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• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live ... because I've been preparing to apply to grad schools, scholarships and ... with a mug of tea contemplating how I've reached the point I'm at. If

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  that's specifically designed to get lots of sign-ups, kinda like search ... were three of us: one of us is going to grad school in the fall, and another one of us was in the process of applying to grad schools, and then

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  an oh-so-healthy college student meal of pizza ordered on the internet ... cheerleading practice with me -- she was a cheerleader in high school, so coming ... in high school. My dad was a football/basketball/baseball star. In

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... War II and deepened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia ... gallon of milk every morning. I am well known among family for ripping off

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  outbreak, a group of MIT students came together to build a 1:1 scale replica of MIT in the game Minecraft. And given how dedicated, ambitious, and ... success. In a span of a few weeks, a group of around 300 people spent over a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  to this concept in high school,” and my brain cried out (silently, of ... . ’16 and I painted a mural of B-Entry’s crest (designed by B ... achievements of your friends, current/future classmates, professors, or even

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 's simply a tab on a lever that punches out a precut piece of aluminum. It ... enormous amount of work. In fact, this "simplicity follows complexity" idea

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  design has already seen the light of the blogs, in this is fine by Gosha. I ... having to plagiarize use another school's graphics but I digress. Class of ... '23 and I ordered a ton of merch with designs that go way back. This

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  making solar cells lessons from my nanotech class

  

  .2540) because it was one of the few mit courses offered this semester that felt ... at the beginning of the semester i wrote a post where i mentioned ... good decision, as 6.2540 is now one of my three favorite technical

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 15, 2022
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  ; Michelle, do you remember?) year of high school, when my friend Michelle ... groan, now.) MIT is a fairly unique school when it comes to on-campus dining options; there's a huge cooking culture in many of the dorms, as

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• 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 ... help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions. Among other things.” “Sure, I’ll help you eat that whole pan of brownies

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Expanding on Pass No Record It's not so much a time machine, as it is a dodgeball cannon!

  

  are a bunch of different classes, each of varying degrees of difficulty ... . I'm discovering something about sophomore year, well, a lot of things ... taking a lot of classes over a wide variety of disciplines. These are known

  • by Snively '11
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  Back during IAP of last year I wrote an entry about a brand new "toy ... loved it. I'll keep it into grad school and even after that. But why am I ... to a couple of people in the room. Chris M (of blogger fame) has one

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  "] Members of my a cappella group and my best friend from high school turning ... , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There aren’t 500 days of summer, but I was too lazy to count how many there

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  not to fall asleep in my last stale months of preparatory schooling. The ... far into the future, to what happens after you show up at the school of ... think differently. In high school, I was, like a lot of you, an academic

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  they offer, and I probably spent 80% of that entire day talking to ... ="National Society of Black Engineers - An organization that works to support the professional development of people who identify with the black community"] NSBE

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  well as the design of the little overhangs on the [annotation note ... 'd do a bit of a tour. I invite you to walk with me from the front door ... outside. I'll be honest - I'm not the biggest fan of the architectural

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  for school. Many programs offer scholarships or compensation for labor ... moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the Class of 2012 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system ...   Ahh summer. The fresh air. The copious amounts of free time ... success. Thankfully the MIT Housing system is designed to give everyone the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  the school I'd been dreaming of attending all along - who let me crash ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last ... on to discover the even greater joys life has to offer. Earlier this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008