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• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  . “You have no idea,” he told me, “how often I asked [insert Math Major ... thinking about how guilty I felt. Fast forward to last night. I was kneeling ... turning a funny mix of pink and orange. You (and everyone else in your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  those who were not admitted, I know how hard you worked and I know how ... admitting the class of 2010. I am very proud of the Admissions professionals at MIT. So much so that I am proud to say that many are more like

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was interested in a varsity sport, but I definitely didn't speak to the coach until

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  how specific the school is about their mascot, I either got a specific ... an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image ... birds, 2 uncategorized, and 1 bug represented in this tree. I wonder if

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in boston, but in the past few day i've missed an uber because i couldn't find ... are no trees and the sky is so big. i've lived in new england for the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  concept. If I didn't play sports, I hope I would be in shape-- but competing ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT operated Wallace Observatory in Westford, MA. Once at the observatory, they studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  ...they're Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and ... Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  sister. This cat has no idea how much I missed her. Photo of Mansaf ... already--3,974,400 seconds--and here I am, back in the States, ready to start the second part of my summer in Cambridge. But before that, I need

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  know, I know, three plays AND five elections and/or speakers, how does ... , I really love all sorts of theater. I'm not talented in any way in ... held in the Stata Center in a large auditorium with soft red chairs, I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  ’ve read in college so far (I might be forgetting a few, but this is most of ... , which is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I really like how Achebe ... If you are a college student, or even in high school, you may have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  weekends either. I kind of feel like I’m back at MIT in that regard. Part of ... taking care of myself right now in this moment. So, here’s a few ways I ... to these kinds of things, so we’ll see how long it lasts):  I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / En Español

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  the Field   "To me, this was all personal challenge. I thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly competitive industry with ultra-low margins. It would be easier to come up with

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  , check out my personal blog for a sewing post about how I made my dress ... where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already ... crime in my young mind. 2004 - Ah - finally I remember something >

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  is designing a skintight spacesuit akin to the one in the movie. I ... Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with ... folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  more to go. 12:05 PM – I head back to the maker lab in building E25 to ... fatigue, I have a lot of fun fielding questions and discussing ways in which ... us don't have any background in designing or making things, I'm quite

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  though. I always miss all the good stuff in the Midwest - last year while I ... I've never tried in an earthquake) if my bike hadn't gotten stolen ... my bike, but I haven't seen it in any of the normal places I go, so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y'all! I'm up north in my ancestral woods of ... something truly serendipitous. Back in July, when I created the 2010 Blogger ... stuck in Beijing. "I've gotta beat them somehow," I said, in an impromptu

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I’m getting to see how much everyone has grown. However, Reflecting back, I ... .” My family rejoiced, my friends cheered. Looking back, I can’t believe

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013