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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  summer is a key time for us to travel, work on dormant projects, and take ... an automation engine (think IFTTT, but for your phone) and there is a ... conference hosted at The Hague. I'm a fellow at the National Center for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  a pretty generous designation for that rather sizable piece of ... say, the last week before I start working for the month of August with a ... for me, this means that I have a ton of data analysis to do. Basically

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

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  great for me to care. Nonetheless, I did apply to some schools as a ... just any degree and a passion for it. Part of me still feels weird not ... to look at ways to use STEM for a more traditionally government

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  association sponsored a luncheon today for the acceptees and their genetic ... , residents are required to pay $300 per semester for a 50% discount in any of ... residential dining: 1. Buying groceries and cooking for yourself or in a group

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

  thank you notes before i go

  

  reiteration of my Peace Corps rec letter for you, but let this be a public ... respect. A profound, deep respect for you and everything that you are. I ... my comfort zone. For teaching me to relax more once in a while, to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  to different stores for different foods to get the best deals, a ... because most people aren’t taking classes. For a month, we get to catch up ... . Feel free to propose a topic or question for the blogs—y'all make this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  winter. You have to know how to dress for the cold. A few simple rules ... Most students are home for the holidays, but a few sent me photos of ... Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  Office. In addition to the Career Office, there's also UPOP, a program for ... So I will elaborate on this entry later this evening, but for now, I'll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  late. I punted the task of finding a thesis advisor, a task necessary for ... having to work out a plan for me to do the requisite work during IAP ... so hard to remember that "you do not have to walk on your knees for a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  - Accomplished...in a bit. I'm signed up for PearlHacks happening in February ... off, but I'd put two or three blogs in a week to make up for it. Keep ... guilty, like getting a TV for Raymond and I's room, or buying a switch game

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  sign in the cold for an hour vs. purchasing a sign holder."]when it ... ’s even just nice to be able to get out of the MIT STEM bubble for a bit ... more of a genuine interest for subjects that are generally

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... you were willing to knock on enough doors and really fight for a ... involved cleaning glassware. Washing dishes is not a job for an undergraduate

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  depleted for several months. There's a lot of reasons, professional and ... , drinking too much caffeine for too long, and had a nasty, weeks-long mystery ... Glacier for a day hike, out to Manson, WA to visit my friend Kate, then down

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  flips over to fold into a desk that would be way too big for any actual ... work on our next 18.01A pset, so that's what I'm doing next. Thanks for ... you may have already noticed, I have a penchant for long, winding

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  idea of blogging about the Muslim community at MIT for a while now. To be ... you to explore other things about yourself. It makes for a richer human ... ’ve had has to do with the elections. It was a very scary time for Muslims

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21M.712: Choreography — Making Dances theater arts classes >>>

  

  everyone coming from a different background, it makes for a really ... a texture, or feeling of a movement, to create. for example: "melt ... .) after watching a piece, we wrote feedback for each classmate, which was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  ! This summer, I've come to realize my love for a certain being that has ... party - I made this in a fit of nostalgia for East Campus parties and it ... playlists that I cannot include on this site for Reasons) There's also a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  for 3 hours, demolishing half a biology problem set, watching classic ... bed with a dozen other people, carrying part of my couch upstairs for no ... (incorrect) arrows for a few J-pop-filled hours in the Random Hall basement

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  relativistic dynamics[/caption] This experiment was a great start for the class ... this sounds, it was a very cool realization for me to see the concepts ... After two and a half weeks on relativistic dynamics it was time for my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  world. This is unsurprising for a field (again, stereotypically) devoted ... bit of a follower. I accept that these rules exist for some reason and ... lonely. For nearly all of my life I had been a content little loner, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022