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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later ... up in the Z Center. Here's a throwback to last year's career fair ... don't think I'll ever come close to grabbing more than 33 t-shirts in a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  forward a little bit at a time in one tiny, specific system. But she loves ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying ... blogger now, but he's worried a couple of times that focusing on math is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Am I rural or small-town? Read on to learn about what a taco bell index is

  

  it is like to live in a rural area or a small town (even though I do ... fair is a stack of brochures in the counselor’s office. Perhaps the ... is practically a holiday and every face in the bleachers is familiar

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • May 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  Korea, I sat next to a guy named Tim who was enlisted in the Air Force ... for a tubular products company, TMK IPSCO. What I did not mention is ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  tell   us about how something in your life is like that scene. There’s a ... person I got into a relationship with at MIT is now my boyfriend :) We ... at a fencing practice last year: “This is MUCH less sexual if you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  , as some may say). in my freshman year, i was kicked off campus a few ... incredible. this year, there were a few locations in consideration for my ... were planning on going there. however, a lot of people in my group

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  workout, and it is currently sprinkling here in Virginia. It is a Friday ... . In her free time, she is currently watching as much Queer Eye as ... , and learn how to yo-yo. Kylee Kylee is a Course 8 and a UROP in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... . CES is the Mecca of the technology world. It’s a trade show - not open ... Fortune 100. It’s kind of a Big Deal. CES is geek paradise, and Plume Labs

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a ... Rodrigo, who now runs product at Neighborly, before heading over to a ... brunch with a friend in Palo Alto and then stop by the Stupid Shit No One

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  called the Clear Conscience Cafe, which is right in front of this ... ... A petrified log! Because I'm too lazy to explain what it is. On ... Lin and Mike He in it this would be a surefire hit, but while the middle

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... MIT: Brandon, who graduated from MIT in 2009 and is working on his Ph ... were on a reality TV show (one in which the dignity of the contestants is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  Manhattan apartment. My grandma is awesome. She is a retired math professor, who was willing (and had enough faith in me!) to give me a calculus ... infinity, as expressed in mathematics and in poetry) and is one of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  soda can holder things. In fact, I got a bunch of free stuff that I wasn ... education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT ... played a part in that total happiness. So did the welcome event and

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  see this weird in-between age bracket that is usually absent from campus ... the Biot number is approximately one. Basically, you have a block with a ... 's the bottom line. MIT is still a fantastic school, I love it, and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  that is enough. She also taught me that in fact you can actually run a ... who cannot be really defined as anything in HackMIT, because in a way ... challenging classes. Still, it selects for a specific sort of person, who is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  Here is something that always makes me laugh: My sister (a Harvard ... of a harsh coughing noise) and "kamber" is really just a weird nickname ... had to look up Laika on Wikipedia because I wasn't even a fetus in 1957

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  living space. Perfume cards – This one is a bit weird, but it is a free ... priority in housing preferences."]having a single[/annotation] has been great ... -smelling room is either: a room lacking any perceptible scent, or a room

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  the year: pika is no different. In the fall we have a major Work Week ... remarks that, Epsilon Theta is a small and close-knit co-ed fraternity. We live in our beautiful house across from a pleasant public park in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  with a series of shorter sprints in between. MIT is one of those four ... my first year. But now, the end is in sight, and my free hours ... gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019