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• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the ... to be assigned my first choice class here too- 21F.716 (Introduction to ... annoying question ever." This trip down memory lane brings me to...my first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  , which I came to appreciate over the two years that I did this research. But I first became interested because if you figure out those beautiful things, then you can write down equations to plug into a simulation, and

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  departments. Many weren’t open to first years, and many required more coding ... “I’m going to UROP this summer!” I told my mom over the phone. Later ... said, “Aren’t you going to Europe?” “No, that was last year. There’s a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  , I sat down with one of them, Kevin, to talk about his room, which I ... fitting microcosm of the larger spectrum of things MIT tries to capture. I previously mentioned Kevin in my blog about snow antics. I built my first and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  )” is one of the first songs I listened to, along with “Hysterical Us ... Weekend” - Maude Latour The first Maude Latour song I listened to was ... , she also really likes penguins, and she’s very similar to another person

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  two camps when it comes to a new year. The first camp sees it as a reset ... have yet to register. June 25, 2017 I land in Nigeria. It’s my first ... , and for the first time in 3 years, I don’t need a bottle of hot sauce to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , texting people if they want to get lunch or go grocery shopping once they ... enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... confusion of being 16 years old, bemoaning perceived injustices to me

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  officially become a 6-9. I was definitely one of the first to officially be a ... you want! To preface this section, I must first state that your major is ... I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  outside of Milan. It was the first of many instances where it seemed to me ... .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  There’s a lot of things that happen to us that we simply don’t think ... and space. But thanks to modern technology (particularly, in this case ... reason to share otherwise, and little captions of what was happening in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On the DUSP Course 11: Urban Studies and Planning

  

  office in Ghana   When I came to MIT I knew I wanted to major in civil and environmental engineering because I wanted to eventually work on sustainable infrastructure for the US or the developing world. As I started to

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  and changing into my suit, I drove to the First United Methodist Church ... year will be their first graduating class. I spoke to about 20 students ... Every year our office travels all over the country to speak to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  mean, I didn’t even think I was going to come here in the first place ... Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Techfair! tisn't ye olde renaissance faire, institvte

  

  not only refusing to snow for more than a few days, but by having ... made me want to wake up and go outside. In a manner not dissimilar to ... to check out Techfair, MIT's annual student-run technology expo. It

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  meant to give you uber math skills. The first thing my eyes wandered to ... teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  first point, even though it seems so obvious that I shouldn't need to say ... major, biology, 'useless'. Shocked, I asked her to elaborate. She felt ... 's a terrible metric for uselessness.) But the same is true, to varying

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  't know what I'm talking about, I direct you to Snively's post, which noted ... get our schedules and get to talk about our classes, yay!" I will tell ... not looking forward to this semester because I was really bummed about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  : My friends and I were among the first to arrive at Milan; not being ... Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am ... the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  Well hey there, blogosphere. Newbie #4 here. To the admissions ... [hopefully] to you guys, I'm Elizabeth - just your average course 20 ... ?? Crap.) here to tell you about life at this "quirky and special" place. I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010