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• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  venture, which he helped direct. Zinser likes to work in the wood shop, lift ... weights. A working-class kid raised just off Foster Road in Southeast ... regular guy" and "not naturally intelligent." He wears inexpensive jeans and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  . Now, if I worked for Amazon or Google or something, this would not be a big deal, but when I worked for my dad out on our acreage, there's only ... I am poor. That's right, the money I earned over the summer is

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  'll have earned not only your degree, but a commission as an officer and
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  Guest post today from Mark F. '15, who was working on this essay for ... experience it more synthetically, be it the pressure to earn a living, or ... , and not every path leads to your goal. At times the road will bend and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  , resolving not to look at any more addresses until I'd made substantial ... rain was annoying, but hey, it's not that far from the Davis station to ... that I'd mistaken the date, and Anna was not in fact in town, but still

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  of my visit to Anaikatti is to work at one of the tribal hospitals in ... .6 kg... Things I learned yesterday: (1) Sometimes passing out is not preceded by little black dots dancing around. (2) Scrubs are ridiculously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  early half of my gap year working. I brainstormed ways I could earn money ... of my gap working to remotely build up funds and gain work experience ... before I go into it. In short, I worked for a STEM nonprofit and the Biden

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  running, I charge myself to think not of people or work, but of my next ... ’re doing work you don’t care about as much. I have not, of course, managed ... and tomorrow I will not be home.   I've never really written

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  celebrate, I worked until 8 and started writing this blog entry. There's much ... the NASA Lodge. My mailing address is exactly as following: Lulu Liu, C ... what do I do? I work on a brand new satellite mission planned for launch

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  you. 9. Go to Sleep DO NOT do any more intense work that day. You ... I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh...go as planned. What was even more frustrating was that the exam was not particularly difficult

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  the address on my company website is not the exact address of our office ... access, a badge I did not have. At the end of the work day, our team went ... I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and industry partners work together to develop technologies that advance soldier ... proposed to address these needs. These collaborations help identify dual
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Edner Paul did not allow that to stand in his way. In his four short years ... Moriarty, an instructor at MIT's Edgerton Center who has worked with the O ... other O'Bryant students to pursue MIT." Paul said he did not even know MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  in my case is my mentor, since my team's manager works in cambridge. my ... and not real milk, which broke my heart a little ... goals i made with steven. the work building is by the lake, and every day

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  opportunity costs—I could earn much more working in industry—but actions reflect ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we ... only chunk of our existence that has not yet been determined for us. I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  that people tend to not notice they have until it’s too late to address ... played as a kid, the bloons tower defense series the game works as ... fixed number of lives (say, 200) and each bloon you’re not able to pop

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  biological engineering. To "prove your worth" to the department and earn a ... the rest of your time to work on the project. Unfortunately, because my entire team was really busy most of the time, we didn't start working on

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  Being as musically obsessed as I am, it'd be impossible for me not to ... artists of all-time, not just for his incredible lyricism, production, and ... some rather controversial, if not just blatantly offensive, things in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  our work before we retreat to selection committee tomorrow. (Don't get ... static recently, I know. This is because we've been working hard behind the ... identity (including mailing address and activities) just to match the profile

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  many corporate sponsors), earn MIT course credit, consume free food, and maybe earn a share of a $15,000 prize pool.