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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  , regardless of the fact that I have never before been a person who engages with ... , it sort of hit me, like - waaait a second! I felt like Archimedes in ... like the situation is that “I may do what I wish with X object,” but in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and ... have a dedicated home office space. I always read in my office so I can ... /drinking? A Dunkin' coffee I make at home in my favorite mug is all I need. My

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  claimed it arrived when it, in fact, had not. I checked my mailbox, I asked ... around in bed for what felt like an hour trying to fall asleep. I saw ... ordered a replacement from Amazon. I accidentally put Baker as the address

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  eventually ;)"]life in Japan[/annotation]7 months from now? What do I want my ... classes out of pure interest, which is a luxury I’ve never fully had before ... want with.  So, here are some thoughts swirling in my brain that I want

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  interested in as well. Here's a sampling: What's the worst part about being in ... . But there are only 168 hours in a week, and I also need to eat and sleep ... I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  before I came to MIT, but now, I don't have much of a problem telling ... to pursue interests in the humanities at MIT -- I mean, the name of the ... was considering colleges a decade ago, I had this same concern. So how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Actually Doing Things or not...but actually, really

  

  A lot of what an engineer does is makes things more efficient. As I ... down a quick list of what I do by days of the week: Monday: 7 ... offered in the fall), 20.109 (I think it’s bad form to drop a lab class and

  • by Stanley G.
  • November 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  (which heaven knows I do!), feel free to check out my wedding folder -- I've been saving pictures of things I like and sticking them in there for future reference. A cool thing that I find amusing We went over to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  going to run a HALF MARATHON!! I live in BOSTON!! This is so freaking cool ...  have to get to the airport now. I don't want to give up. I have a fire in my ... I wrote in an earlier blog that I took up running. Since coming back

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  relationship and can focus on what makes me happy instead. I finally feel like a ... later, in an ironic (and quite sad) twist of fate, I broke the November Rule. in a pretty egregious way, at that⁠—it was a [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  myself a week of rest and relaxation before starting work. I had a great ... summary of some research in the Chem department. Eek, I probably should go ... Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Championships in a few days, I thought I would share a bit of my experience with ... what choices students should make to help their chances of coming to MIT. As I recently wrote in an op-ed piece for the higher ed website Inside

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’t try to work in a fog. I know how to say “May I pet your dog?” in 5 ... one very hard. Once upon a time, I went to a hackathon in Russia and met

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  . I have a Macbook Pro for goodness' sakes!!" ANGER: "What do you mean ... what happens after your laptop dies at MIT. I feel like this is almost a ... + humanities major in a school full of engineers, so I never had to sit down in a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  last undergraduate summer, we wanted to outline what we’ve done in each ... 't really on either of our minds. And we were lucky enough to be in a position ... Summer We did a remote UROP and Frolicked in a VR lab Starting in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  EMT in Israel before his freshman year. This gave him a lot of ... . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... As I do each year about this time, I'd like to talk a bit about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  makes a good summary of an application. I just finished reading and ... of Chicago. This is a school serious about its academics. Check out the ... Welcome those of you who have just joined us! I encourage you to read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  in A-Entry for the summer -- actually, strictly speaking, I had been living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... suite door. Adam and I are living in a two-person suite, and we even get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  filmmaking skillz). I should probably also put in a shameless plug to join the ... featured in a blog post tomorrow, immediately following our final ... in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  new york without instagram who are you performing for?

  

  irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few ... " align="aligncenter" width="369"] so you can tell that i ate a bite before ... too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024