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• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a degree from MIT within 90 days of each other, really, what can I not do ... just can't wait. I can't promise a McGannesque liveblog, but I'll try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  ’m beyond hyped for this semester. I get to mass produce yo-yos, build a robot ... , and even though I can see a horde of Psets slowly approaching in the ... airport security and suitcase-wrangling, I just couldn’t help but feel a bit

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  'm EXHAUSTED. I was supposed to do [annotation note="a program where MIT ... February, I interviewed for a microscopy company and was offered an ... a bit during the virtual week, which I was SUPER hyped for. in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  About four years ago, I ended my very last blog post as a student by ... . I got a JOB here, people! In Admissions. Me. An adult thing. Here! The ... end up leaving MIT, but instead ran this program for a while. Fast

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day ... post I could come up with. Credit where credit's due, the idea for this ... , which is all I needed to "make" a few hacks of my own. Enjoy!     What

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  I've returned from France to the States just in time for lots of ... that I've returned from a long time away, I'm getting ready to head out ... (you can RSVP at this link). Yesterday was a pretty good day. For most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  50 hours a week at UTSW, I’m hoping I find answers for myself soon. Oh ... recommend for a beginner. K thanks. I’ve also recently joined a book club with a bunch of friends from MIT. I figured that if I read more non

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  is perhaps the most egregious. I know crying is a healthy outlet for ... . For the first time in a long time, I let a friend see me cry - not ... looking back at you from a yellowed photograph. I have fine lines around my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  inside joke turned into a source of pride for not only the fraternity and MIT, but for all of Boston, and it was soon commemorated as a public ... , fast forward all the way from 1958 to 2023. How did I end up here on this

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  someone read aloud: My name is Cami. I'm a lil bi filipina girl from LA county, from a city about 30 minutes outside of LA called Norwalk. I ... video games that much, hm. - i ran a panic! at the disco tumblr for three

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  can hold moisture, I'd totally forgotten about that!" It was quite a shock, even for someone from New Jersey, which is pretty humid as well. It ... Building 9 right now, maybe we can meet at Kresge?" I realized that there was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  , where she plans on taking a short break so she can nurse her daughter. And speaking of awkward moments: I ran into a professor on Wednesday ... awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  attend a one-week session where we work in small groups, along with a ... experience (my roommate proceeded to whisper "Oh my God, Melis, I can't believe ... from two sides: as a UROPer when he was getting his bachelors and as a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student Jeremy R. '16 with a link to a new McDonald's commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal, or STRAW. It's a clear send-up of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  a News Editor for our campus newspaper, The Tech. For me, that means ... throw you for a loop, but it’s ok to make mistakes. If we didn’t make mistakes and everything was easy, how would we learn? Anyway, I spent A LOT

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  this region, assessing its needs and trying to figure out a way I can ... from working at the hospital, I’ve also made a couple trips out of ... Happy New Year to all of you! I spent a good 30 minutes this morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Am I eligible to apply for transfer admission?

  have completed more than two and a half years (i.e., five terms) of ... MIT welcomes a small group of exceptional transfer students every year. Successful transfer students come to MIT from many backgrounds
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  alumni work at! There is a huge list of companies to choose from, and since ... immerses the user in a beautiful underwater story! I was the only extern during the month, and I worked on a challenging R&D VR project. While I

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  of things to learn for a while and i'm glad that i finally got around ... wanting to make my own for a while. and so, inspired by this post, i learned ... [annotation note="i've never hosted anything from a local server before, so

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019