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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  was essentially on the campus of the University of Michigan.) It’s so ... Hello, my name is Taylor. I’m still alive, although my lack of communication may have indicated otherwise. It’s been a couple of months now since

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  (Ariel S. ‘18 at University of Michigan) at an external team that was not ... again a team of drastically more boys than girls.   The first ... that there are fewer women. But the interesting effect of being at MIT is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last Five Days aka How I Spent My Summer

  

  parents. Old friends. Blotches of forest in the neighborhood where deer ... views of the setting sun. Here, I get the best seat under the setting ... this summer. In the beginning, I braved the Boston streets in a week of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  Hello everyone! The following was written by a couple friends of ... friend and as a friend of other ROTC members. Something interesting I realized at the end of fall semester was that actually, all the ROTC members

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  lives of many people around the world, including our prospective students ... public interest, the educational trajectories of our prospective students ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... length you need. Most of the time, these are cute. They fall into the category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  finals. I guess this is the universe's way of helping me keep my discipline. ... moral of this story, as you will learn, is that you should NEVER FORGET TO ... . As promised, Sam showed up wearing a suit, holding a giant box of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  Lab, and those students are assessed by members of the program (staff or ... various capabilities of engineering leadership. For example, IR means ... p-sets to test students' understanding of the material. But aren't we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  I am the type of person that occasionally gets carried away with what ... . Among other things.” “Sure, I’ll help you eat that whole pan of brownies ... semesters, I’m cooling my heels wondering if I should bake a batch of cookies

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  -minded view that most of the things in my life were "just normal" or universal ... friends. I am excited for some of the classes I'll be taking, but with ... , which is always sad. So here it is, my attempt at some sort of summary of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  MIT Admissions webpage in hope of a new entry every hour. Anyways, since I basically spent most of my weekend with her, I figured that it wouldn’t make too much of a difference – we’d share the

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  lot of health campaigns as well as water testing at the source, although most of the distribution is done by NGOs. Our first, rather impromptu meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  cobblestoned plazas and taking in the sights. However, guess what some of the ... proposals and applications. Aye, it's that time of the year again. If ... of someone who was pretty involved (in my opinion) during the high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... you anonymously suggest at the beginning of the meeting. Facilitators

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  look through a rather long list of names, degrees, and job titles ... cloud of the 7.03 final was fraying my nerves. I’m sure the actual weather ... settled into the comfort of a familiar bed (cuddling cat named Stoopy

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  ;insert your own> degree of seriousness? In my personal opinion, the MIT ... roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each of the freshly admitted candidates for the class of 2016. We all stayed

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  't attempted in years. MIT is one of a few universities with its own ice rink ... (Boston's subway system) but I was carrying a lot of luggage full of winter ... final version of the magazine we worked on this semester! It took several

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  , and partying, the months of August, September, October, and now, November, passed in rapid succession. One of the things that you learn ... day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  about colleges and universities. Many of the students I met already knew a ... , meeting and talking with a lot of students and guidance counselors about MIT. It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006