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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it not once but TWICE because I was deferred the first time around in ... There are many things in life that require you to have the ever

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Nick asked: "I was wondering how you got your job at the NIH National ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my research at the NIH. So, I dug around the NIH website (http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  dearly. My own history with whiteboards, how I use them in my life, and ... I would spend time at the board figuring out problems. It was also in ... influence how much I rely on having a large workspace to figure out my

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website: mymit.info And, of course, where would be without a little help from

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  promises in the beginning of the year that I have not kept. I said I would ... hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... to make sure I get at least a 60% in the class. This is truly PNR in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  micro-internship applications opened up in September 2021, so I decided to ... ?" and "How do I bake a cake?" to all translate into "recipe(cake)" as well ... would probably not generate "recipe(cake)", so I had to write a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i (kinda) studied for finals brought to you by "a PNR mindset"

  

  grades in classes and decide what I would need to NR a class. The ... would be a D or F). There are a few existing camps of advice on how to ... haven't really locked in with the full PNR mindset. I did every pset for

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 22, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  ’t think this would have happened if I went to school in another city outside ... so many wonderful people in this city. By God’s grace, my sister and I ... first time. In short, my life has changed. I didn’t know meat could taste

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  formulaic.” I’m not sure if the quote that ended up in the article quite ... "] something doesn’t seem right…[/caption] Anyway, I don’t doubt that, in the near-future, advances in computer vision or machine learning would allow

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  *Oink Oink* Nobody panic!

  

  ), how long the cough would last (~2 weeks), and told me to avoid class ... us. A couple of days later a kid in my suite had similar symptoms, went to MIT Medical, and returned with a blue mask. Soon a girl in my suite

  • by Snively '11
  • September 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  better recently! I've told the story once before on the blogs of how I went ... beginning of my foray into cooking. I learned how to make my mom's chili (and ... ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  I am coming to you live from the coveted Boston Logan International ... move out by noon. Not realizing this until after I booked my flight, though, I realized I had a very unfortunate amount of time between move

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  fluorescent glare in the school library, to eloquently preach about how the ... my mouth as I listened. In my son”s case, I already knew that a ... I see every day passing me in a rush down the infinite corridor during

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls ... walk, how I am or am not in the flow, to how it takes me time to relearn ... that they actually close without a gap in privacy. I love how the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How do I contact a current student?

  website, you may follow the adventures of our student bloggers as they
• Blog / Events

  2022 Ring Premiere! ring alert: it SHINY

  

  many of us there are, and how many people exist whose lives I never see ... is a Brass Rat? Well, it's a ring that comes in gold, silver, or ... tradition.  Every freshman class has a Ring Committee, who put in tons of time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 3, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to ... "Running Store" category for the past 5 years. I'm not sure how much ... running shorts to make trying out the new shoes easier. I thought I would

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  another life. So I indulged in the visual fantasies, especially when I came ... products were worth buying. I’d finally developed a healthy dose of marketing ... top of the page each time we turn something in. Unfortunately, I make

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  get an idea:   In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 ... and the walk-ins area. (Normally there are people around, but I took ... to log into the phone system, and wait for calls to come in. While I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  good things i have seen  recently, in no particular order at all. come ... because how can a small animal be so good (but maybe i'm just jealous 🤔 ... ? i didn't even know disney made songs that weren't in movies! bill

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020