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  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  in the middle of my time in the GEL program and contemplating my ... experience by asking for more leadership opportunities and establishing a ... GEL staff and more than ten other fellow GEL students, in which we

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home safe Bad guys don't hang out in the Infinite.

  

  offer seminars and other resources to keep students safe. Crime on campus ... right on the Massachusetts Bay, and I always get a little nervous on the descent into the airport -- the plane just keeps going lower and lower, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  though (after witnessing the sad drooping of my slice) and offered to trade ... perplexingly, the tip of the slice always flops down and [annotation note ... years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  a weird time. A lot of people say IAP is one of MIT's best offerings and the most pleasurable month of the academic calendar, but I don ... . Yet, most people do neither. They stay in purgatory and do some

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... band stretched and released within their abdomens. That was powerful, to ... high school has never hesitated to call me out on my bullshit, and I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  attire. My radiator churns and hisses through the night. Hundreds of students submit their final problem set. Held breaths are [annotation note="And ... Python"]6.0001[/annotation]class recently ended, and it's time to unpack

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  "]UA Innovation[/annotation] committee planned, organized, and hosted an MIT-wide digital talent show. It was a huge success and a great means of bringing the community together via Zoom! The categories it included ranged from music and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  highlights of a hellish semester it's OVER. IT'S FINALLY OVER GOSDAIUOSDSOIJD

  

  tedious to outright AWFUL and i'm still recovering from struggling through a ... grade for the second midterm. cue instant panic and regret mode...and let ... and a mf pandemic??? ANYways. as i've talked about in previous posts

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 28, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Wandering through the Infinite 3.5ish years of wandering MIT, squeezed into like one month

  

  four easy classes and a return offer under my belt, I had a lot of extra ... walls of the Infinite that I hadn't actually bothered to stop and read. In ... needed to be, and all of the words written on the walls of the Infinite

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  , and eventually I was offered a position as a front-end development ... campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies. People are lining up in Lobby 10 to collect their booklets and nametags

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  MIT; what majors and opportunities are offered; what I would have done ... ; woke up ~ 5 am today. it was early and the sun had not risen. i contemplated going back to sleep and worked on my urop instead. then i took a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  office, going to info sessions, and wading through the internet’s many offerings of chemical engineering industry opportunities. Recently, I came ... ) staff about this, and they said some interesting things in defense of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  new goodies. The first, and most notable, is the glasses-free 3D top screen. Using some fancy hardware and focal length magic, the top screen ... raid with some kitty cat warriors and as many Miis as I can find, so I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  of other classes. For that reason, 21F.702 (Spanish II) and 14 ... evaluate projects and determine whether they are worthwhile and feasible (from environmental, social, and financial standpoints). Over the past

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  New.com that offered $20,000 worth of design, engineering, marketing, and ... . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... it before, here, and I'll probably blog about it again sometime in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  the time. We will offer UROP tours (sign up at CPW headquarters), and ... big MIT event, there's a lot of hype, rumor, and mythology surrounding it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Surviving CPW Tips and tricks on making the most of your CPW experience

  

  visit labs, classes, and get exposed to everything that MIT has to offer ... For the record, during my CPW, it rained for a little and despite that ... , faculty, and anyone else you manage to meet. Rule #1: If you're paying for

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  As promised, I offered the chance to write a guest blog to prefrosh ... ! If you have any comments or questions, post/email them and I'll be sure ... times), and instead of whipping out my map, I took that as a chance to ask

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  break. As my wife so ably put it, "Back away slowly from your job, and no ... insight, wisdom, humor, patience and dedication. Much to my surprise this ... believe that I've only been at MIT since July of 2005 and this blog has only

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  I often hear students say that colleges control their destinies and that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005