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• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  the same thing I am and it's both humbled me and empowered me. My post ... these last two posts were just me typing furiously on a keyboard for a ... -and-such problem" excites me. The next few weeks are going to challenge me to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  When people ask me what I do, the easy answer is that I'm an admissions officer. If they ask me what an admissions officer actually does ... . This is why, if and when people ask me precisely what it is that I do, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding Time for you know, things that aren't psets.

  

  the pace of the content that was being fed to me. Turns out, (for me ... didn't send me a reminder every half hour before class, I'm pretty sure I ... for music. For me at least, I feel as if my passions are what got be

  • by Joe B. '18
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  hastily switching it, I was surprised by how tense and disturbed it made me ... ’s orientation meant (and still means) a lot to me. So, two months ago, sitting on ... 2014 class president Anika gave her speech, she caught me off guard

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  We met an alumnus from the Class of 1952 and fixed a window, and went bouldering.

  

  much faster reaction time than I do, since in the seconds it took for me ... elderly man leaned towards me as if sharing a secret. “your friend isn’t a ... matter for Lucas, astrophysics for me) and what our plans are for next year

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  me you now have 8 more tabs to MIT Admissions blog posts open in your ... plastered on me this past Friday: The AeroAstro one is from the Academic ... abroad.   As my name tag suggests, ask me about teaching abroad! Here are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Other Side The view from another cambridge

  

  other MIT students who had gone abroad made me really interested in the ... ), each with their own colors and crest, honestly reminded me of Harry ... time to do things that would let me relax like baking, drawing, and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  ’s not you, it’s me. I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong though. We had our ... there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... /no record was a great opportunity for me to experiment with my studying habits

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  usually run errands. But sleep deprived brains convinced me otherwise ... broken and a blinking error message smiled up at me. No amount of random ... how it is humanly possible to skip meals; I am hungry, hear me roar), I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me ... me. I'm sorry I didn't spend this Thanksgiving at home--I promise I ... considered or thought to consider before. And being at MIT has also led me to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  all over campus, the colorful paper and clever acronym drawing me in. As ... words that fascinates me. Every day, there are new events, new club ... a message board for an irrationally long time, it’s probably me

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  't know what I thought would happen to me: that I'd freeze? That I'd get ... school is not a big deal. Whatever inconvenience confronts me, it's not a ... in December for me to wear shorts three days in a row, and when the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  . 1) Student Support Services Upperclassmen keep telling me to take ... counselors were so considerate and helpful and walked me back to my dorm and held on to me and let me know that I was not alone and that I could miss

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  graduation. Staff: What's that? Me: It's a solar charger. Staff: What does it do? Me: ...er, I'm sorry, what do you mean by that? Staff: Like, what does it do. Me: ...it collects solar energy, and uses it to charge things

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  reunion experiences will now forever be tied with theirs and it will give me ... lived in the Alpha Phi sorority house with me while they were undergrads ... special to me. They were the first who told me their stories, how growing

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  is the heaviest one yet for me, both in terms of academics and non. So ... registration. You could all take it with me if you wanted to (and you should! It ... handling in hardware? Probability. So far it's been pretty interesting for me

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  My computer reminded me of what we're all thinking. Independent ... , uneventful life, let me assure you. IAP came and went and all throughout it, my ... the way, I saw a wind turbine, which made me happy because everything in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  2011 Internship: ETH Zurich, Switzerland This internship allowed me to ... me set my goals for my final year as an MIT undergraduate. It also ... school. Finally, it established a better understanding for me between

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  pictured above.) 2.) Notice how the first page says "Nathasha, help me," on ... morbid picture of MIT to you. Let me be blunt, my friends. There will be ... will always be more. Basically, you start to see this: For me, the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  More than 9000 reasons not to groan at my poor usage of outdated memes. ALSO, CPW!

  

  . When Olin College of Engineering asked me if I wanted to attend their ... asked me "would you like to be considered for a spot, or have you made a ... thing of me to do, but I guess it reflects the state of my mind at that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 4, 2011