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• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  student to pursue his or her degree without any obligation on the part of ... , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... realize that most of this readership has never applied to either grad school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  : Dream of the Red Chamber (at Harvard). Dream of the Red Chamber, or 红楼梦(Hong ... I’d intended to write this post the first day of classes, but was swept up into the chaos of starting the school year, which has been a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  installations showcasing the result of MIT’s technological prowess meshed with the ... flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... from this past weekend’s celebration - FAST Light (Festival of Art

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a ... sense of humor: 1) This article. 2) My bff Sam B. '14's post on my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  a single blog by a student five years ago, at the dawn of the Facebook era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I ... -- MIT alums are cool HISTORY OF MIT BLOGGING I'll keep this short

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  of the universe dribbled into the drabness of real-world practicality ... back then was Michigan Institute of Technology in my uncorrected mental ... I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  last two days have been nothing short of gorgeous (it's SEVENTY-SEVEN DEGREES out right now. hear that? SEVENTY-SEVEN). (it's currently predicted to be cold and rainy during the first two days of CPW :( ) Yes, you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  it might be of interest to you! Enjoy, and comment. Derailment Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of ... , “Do you want to see this?” “Yes, I do.” During the fall of my senior

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you ... strangers.”) Have no fear; there is light at the end of the tunnel. Second ... will validate years of hard work and sacrifice, and set you on a new and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  few Universities that will offer a biological engineering degree. I have ... (Principle Investigator) at some University. A PI is the head of a lab at a ... will find there are two groups of people. There is group A that despises

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  humanities, and only one graduate ball represents the coveted MIT diploma. Basically, this class was one of the reasons I came to MIT. Most (maybe all ... engineers, and there are a lot of us! Since February, about 150 mechanical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  , University of Northern Iowa (http ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement ... Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing at the University of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  technology to address the basic needs of low-income households. In many ways ... the start of Independent Activities Period (IAP). *Cue “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology's innovative program in the Study of Women ... of Middle East Biology Principles of Macroeconomics Religious ... : Eric Lander “has been one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  My courseload this semester might look like that of a confused ... "thing" will be 1.00, every day of this semester. But I promised myself I ... Essay -  this is one of the two classes I'm taking "for fun". I don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  research or industry experience on top of an advanced degree if you ... This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include ... from the beautiful roof deck of McCormick Hall; it's worth watching just ... Jeff Silva of Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), who makes each

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  ). This isn't really unusual, and it comes with varying degrees of annoyance ... 'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  the degree I will be awarded: A Bachelor's of Science in Engineering as ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... midterms in three of them (Spanish 4, Biology Lab, and Organic Chemistry ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009