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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Center See a show at the Museum of Science Ice skate on Frog Pond Go ... too late to do some of these things. Take a class at Harvard or ... heads together and did 13 of them in 2 days (MIT students are experts at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  . ***ATS = Association of Taiwanese Students. I am neither Taiwanese nor an association of any sort, but thanks to ATS, I'm now Taiwanese by association ... dish under 375 degree heat. A modest serving of leftover bread stuffing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  Is this thing on? Um, okay. Some of you are probably like me and come from one of those families where you are the only one who knows how to turn on the computer, change the height of your mom's office chair

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  description of life as a doctor -- it just got a little graphic at times, and ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  little hazy on the distinction of what makes an engineering leader, so at ... little more important. I’m at the phase of my life where I’m deciding ... time at MIT or if I want to jump into a career straight out of college

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 ... Newbury Streets; both are streets with a high concentration of shops, restaurants, and salons (read: girly girl paradise). I bought a cute skirt at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in ... some sort of Associates’ Degree, from a community college*. So I became ... and March. There were a lot of emotional things going on at MIT, and in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small, and rapidly decreasing) degree, and my composure will vary drastically ... topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  's How I Take Care of Myself at one of the most stressful colleges in the ... to study at one of the most famous STEM institutions in the world. Yet ... reminded me of SAD just last Thursday. I was at the Massachusetts Science and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  ’t be returning in September. At the start of May, the end of my ... -way ticket home. There was a semblance of relief, knowing that years of toiling away at problem sets, preparing for exams, and pulling all-nighters had

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  is 221 feet at a 75-degree angle. It reaches speeds of 77 miles per ... looked at that first drop, I felt genuinely scared of a coaster for the ... before, because 5th East was going to Six Flags New England, courtesy of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  Penguins at LSC for the impossible-to-adequately-reiterate low price of three ... at LSC. It's absolutely one of the most amazing movies I've seen in a ... . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can be sung to the tune of the "Gilligan

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  ). If you just want to see the fruits of our labor/insomnia, show up at ... was able to buy one of the last tickets at 3 AM. Thanks to Dave, the ... actually not too heavy on the wallet at all: $15 gas tolls: $3.60 x 2 = 7

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  -- back when many of them were at MIT, course 9 was just psychology; the ... "Material Girl" at the top of your lungs. I found a pair of 4-inch Steve ... to real life. A GRT is MIT's version of an RA -- I guess at most

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  trading, and research. I have never worked at one of these jobs, but from ... Fund, or Fed (generally at one of the Federal Reserve's regional banks). You can also do this sort of work at places like the government's Office

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  distributed at a swanky event at Top of the Hub, a very classy restaurant at the ... at his feet, there are reeds in the form of the Roman numerals for 24 ... background, the Stata Center (opened at the beginning of my junior year at MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  nonbinary folks. If none of them respond, I look at couples, and then men, and ... YOURSELF A DECENT BACKPACK. I made the mistake of getting one for $35 at ... My last post was on my gap year, which was wild, full of writing, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  dropped out of high school and earned a GED at 17. So I'm a first ... department/school, at Medical, at Student Support Services, and so on. Lack of ... one happy profile out of many different ones at MIT. All I want is for

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  degree of expertise about Japan that may have a significant impact on their ... entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... international relations at all, you should definitely check it out. REISCHAUER

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week: Anjum Sharma A salute to one final senior.

  

  Name: Anjum Sharma Hometown: Perkasie, PA Degree and Minor: 15 with a ... just so happy at these events and it was amazing to get together with ... time with Matt McGann and the rest of the advising group freshman year. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2006