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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  Every time I look at the faces of younger MIT students, especially ... for our family line--the Dynasty Family--that captured my hope that our ... treasurer   The seniors of New House 4, where I lived for most of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How To Make Mediocre Furniture well, maybe i'll let you be the quality judge

  

  supports. But the table was so small that those supports would look comical ... looked great, all four legs touched the ground. The only thing I hadn ... looked right after I finished it: How it looks 99% of the time: (But

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 17, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can ... particularly helpful for passing the time on the morning of decision day. Have ... look lost, just inform them that Harry and Ron have to take the Ring to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  feel like looking at the actual thing. And like many things, different ... interesting detail. For fourteen years, the author didn't realize they had anosmia, up until they were asked to describe the scent of a peach for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Hard MIT Class ...or is that redundant? And yes, hiiiiii.

  

  leaving the gates, the thought of being out in the world for several hours ... . This was one sweet-looking branch; the buildings were newer; the football ... that we had only two goals for the rest of the semester—to have fun in

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 10, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  definitely in the clear for the programs I was looking at, 80th for verbal and ... it, here’s my probably-more-comprehensive-than-you-were-looking-for ... , in general. Where you end up for grad school has less to do with the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the ... that I didn't even know what the rules were for a lot of the sports I was ... tournament for the first time in program history. They were knocked out of the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Class Projects

  Critter gaze upon my son

  

  . Hopefully they find what they're looking for. Some notes on the process: I ... fifteen days. At four separate times, the TAs for the class emailed out ... , ash and debris blow up into the atmosphere for days, creating a dense

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 26, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it ... I've been looking at Ben's "50 Things" post recently, since classes ... before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  -art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end ... meter! Since MIT.nano’s inception, researchers have used the space for ... designs. The original plan was for students to submit pictures to be etched

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  predicted for your sign or not, the pieces of advice for every sign in this ... seems unlikely, because why not shoot for the stars? However, at MIT, we ... institution is like. College is a place where you'll be for the next 4-6 years

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the ... interactions could lead to the development of better treatments for ischemic

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  pricing, but be careful when looking at the pricing chart. For example, Mc ... (there’s a historical reason for this!), but I would never forego the ... , think about the living arrangement in the dorms carefully. For example

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Applying to College vs. Applying to Jobs yes you heard me, the application process NEVER ENDS

  

  reusing the same template for two years now, and just switching around some ... for the big tech companies are usually on-site interviews, which means ... flying all over the country during the semester for the simple purpose of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal ... to be a teacher in the first place, that they're better people for ... came. Some would call me foolish for getting this wrapped up in the job

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reaffirming our commitment to diversity in uncertain times

  

  to the extent —  and only for the reason —  that it is “narrowly ... legally prohibited for decades. As the law stands now, the only reason we ... context. We believe it is crucial for the successful future of our world to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 7, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  people I've known for the past 4-6 years. I'm looking forwards to spending ... . Oh, boy did I learn about the importance of sleep. For me at least ... listening to videos. At 7 pm everyone wants dinner, so if I'm looking for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  street, and the man who found it looked me up so that he could return it ... around for an hour until 7pm, when I was allowed back on (the reason the ... been, coming to Boston for the first time? How are people different here

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  looked around my room. Messy for the past month, it was cluttered with ... filter for the past few days. After staring at the ceiling for half an ... front of the statue of the Alchemist with an umbrella, I waited for her

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  full of ambition and looking to make a name for yourself in the world ... who look like you. Those on my side of the counter may mistake this ... entire language for a regional accent. The language we learned didn

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019