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• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  thing we had recitation afterward). In short, thanks for being an awesome ... note: if you’re ever in an exam and you don’t know the answer to a ... This entry from Elizabeth in 2010 has been re-posted in celebration

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for ... I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... spent a lot of quality time with my roommates, and it was helpful for me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  had an interview, please note that the deadline for scheduling an ... ! Here are the most important things to keep in mind as you wrap your MIT ... teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in our office by

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  my fall schedule. Of course, for me, all of this was happening in ... would be an amazing experience. In some ways, the fall was was amazing ... academics, because for the first time in my life I wasn't a top student. I had

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  ms paint sidequest by kayode and caleb on a monday night

  

  work I’ve accomplished tonight:  I CADed up this piece for my robot in ... said that it is most definitely possible, and possible in under an hour ... apply_per_pixel that let us pass in an image and a function to apply to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  for “smart”. I am very lucky that, in fourth grade, my parents ... me to study for contests that got me into college, but in retrospect, I ... Even as a kid, school never fit right for me. I recall my third

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... , asking if anyone was interested in working with an MIT student. From there ... Lausanne, Switzerland, where I've been living for the past 10 days. I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  the privilege to interview. OK, you are probably scheduled for an ... First and foremost: I am an EC, and EC's don't make admissions decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  down a list of things to remember. Things that, in an ideal world, we ... be creative and write and aren’t alone in doing so. Project for ... There comes a time in everyone's MIT experience, from the application

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  . Louis Cardinals—it was practically a requirement to live in the small town I grew up in. But it actually wasn’t until I left Missouri for college ... Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  that we do not have any more room in the class, and will not admit any ... really great students on the waitlist who we wished we had room for. We ... was an extraordinary year across the admissions landscape, with some of

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  advertising the event.   This Wednesday, 3/14 at 5pm in room 2-102, the UMA is celebrating our favorite constant in style with the following ... or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Commencement On Friday, the MIT Class of 2005 graduated! It was a beautiful day on Killian…

  

  Admissions Marilee Jones! Above, Marilee is preparing for an interview with a ... Killian Court for the MIT Commencement ceremonies. For the curious, here ... don't begin until 10am. In the meantime, there's a "pre-game show." This

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If ... #1: If you're paying for your food, you're doing something wrong ... part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  attended an etiquette seminar taught by Jodi Smith last week. For an hour and half, Ms. Smith taught us the Top Ten Tips for Painless Networking, which ... shouldn't break their bones. Hold it for a few seconds while making eye

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // dressed in pink to watch Barbie! with my sister // screamed to Speak Now ... production, the music video for ‘I Can See You,’ everything // screamed to BLACKPINK with my other sister // clowned for, anticipated and saw the 1989

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  everywhere in between.   It’s been used to eat freeze ... , because of one simple choice. Living an examined life starts with the small things. For me, a love of wild and beautiful places demands

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  blog posts I wish I could write for you right now but I can’t, at least not for at least another week. I want to talk to you, especially since ... you might be bored. This is an open conversation. I will answer any (any

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass ... year, I wrote an entry that told a picture-based story of my first year ... shared a few pictures with you guys in her entry, but I'm adding a few of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I ... ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate concern. But in honor of "Patriot's Day" (I honestly never quite figured

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011