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• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean ... . There is not always a freaking app for that. Take water again as an ... ’s too complex. Yes, there is definitely, absolutely a role for science

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  of THALIDOMIDE. 3. Fluorine is a TERRIBLE nucleophile. Despite the 59 ... tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story ... upon a time at MIT, Sarah Tabacco was a black-clad, curly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working ... -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  night. And it is staffed by paid employees, volunteers, and a faculty ... After a busy CPW weekend, I was driving home on the Mass Pike basking ... her message was that she wasn”t saying our personal use of technology is

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  a few of my favorite questions. "How would modern American football ... Neutrality Net Neutrality is a topic that I've been closely following for a ... - Subreddit The concept is simple, users ask the question "What if x piece of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  old application posts to remember how to hire bloggers 3) oh right this is how I hire bloggers   Be a blogger! As usual, we will primarily be looking for incoming freshman; however, we have a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  - this blog, kept by a local New Orleans reporter, is a great primary ... too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don ... prevent this from happening again? How would you design it? To applicants

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad ... process, which is quite a bit different at the grad level than at the ... possible to come with an almost clean mind about a subject (not much prior

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Undergraduates by Major AND Professor Auroux. Don't miss it.

  

  Building 46." This is part of MIT-speak. Here's a primer. Each of MIT's majors - known as Courses, with a capital C - is known by a number ... ; Engineering (founded as Geology and Mining; Geology is now a part of Course 12

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on ... day or yours. Remember there is life outside a college decision, or a ... rejection. So for those of you who feel like a future at MIT is the only

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

  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  : "MIT is a hard place, made all the harder for the resonant, omnipresent, pounding self-consciousness of how hard it is. This semester more than most ... , just a moment, to think about how you will make the world suck a little

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  ” friend is a weird mental transition, and I think most of us instinctually ... does beg a second question: If fully catching up to my friends is ... A lot of people at MIT were probably seen as the “smart” friend in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  only mildly official even though it is straight up an advertisement. As some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  That time MIT was almost rebuilt on an artificial island in the middle of the Charles River we were THIS CLOSE to being a pirate fortress university

  

  This year MIT is celebrating a century in Cambridge. "Boston Tech ... contemporary campus. This is not that story. Instead, this is the story of how ... Cambridge, now, but I am sort of mad that the MIT Pirate's Certificate is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 22, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  intimidating. Each dorm is its own community, but you also have a tight and ... Hi blogosphere! I've wracked my brain wondering how to introduce ... to colleges. Obviously, if you're reading this blog, MIT is on your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  is currently having on my bank account whenever I walk into a store ... dishes just makes me so happy, because...   Food is a love language. Love is stored in the soup! I started cooking a lot over IAP, armed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  pull there is such a thing as too much caffeine MIT alumni are ... EECS) with a bunch of sophomores/freshmen is great, particularly since ... Engineering with a concentration in Energy, is wide awake at 4:30 am on a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... stations in the Cambridge-Boston area, is subsidized by MIT, a perk available ... enjoy that experience. It's odd, then, how commuting has won a reputation

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  special to me. The feeling of connection is a bit more complex. When I ... remarkable things every day. It is also a place where many discover that their ... that MIT is a dynamic place and that any new member of the community

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  verrry busy. Here's a recap: Last Saturday: Spring Weekend is an annual ... dessert in the North End, which is Boston's Italian district. We went to a ... dessert at a cafe next to Mike's Pastries, which is probably the North End

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006