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• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  , one day in a December, an email showed up in my inbox from the Game Lab. A UROP! That I was under-qualified for? Let's see the relevant skills ... I made two years ago. One that I had to design a user interface for

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  is where I'll come home to for the next couple of months. MIT during ... how I envisioned my first full day back...but it made for a good bonding ... , the two of us ended up at MIT Medical the next day, where I had a super

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... care too much about where I was from. It just wasn’t a big part of my ... things: where you come from, and what your interests are. So, where am I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  A view of Next House from across the river: I have gotten a lot of ... an RAA and I can confidently say that they are a group of really great ... , including one where you get to build furniture for your room (a picture of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  I've sort of been implying this on the blogs for a while now, but I ... . This semester, I have been feeling what I can only describe as an overwhelming amount of exhaustion. I am doing much less than I ever have in a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  . Small things add up here. Where you study can make a huge difference, for ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from ... [Guest Entry from Kelsey Kennedy '12] When I sat down late last

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  haven't blogged in a long time, and I have quite a few posts from the end ... Sunday just because each week brought something new. I ended up buying a few pieces of jewelry, one of which was from a local seller who I ended

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  was pretty much the first delicious meal I've had from a restaurant ... finally see a live version. Now, I learned from Professor Donaldson that ... four states which are commonwealths. Edit for Eric: From a government

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  EECS for a month with 39 other girls. We had a reunion during CPW, where ... . Here's a shot of some of us at the brunch (I'm third from the left): Our ... regards to where I will be going to college, MIT is a very unique

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  tea for lunch, and then I take a caffeine pill because a large black tea will not cut it for today. It’s a pretty quick meal, and I run into a few ... . It’s definitely a good thing that I’ve finished econ, so that I can

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  sunshine. And where hot street-side pakoras were perfect for a rainy day. A ... and culture. But for the most part, being away from family and home, I ... My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  the World), where I got to present a piece from my current most favorite ... like I just came from a chat with my friends about their spotify ... day, I made a Target run to get eggs (about two minute’s walk from my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  and asking "where would be a good match for me?" I was a good student ... school. I still keep in touch with a few friends from there. They did well ... callback I got was for a position running web communications at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people ... Hello Internet! It's been a while. I last blogged on EA Decision Day ... morning of the 17th, when it went live, I was on a plane to Denver with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  my own entry about the same subject for a while now. I have also been ... could potentially be a very over-excited description of what I've done for ... problems and having a blast doing it. I could go on for a while as to what

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  but no input :)) Once, a TA, god bless his soul, said to me, I don't know how you guys do it, I can barely get all this stuff graded on time. (By the way, being a TA for junior lab must really really suck. What a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  this for a few days i realized i didn’t really remember how to take ... / saturday mornings. i don’t really have a great reason for doing this other ... : i notice myself feeling cold much more easily now. as a kid and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  character for just a bit. After about an hour, I trudged back into my dorm to ... them, or missing a place that you’re still in. I didn’t feel homesick for ... !"]Simmons[/annotation], and then we walked over to [annotation note="another dorm, where a bunch

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  to the first post in this series, I sent out a poll asking people for ... and is made almost entirely from a personal collection I've accrued over ... camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  set. I'd be taking leave from MIT for a year. I made arrangements with ... feel excited about. I have a few main goals for my time off from being ... I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020