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• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... made out a detailed schedule for the week yesterday, so I already know ... , room temp. 10:30 AM. I start making LB agar, a kind of salty Jello for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  UROP and would rather build toys than wind farms was not chosen for a ... speak, it was a no go. That is, until I realized I worked for the Admissions office. Hmmmmm, I write for a website that prospective students read

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  factor controlling the admissions process. Suppose, for a moment, we didn ... here for the sake of argument). We could build a working admissions ... role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  to college, but he was sure that I was a great candidate for whatever ... : WHY am I not good enough for them? [annotation note="Nothing like a ... ! It's because I suck as a human being and am destined for the trash life

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. Deciding that a little carton of milk couldn ... 21 years ago today a very special carton of milk was brought home from the supermarket to a dormitory at MIT. It has lived there ever since

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  3 weeks in northern Italy Global Teaching Labs and MISTI-Italy

  

  for the early waking. There was a snowstorm. There was the walk up ... . Afterwards, eight or so of us went for coffee. I wrote down a list of my ... a list of books and essays for M., who reads Joan Didion and all kinds

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... 'm talking about an opportunity for personal growth. It's the big selling ... you need for shelling out something on the order of (tens of) thousands

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  with.    Reason for God During IAP we do a series called Reason ... I’ve been trying to write a blog about Christianity and Cru at MIT for literal months now. Every time I start writing it I feel like I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where ... something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and ... One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  frizzy hair (quite overdue for a wash day by now), giving up on it, rushing ... lol) as a real-time reflection of four years at MIT.  Today is hectic ... try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  Logic Unit for a 6.004 lab, after registers and stack pointers and opcodes ... let loose. It only lasted for a few chaotic seconds before I doubled ... , overlap each other, blot out the sun, and consume my entire life for a few

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  girl was really pretty, but she bore a really guarded expression for most ... from home asks my all-time-favorite “How’s college?!?!” Wooo - Here’s a ... . I had a mixed chicken curry or something. It blew my mind away – more

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ’t control what traits an admissions committee is looking for, or what mood a ... Fun fact: when George Washington was a young Virginian, his driving ... attempts, he was denied a commission in the service: not, Washington fancied

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  bicycle has several benefits, especially in a city like Boston. For one ... , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my ... a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Essay: Yogurt Edition! You like froyo? I like froyo! ^___^V

  

  via Common App for a couple schools so there were overlaps there ... a picture for your audience. Personally, I liked telling stories in ... saying that a great essay always contains something at the end for the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... you are looking for a quick synopsis. Rankings can provide a comparative ... highlighted for me is that I just haven’t come across a lot of great resources

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My blogger bio over time what does it take to get to know someone?

  

  for Carl Joshua, because I have two first names, because a lot of ... . We could stream video games for hours on a voice call. We can take ... stream video games for hours on a voice call. We can take turns reading

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 26, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  is a long one and remember that life is meant to be enjoyed. Thanks for ... Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is ... never would have ended up at MIT and probably wouldn’t have ended up as a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  are done, my grades are in, I've nothing to do but work 40 hours a week before my eligibility for student employment runs out, and I vaguely recall ... while I was here.   32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  SHASS Hack feminist hacktivism

  

  2 and just before Hayden Library for those familiar), a hack was put ... "] SHASS.[/annotation] I, for one, think this hack was extremely well done and the end result is beautiful. I will let it speak for itself, with a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 4, 2023