marathon or checking out the MFA. In fact, the only reason I even planned ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  in my last post was misinformed, because when I wrote it, I was relaxed ... without waking them up. It happens sometimes. I just threw in the last ... -robot-building time loafing around and figuring I would start doing cool projects again

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  questions remind me of a time when I was coming out as gay in my 30s, when I ... hand, and their scooters tossed on their sides in the driveway, and I ... until recently. And I suspected, not in a very clear light when it did. It

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Theory of Actual Reality

  

  I'm back in Boston now with five Central Meetings under my belt: Long ... knee-deep in orbital theory and photoelectron spectroscopy, and I was ... real science. I had forgotten just how awesome chemistry is. And the best

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 22, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  92 days. Lately everyone seems to be asking me how I am. Are you doing okay? How are you feeling? What's your emotional state? I find the ... considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023