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• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my ... the Student Center to check in with the Orientation people. (This is a ... a little slow, but I'm already excited to be here! Case in point

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  that I knew no Americans in the city for the first week and a half or so ... a long time before HP-France could repair my computer, and while I had ... whole reason I was in Paris was to work at Institut Curie, a biomedical

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  stubborn (or too persistent*?) *I once asked a friend what distinguishes ... "problem? there's a problem? WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?" mode. My neurons fired ... , we discussed what I could do about it. He suggested that I become a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hodge-Podge Random things from a random guy.

  

  guilty about having not blogged in a little while. I think I may have said ... speech. I also didn't know what order the ceremonies were going in. During ... . BINGO! There it was, at the bottom. What was the response? "I am a banana

  • by Snively '11
  • July 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  ’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for ... I do in this area for a summer job?” Experimenting in College Stuff I ... . Conclusion: college has been fun, but I still have no idea what I will do in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... pretend i live in PST: Procrastination Standard Time (utc -69) and call it a ... and you loved and you lived. I’m a sophomore now. We turned twenty in a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  I didn't include a lot of biographical detail in my biography (whoops!), so here's something you should know: at MIT, I am a proud ... finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  before I even got here, and I think it would be a great summer sidequest ... schedule, here it is: 6.1010: a.k.a Fundamentals of Programming! I mostly ... )weekly recitation + weekly pset class format, this class only meets twice a week in

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not here! This actually made me LOL

  

  I'm hosed. I don't have time to write a real entry. Suffice it to say, I found this video funny. What happens in this video will not happen in a conversation with any MIT student. Therefore . . . you should

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  while in Hawai'i. Aloha Steakhouse - will burn a hole in your wallet but the BEST steak I've had in a while 7/11 - literally not kidding you ... watching If you've read my blogs before you know I have a habit of movie

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk ... quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... dishes: ...including a meat pie (or should I say, meat pi?). All of the ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  I-20. I know there is a similar option in the International Students ... right now, and I think a big factor in my decision will be about cross ... , and I've also pasted in a response from one of my favorite students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  and don't like it, it only costs a fraction of what I make in an hour ... said. A day later, I received an offer from the company. It was a little ... qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  kindness friday and affording myself a little bit of grace

  

  Aiden was expecting? I’m at 9 months. I’m in labor. It was a beating ... , the flowers and I. Monday afternoon, I had gone to a farmers market in ... you know what? I think I deserve to show myself a bit of kindness after

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • March 26, 2026
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  a UROP in linguistics: I mean, research experience would be useful ... become a data point in our study. So far, I have been having a wonderful ... data, I also get to help a grad student complete the next step in her

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  ? Next semester I only have to be up before 11am two days a week, thanks ... MIT career learning in small class sizes and with a personal connection to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be, too A conversation with LIVE by Po-Shen Loh

  

  something I care deeply about, and in talking with their team, I quickly saw ... time. Students can jump in on mic or in a live chat overlay to ask ... ensure they are kind and want to make a positive impact in the world. This

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • August 3, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  Jones informing me that I was selected to be a blogger...BUT every once in ... 's nothing on my beloved Hayden, but I must say that a library in front of ... yourself. 2. Be prepared. In my previous blog post, I offered a few pointers

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  's records, a person who exists on paper but not in living people's lives. I ... "]far-from-comprehensive[/annotation] list.   A handful of murals. In addition to the elephants I ... [/caption]   A brief cameo in an SFS video. Not sure why I did this.   A

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020