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• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  shouldn't walk out on a Nobel laureate just to slap some inductors together ... was at the MISTI Gala Dinner for all interns going to foreign countries ... Wilczek. The event ran late, however, and some people had to leave early to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  outreach to students for the season. After this, I'll head back to the office where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long travel season, we'll prepare to read your applications. I suspect we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  semester, MIT students tend to hide themselves in their rooms/lounges/libraries/other favorite study spot to ready themselves for the barrage of final projects and ... from Chris P.) for a few minutes to welcome all the new pre-frosh to MIT

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  to boldly go…

  

  our showerhead broke     happy last week of classes

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  I'm taking [annotation note="Introduction to Education"]CMS.586 ... Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a ... going (back) to public school I went to an evangelical Christian school

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT. there is so much i still wish to accomplish, so many classes i never got to take, so many clubs i was never a part of, so many parts of campus i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on ... works out that way. Instead, you have one more day to procrastinate and have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  CALLED 'KAPOW'!!! IT IS STANDARD ETIQUETTE THAT ANYTHING RELATED TO CPW ... your CPW host. Please respond to them as quickly as you can--school doesn ... today! And third....the CPW weather machine appears to be in need of some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions to our office, Jenny Rifken and Bryan Nance. You can welcome them to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  week. Thankfully my tests are spread out, allowing me to focus on one subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day! * * * * * * * * * * * * * hey everyone! just wanted to pop in and say hi as decision day

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  together. We also heard so many stories. We listened to our professor ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in Haiti, but I'll do my best to try to summarize. We just got back from a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... "r"; many girls do like to talk about their feelings, and many white ... upon their students, and partially because MIT students secretly love to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  Potter!' So I think I'm going to put together an event for MIT '09s to go ... gesturing towards in this picture, hang on. We'll get to that. As I hope you ... , always willing to lend the proverbial cup of sugar to a neighbor, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying ... you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens that some deadlines are very, very soon. I wouldn't want to tell you how

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... Bombers What Bomb At Midnight ------------------------------ Just to show

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... that assembled the admit packs (what you guys affectionately refer to as

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005