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• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  filled with road trips, starting to rock climb climbing, hanging with ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y ... 've never seen an AMA before: in the comments below, feel free to ask any

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  trying to finish up all your applications when you'd rather be hanging out. We understand and want this process to be as painless as possible! Here are the most important things to keep in mind as you wrap your MIT

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... LGBTQ community, and with “food at MIT”  just to name a few. This last ... – to coordinate and support work in the areas of food and agriculture

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I first set foot on MIT's campus as an innocent, doe-eyed freshman over a year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add ... Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few ... all drank as much as we wanted to, there wouldn’t be enough. The result

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  , we've been working in small groups to devise projects that we could take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila '10 to disseminate low cost water testing devices that were developed by

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  :) Still, I've made it to some events - and they've been great. First off ... world ‚ô• I haven't quite made it to all the CPW events that have taken place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  So both Melis AND Laura beat me to it, but last night was the early action telethon! 54 MIT students total came to chill out and check up on ... - there were periods of time when we'd have to wait to call some people back

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Another hack Snow and hacks and exams.

  

  footprints. I was officially the first person to leave the dorm that morning ... Responses to Comments: A: Hey Laura,stupid question : I just wanted to know if you have to buy the TV, or do you rent it or... ? The TV is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  first task was to figure out how big the room was. This posed an immediate ... So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day off for mental health -- from school. (To be honest, Mom likes to play hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  your first instinct will be to take my list, and fire back all those ... got tired of listening to us complain about a particular topic, he'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  reviewing applications, our first duty is to try to understand the world in ... A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend ... country has had so much progress when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community. At

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  problem together, first you need to find a partner whose level of ... really wanted to help me. During my first UROP I was always having stress ... There’s a clear, one-to-one correspondence between the semesters at

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  have lectures from 11 to 3 from Mondays to Fridays for the first two ... .[/annotation] The first part was learning to use micropipettes, which are pipettes but ... ’s not just me. And that was the first time I ever wanted to go to MIT

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  voting, and faculty have been instructed to avoid scheduling assignments or exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  Undergraduate Education at Sloan. i was connected to him in my first week on ... shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  they can. We had a lot to celebrate. First, we're so proud of the class ... , it's time to say farewell to the class of 2009 and hello to the class ... pleasure getting to know each of you this year. You are amazing, talented

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  provides academic support and resources to first-year students."]associate advisor[/annotation], I’ve given talks to bright-eyed first-year students ... , especially at my level, is probably not a realistic goal to set in the first

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba music began blasting from ... first-year fall semester when we performed our first Hearing Amazônia ... works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023