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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  a woman who cries at telephone commercials, and I'm actively trying to ... ), and I'm heading to a PhD program in biology. And it's all super ... , we're going to leave the rest of that thought for a later day. (If I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  a pretty long day. We got to Tampa around 11AM, checked into the hotel ... we hit the town, where I got to see a lot of my old pals from the ... other on the coming year's truly important admissions-related issues. To

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... ! Better leave it off for a couple of weeks to let it dry out. 3) The company which was supposed to mail my replacement charger got a Brazillion

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  A Recycled-Material Selfie Stick Engineering and problem solving in developing nations (the most important problems only, of course....)

  

  himself out of spare parts as a fun project:     You have to ... cheaply available. To build that speaker, Gedion used a soldering iron to ... ratchet, or a screwdriver, or even pliers--he just has to use the tip of a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  "On taking a 'Gap Year'", I remembered that I've been meaning to write ... to surround a gap year. One of the concepts that I found particularly ... normal routine. And mine definitely has been. To prove it, here's a play

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  in California, but it is good to be back home in Cambridge. I got a ... racking. So here is the best that I have to offer 1. Take a DEEP BREATH…..In fact, take a few This year you will have to multitask like never before

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this ... ... The MIT admissions blogs are, as a whole, supposed to convey a diverse

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  , Detroit for a competition, Chicago to visit my cousin at residency, and NYC ... to help serve as a counselor for the week-long DiscoverEE FPOP. My ... , at Snowbird in Salt Lake City. Disclaimer: to be fair, I took a tram up

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  adventurous enough to want to give Senior Haus a try!" Absolutely ... : "What if I tend to write meticulously enough for a paper to seem d ... does a great job of explaining what sort of folks are best matched to the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  “Greater Boston Area”) While at MIT, I’ve been able to hang out with a lot ... near Central. Basia also came to support me at a talk I gave at the ... (going on three). There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  hands with a rueful expression and said to me "That’s like asking me to ... .']totalizing,[/annotation] a topic to actually write about in a comprehensive way in a single blog post. So I've decided to adopt a strategy that I learned from grad

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  realized that I might not have a harmless cold after all. So I went back to ... saved the day yet again and told my classes to push back a few project ... over after a few days. 2. I am old and need to get a real person job. I

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

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  seek different and new activities. I felt it was important to feel a ... engineer.  Was a panelist at San Diego Comic Con to talk about the Riri ... there. My mom is also from Shanghai, so it was a time to reflect on my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost ... other events.I'm not one to spoil a surprise, but I'll be covering about ... former attorney general, a local actor, and an astronaut come to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  a number of diverse fields - ranging from biochemistry to materials ... their project. Sustainability@MIT is a student group dedicated to ... - designed to serve as a starting point for students with big ideas (or small

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , "Slam is a safe place." In some important ways, so is MIT. If you don ... stuff. Talk. And don't always feel like you need to have a p-set in hand ... 've met a few people you can talk to, see how well you can get to know them

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  important to me than my studies. Is that enough to make an identity? A pile of ... The summer before you come to MIT, there’s a bunch of forms to fill ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  actively seeking employment go to practice such important tasks as corporate ... 's important to know how MIT helps its students once they're here. I hope you ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  wanted to take a breath and collect some words of encouragement from ... , cozy blanket to curl around you while you wait. here comes a thought by ... reading as my stomach sank. I decided on a restaurant to go to (a fancy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Joint Post] DesignPlus A super cool and awesome first-year learning community ft. Gloria and Teresa (we're not biased)

  

  on a gift, which was a project we were encouraged to design and create ... second iteration of the program. Admittedly, I didn’t go to a lot of the ... how to use a machine, and they also put in the underappreciated work of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 26, 2025