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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... drove me to Washington, DC, where I moved into one of the dorms at George ... stuff back to Ohio. I stayed in Ohio for a week and a half, then my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... : Luckily I can say that beyond the weather, Chicago was quite good to me ... alums happy to talk about what they majored in, where they lived, and what

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  So I've been in classes here for, as of yesterday, one whole month ... before hand. I'm as scheduled as I possibly can be (which is not a lot ... , sleep,) is a pretty big deal also. There have been many nights where I

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Quick update from SB Where it is not below zero.

  

  In Santa Barbara right now, where I'm soaking up the sun and just getting some R&R before the new semester. This IAP I have just been up ... let you guys know I'm not dead, Haha. Will have a more in depth check in

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  reviews and more. Note: I think Manning only teaches it in the spring; I can ... grade in the class, or my bitching about all-nighters, that I thought this ... 6 people. I have friends in Courses 2 (MechE), 3 (Materials), 6 (EECS

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  he'd rejected all of them. "I really can't say," was his reply. "It ... most everything I do. Taking an example from when I was younger, in the ... , back in high school, I believed that the college admissions rat race was

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

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  for every night in January. During the semester, I usually grab dinner ... + tuna in red sauce = spaghettuna. I told my sister and her text message ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  in 2009 (2010?). I can't tell you too much more without upsetting my ... buffalo. There are no buffalo in california as I write this entry though I ... /Small Spacecraft Division where I work!! Fun fact! The mission design center at NASA

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  ="obviously class numbers are not in the ten hundred most used words, but I'm leaving ... sharing our work in such a way that other people can easily understand and ... loud and clear, not talking too quickly, can all add to your story. I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  and act when and where we judge we can be most effective. Yet I would ... 's protests in Copley Square. I took all the photos above, and the following ... there: This was the first time I really actively participated in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  examiners. When I get stuck on a problem or am unsure about a step in a solution, I openly annotate my own example sheet for discussion in ... to compensate their education for their GPA. In comparison, I will

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  connected me to relatives in Italy and formed long-lasting friendships. I hope ... work. I have continued in the energy sector as a MITEI and NSF doctoral ... a place where I could potentially live and work. I plan to keep

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left Boston for the summer. One fistfight later*, I landed in DC, fully resolved ... seconds to waste. *Not my own. While I waited for my connecting flight in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  so. Because I’ll be in…where was it again? Oh yeah! Mexico! *Freshman ... , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... . Born and raised in the states, but I still love pupusas and fried yucca

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  If I'm not mistaken this is the time of year when you begin in ... gracious to send you. I know that most of you will put it all in a big box ... much a school costs. You are in the process of determining where to apply

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... limited on campus semester in which I really didn't walk through the 30s at ... fall, so I found myself with a sports shaped hole in my heart. There were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... Battlebots early to help with another event, I’d led the event in full for ... subteam this coming fall :) I’d encourage any prefrosh interested in

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  changed.  these days, i can navigate to most places in [annotation note ... -stage relationships. in general, as a writer and a person, i don’t feel like i can say ... i can figure out in the open. many of those big questions (like what

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  can provide lots of great ideas. I hope that if you're interested in ... "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this question from time to time. Many students know that math students can do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  meet people outside of the bubble I was in.  Any fears I might have had ... arrival. I had just finished unpacking, and my room was missing a trash can ... commiserate over the hardest parts. In the evenings, once I was done with my

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025