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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  happened. I have not made the effort to lift my precious little legs off my ... thing being a big part of the change. There are amazing places to eat all ... journeyed over to the Walker Memorial building where we had our first official

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  ’s snowing outside and the windows are cloudy with condensation. A couple of days ago I got back from Ireland, where I gave a seminar and served as ... , where I spent the vast majority of my time doing research. The transition

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  present. I could live in Seattle, even. At the end of 2019, I made my yearly post where I reflected on the paths I was considering taking in my ... difficult. Right now, there are two definite career paths that are possible

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  . Because in a world where it seems like people are becoming increasingly ... of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President ... those lines that are not written in English, note that Colin read them in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  fine, but have a job/field in mind, that you would enjoy, where you are ... needed to do, you have it made. That's not true - it's once you get here ... and course 15 are employable, and anything else is a waste of time and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  Science degree. There are two main components to the degree - Graduate ... pretty much only based on classes, and most of those classes are ... of Science degree, but of course there are people who graduate with an

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  decisions have been made. But, if you're reading this, chances are you still ... pretext for further procrastination...but I will. Here are some blog posts ... many members of the Class of 2020 who are all struggling with the same

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  he made here, because it's absolutely true. A few weeks ago I was ... were true. Working hard and being lucky are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are both necessary conditions for any kind of success. If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  .704 I had a group project where we had to create a 7-9 minute video on ... [annotation note="The fifth floor of the MIT Student Center where students ... ecology and nature, and how games studies are actually imperative for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  are usually 12 units, but the poli sci lab is 15, and 24.191 is 6). Note ... professors are adamant about not making that the purpose of the course. 6 ... data sets like the U.S. Census. Topics: 17.803 has made me appreciate my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this spring and summer were full of striking moments when i made big ... moments where i allowed myself to be blown away and thoroughly impressed by

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  really liked the I Did Something Bad, Look What You Made Me Do and Don ... this album are all really good. Someone said that Reputation is not an ... . As a writer, it always seems like great tragedies are worth writing. I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  down some stretches of road are so flat, I swear you can see your own ... Texas, there are a few famous bouldering places like Hueco Tanks, but that ... . In sport climbing, routes are bolted and as you climb along, you clip

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for November Reflect, rewrite, repeat

  

  note="Congrats! You made it!"]meet the early action deadline[/annotation]. A lot of the people reading this are probably starting on their Common App essays, or gearing up for the MIT regular deadline. Wherever you are

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the ... you left in our office, informing us of this, has made its way to, um ... ? What are you talking about? P.S. Can I just tell you all how much the

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Museum Enjoy some Despina's pizza after 1 am Take free sailing lessons at ... realize is that some of these things are outdated. There is no longer a rock ... heads together and did 13 of them in 2 days (MIT students are experts at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Finality Just one more week.

  

  parts (maybe the only good part?) about final exam time is the free food ... own finals - and I hope you're being fed just as much free food as we are!

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  soon "free food" isn't a good enough reason to walk across campus for a 2 ... , it was free food, but much, much better. It's like an engineering ... professors, and I think this is 100% true. There are so many opportunities

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  . Weekends have been staying relatively free, which is great. I went to Boston ... free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It ... are pressured with classwork and psets this month, which is pretty

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  years ago! where has the time gone??"]first started[/annotation] blogging ... lists so much is that they are perfect for dumping all of your thoughts ... there are only so many hours in a day, and physical exercise just isn't a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022