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• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  'm here to update you on the breathtaking life of a biology PhD student, which is breathtaking enough to divide into a very small number of ... professors from my program -- it's considered rude to ask a graduate student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot ... a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... required a lot of trial and error. In order to figure out what could go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  . Last Wednesday was a typical day: up at 5:00 am to get a workout in and eat a little something before heading out to get to Stuyvesant for an 8:00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Grown Up Well, not quite.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  plan to not have spring break plans, but I feel like I have a lot of ... been pretty nice and relaxing to have a chunk of time to myself ... ’s like to start studying for a Friday 8AM exam (for a class you’ve attended

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  's like to be here (as a sidenote, I recently learned that going for 35 ... with a severe mental disorder in an MRI. This makes me want to wear a ... 't click further than the Notable Alumni page to see a good number of people

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  exceedingly real to me, despite the fact that I haven't had a panic attack on ... displays everywhere I looked. As a New Yorker, I have some desire to avoid ... gut wasn't churning with worry-anticipation. And so I decided to get a

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  baby brother’s first girlfriend or something you might need to clarify a ... yourself, too. Take a step back, and while reading your essay, try to answer ... Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  Corridor. A copy of the MIT Bulletin from 1930 makes reference to the ... professional movers got to work. Prohibition style, I met a colleague with ... a VHS player handy? I’d love to see what’s on this tape."]VHS tape

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... Engineering?" It's funny, because I remember going to a choice of major fair in ... to work on a double major, pursue other interests, or, if you're like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  magazine, Technology Review. (I'm trying to track down a copy of the ... On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million opening weekend). I must admit, I'm not generally a big comic book

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  new journeys. But as I get ready to start a new journey of my own, I ... example to all and lived a beautiful, full life. These are some snippets from my last conversation with him, which I was so lucky to film about a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the ... about me, about MIT, and about why I haven’t talked to you in a month ... professor about a class presentation. “Cory,” I said to my boyfriend, “nobody

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  Maryland where Caroline lives, Jonathan Safran Foer came down to do a signing ... . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is ... , but I'd still like to paraphrase a particularly excellent quote from Voo

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... focus of attempting to gain admission to a specific institution or type of ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , and I built a bookshelf with Cory to hold our disassembled Legos. After ... heart, even if it wasn't a good idea, and it's hard to transition to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  Israel: http://benbellinisrael.wordpress.com/ I was trying to think of a ... I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... early afternoon to see the sights. There are a few attractions to the town

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012