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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  , working in Professor David Wallace’s lab. Alongside a grad student named ... [/caption] The biggest challenge in this was that they did not have the labs and ... dark and quiet 24/7 to not disturb anyone's sleeping, and we use

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  -hard-anymore way. This is not true. Kids these days still work hard, but with time ... student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I ... working full-time, because that seems to be a thing that self

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  was definitely hard work involved (it was not ALL fun and games) but ... admitted to MIT; we said "not only can she do the work, but she's going to ... sentiments expressed below - I just work here and I know I've felt this way

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Dear Internet, No, I am not dead yet. I had a lot of great food in ... from Peru after 4 days working to clear the yard of bricks, hills, and ... of the trip was spent in Chulucanas doing service work while we stayed

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  level than ever before and it's not entirely negative it's just i feel ... : i agree but there's also something comforting in that i'd over work myself at any school with or without the tools at least here i'm not alone m

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  considered normal in ancient Greek times, but not in the eras that many works ... final."]PNR,[/annotation] so why not? The essay was for 21H.130, History ... narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nonlinearity My conjecture on finding my way through four years at MIT.

  

  this works for some, it may not work for others. I'm personally ... not to read until I had graduated. Having unearthed it from beneath the ... about, and if I could go back and do it all over again, I'm not sure that

  • by Bryan
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  equipment), and let's just say that the past four years were not kind to it ... clueless about the actual workings of my shiny new Vaio; I know enough about ... culinary horizons!) Work Next week is my last week in the lab (which is to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  , "What is the place you've worked at that you're most proud of?" My heart ... admissions officers and bloggers. All the work that I've done and all the work ... far I've strayed from that this summer. Work has been hard for me. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  Club worked on a P&A issue was last semester. Miscommunication meant ... . You take a class, and it ends. The research project you're working on has an end. The semester has an end. College has an end. Work isn't like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  never-ending busy season of reading applications! So it's not like I don't have a lot of other work to do right now. But as I've been chatting with ... commute and be on time to work the next morning!!"]much more practiced in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  Developmental Biology, and I’ve been working since then as a postdoctoral fellow ... hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how this works? I hear the Donner Pass is great this time of year.) The cute

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  working in Solidworks (a program used for modeling on the computer) and ... wonderful lab instructors, explaining how the lathe works to our team. The mill working hard to make our mold design. Look at all those flying chips

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  over, you've gotten more work than you know what to do with, and a ... 're probably wondering why I have so much work when there are no tests until ... 're expected to work through them and then discuss them with your supervisor. At

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  will not hesitate to throw your two cents in to any and all conversations ... in general. I would be remiss if I did not also welcome parents to our ... admissions office is forced to work through the heat.) Consider this your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life or something like it Apparently this blog is supposed to be about my life. So here's some stuff about…

  

  cool. Work. My postdoc and I are trying to finish some experiments with ... about another half-hour of work (I need to look through faculty bios and pick the professors with whom I could see myself working). My transcripts

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  students do. But that's not the case; admissions is a year-round job, and while we're not doing any admitting over the summer, there is still a lot of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  ’re not up lol (okay if not, just thought to offer) I'll probably be awake still lmao It's probably fineeee Lmfao same I think I’m not going back to bed I had a weird series of naps What are you up for? Ah I see Not for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  , that makes you feel better about yourself. and yes, i was warned not to ... deferred. but part of me really wanted not to worry about the regular app ... and pay application fees, for many schools and not just one, in but just

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  any time on January 1 or before, but try not to wait until the last ... Committee (February will not be seen). If you will be taking the January test, just be sure to designate MIT to receive the scores. Please do not rush

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015