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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  like I'm being harsh, but I wasn't the only one thinking those questions ... . Companies and universities are getting in on the game. I’m glad to know that ... . But as I’m sure she’d agree, science alone can’t solve this problem. We

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be ... like this – maybe I'm finicky and my dreams shift and evolve too often, or maybe I'm more apathetic than the average person in the face of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  to make food. Which is why I’m really really glad that MIT doesn’t make ... : Breakfast: mainly cereal and sometimes granola/overnight oats if I’m feeling ... , given myself food poisoning, or forced evacuation of the building, so I’m

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... music and a breeze of spring from the courtyard. i’m talking to a ... . think of fit, not merit. i’m not an expert, but i think that matters more

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  catch a break. I'm getting a little tired of the "studying harder than I ... thinking "I'm stupid. MIT made a mistake in accepting me." But I often overlook that I'm not a unique case. Nearly everyone else at MIT feels hosed

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  video. I think I'm more drawn to the views across the river than on campus ... time at MIT when I'm doing things completely unrelated to classes. I ... abundance of classes teaching me exactly what I'm interested in learning. But

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  for me.. well, I guess I’m lazy. Or busy. Or a bit of both, because the fact is that my walls are disappointingly bare. I'm a failure, I know ... LOT of paints, and I’m hoping to start painting something awesome in the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  . Wow. I’m already half way done. I only have two more years to make the ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always ... thing I’m slowly learning is: Don’t judge a good decision by how the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  prototyping. This is what I worked on over the summer (as much of it as I'm ... missing it, and I'm stoked about my classes this semester.  The class I'm

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I’m Mollie! I’m one of the five or six(?) original bloggers, and I was the ... fellowship last July at Children’s Hospital Boston. I’m still studying brain

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  , earn a bit of money, and begin exploring some random careers. I’m ... and learning and not knowing what I’m doing. In fact, I usually end up ... to Jonathan Sachs: I’m so grateful that this summer has given

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  always the more difficult semester for me). Although I'm not as involved as Nati, I'm kind of taking this semester to do the things that I enjoy ... just finish the work in time to submit things. Additionally, I'm taking a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  I’m perched on the top step of the super-architected Stata ... . If I’m going to study the built environment, I figure I should share ... , comprehension, good craftsmanship. I'm not an architect, and this class didn

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  arm! It's a match! Just add tan spray paint. Ok, so maybe I'm getting ... came from someone in the audience. I'm not sure of the details but I knew ... . Hopefully I'm not drastically oversimplifying it.   Awesome

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  had a lot more work than usual. As a freshman, I don’t think I’m ... week seems benign. But I’m only a freshman, so I’ll take my Hell Weeks in ... until winter break, I’m downright giddy. The only thing that stands

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  (guess I'm a California boy at heart). Back on topic. That night, at 8 ... , an extremely colorful bhangra performance, and many more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. People came all the way from Harvard and Wellesley to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  Like Allan, I'm obsessed with taking notes. I'm also obsessed with handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... other department, as far as I'm aware. I have the great fortune of having

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  love. (That, and the fact that I try and go to every MIT show that I’m ... … But I’m still on the Dramashop exec mailing list, and have been getting ... , ghost light.) I’m also on the tech-ninjas mailing list for the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  -sized bag of M&Ms. Sunday is waffles. Monday is Insomnia cookies. Tuesday ... brain intent on quarreling with one another. I’m not ashamed to say that ... , confusion means I’m learning, and isn’t that what I came here to do? So I re

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to ... : "...Noooooo, he looks busy, maybe I'm bothering him. I'll just sit over here by ... around you. I'm beginning to truly appreciate the fact that the pool of MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013