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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  ominous dark skies today and what was forecasted to be a partly cloudy to ... and the court gets all muddy and before you know it your pants are wet and your shoes turn into a disgusting lake that your feet are just

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  last assignment. I've got one pset (8.04), one paper (biophysics) and two finals (8.04 and 8.044) standing between me and two MIT degrees. I don ... What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  degrees from Berkeley and should be receiving his PhD from MIT in January ... Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  . And tour groups in Killian Court looked at it as they went by. Hacks ... something like graduation. *grin* Brian '08, Antonio '02, and Laura '04 are ... Hurricane Harbor, the water park. I really love intense water rides, and this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If ... first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and ... HIM GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and have some cake) (and other people too if

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  from all over campus, and the dorms that offered RBA were not necessarily ... programs and freshman advising/seminars? When do you choose your classes?" I ... last minute changes, and then submit your final registration in Dupont

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  female students and administrators from Ivy League schools such as Yale, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and Princeton. Ironically, every girl that she speaks with aspires to be a lawyer and almost all plan to stop

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  members at the Activities Midway. We mostly utilized free candy and the ... -cheerleader.) Well, after training the new girls (and guy) pretty intensely over the ... yesterday. Although the weather was miserable, we all curled our hair and put

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  high school, and I had lead roles in five of them. I made all-state choir ... the state of Ohio, and we went to the Macy's Parade my senior year. So ... what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  who accept this offer will "unenroll" at the first college and enroll at ... waitlist? We offered 499 applicants -- approximately 4% of applicants -- a ... know how how many people will enroll, and how many people will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  , thought, and effort that now has to be put into thinking about what is that ... choose from to do a research project on. I scrolled up and down the list ... /science related in an English class, so I took it and hit the ground running. As I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  multiple interview rounds, and finally received and accepted an offer to work ... school has to offer. The Future The future is looking brighter and ... our last problem set of the year. I laughed, and felt my heart sink as I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  will have to take for the degree. 4.111 basically introduces design and ... I am really excited for spring semester’s classes, and without ... cramming for SAT Biology as I’m sure many of you are aware), and then

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Untitled "The work is untitled because meaning is always changing in time and place." ⁃ Félix…

  

  concerned with formal aesthetics and those concerned with the political. The ... ;present,” but your identity is “absent.” (Oh, and what about the droll ... Soviet art. Our conceptual point of departure was: Soviet economic and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  . They now both have (extremely generous) job offers from this company, and ... /astro master's program as well, and he was offered admission and a research ... is in the Longwood Medical Area, and the labs I've chosen to rotate in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  (offering free ice cream and challenging engineering-themed games), the crowd ... , and she was just petting its head because she was bored, but then Joey ... , and walking around on the floor of 10-250. Okay. This was especially

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  surprisingly numerous students who enjoy the outdoors and travel. If there's one ... , especially for an MIT student), settling onto the plan and watching the ground ... and independent and refreshed, even though I always get (un)lucky enough

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  Activities Period, Period of Independence and Activity-Doing! I've lived here ... internship, and I must say it's been quite an adventure. I've settled into a schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  who are also passionate about advocating for equity and inclusion. Here ... community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in ... the first person in their families to go to college, their university

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... , or Waitlisted for the Class of 2013 and I know you all are waiting for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009