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• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this ... in Cambridge, just a few blocks from campus, but intentionally keep the ... while I keep in touch with current undergrads I was already friends with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  websites and documentation are more likely to use “MIT”—so much so that the ... were greeted with was an absolute flood of more acronyms. In fact, I think I’ve seen more acronyms in the past few weeks than in my entire life

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  exist in droves—McKinsey information sessions are packed full, pre ... time in college: Not being involved in professional clubs. My sophomore year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime ... I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  GPS coordinates on the website, and started walking in the direction we ... I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... video of 80 people, all dressed in blue polo shirts and khakis, just standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... remember back in high school, every college admissions officer highlighted ... research. Some promised that every student could do research at least once in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  at several schools in January and February. The process was [annotation ... ? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a good research job. It's ~5 years of subsidized training in a field that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  MITES website: "MITES participants spend a rigorous 30-35 hours in classes ... ! Melissa wrote, "Should I call you Mr. Matt, or just Matt? Anyways, I'm in my ... A few courses in Astrophysics Hope that's helpful! Tracy wrote, "Does MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  opportunity to really dig in and research a topic of your choosing related to ... have a significant amount of time to dedicate to it.A key factor in these ... subject of your essay. You cannot just be “in your own head” or making broad

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  served as Treasurer in my sophomore year and didn't enjoy it since, well ... . many of the people I respected on Mocha graduated in the two years that had passed since I was on the team in person, and the new members we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  ," Day 2 - "Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017," and Day 3 - "College Life ... for you! Sure, students have less time for books in college, but we don ... Palahniuk is a minimalist writer, which means not a single word in his books

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  calculator addiction: What if we knew the solution before the calculation? In ... ). Sanjoy Mahajan sees a general trend of pragmatism in the United States ... the material can. In his May 19 xTalk “The Art of Insight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  rancher. This distresses me. I own no cattle.) Tucked away in the American ... , Yan Z., frequent superiority in the World Series, frequent superiority in the cooking of ravioli, frequent superiority in being more dangerous

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  sports teams, and a whopping 25% of students will participate in one during ... Collegiate Athletic Association, which is the organization in the United States in charge of college athletics

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  -campus visitors, reading your applications, and duking it out with my colleagues in ... with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge ... ? Some of you may be wondering, what’s the point of visiting in the first

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  what he says . . .twice. Woo-hoo! Here we go, we're in 26-100 and Ben is ... speech. He's now giving a brief history lesson of MIT. In 1861 MIT was ... 1865. It wasn't in Cambridge at first, it started right across the river

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  upcoming term. It hurt me to do it; 9.15, only offered in alternate fall ... , froshlings. You. You'll all be here in two weeks. Your friends at other ... yet and you're sitting around wondering what in the world a Math

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  question that is asked. Below, and in my other Questions Omnibus posts, I try ... : once in the late '80's and early '90's, and returned to doing it just ... response in a few days, that does not necessarily mean the EC is ignoring you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006