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• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  'm writing a bit too casually and uncensored and I'll probably get backlash for ... joined it for the people. I went back and forth a lot between my decision ... ...eerie and strange and still weird for me. I feel like a fake, in a way, with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  is, well, convenient. For a long time I thought this was a men's only ... it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be hugely important for your health and happiness, as well as your academic

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  and projects, I had gotten an extension for a paper for my [annotation ... landed in Louisiana, I was ready to not think about work for a week ... backpacker's haven. We got a private room for four people, which was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  never really forgave myself for that day back in 1996, and it's probably a ... . For me, it was a good decision to get a handle on the purely mechanical ... When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who’s that new kid? ANOTHER one?? Are you KIDDING me?! She doesn't even fit on the page!

  

  get to help me think of a name for my real blog. (I named my old one ... be completed, they're yelling for (at?) you. Ever since I got accepted ... x 22 is, I'll tell you it's the dimensions of a half-sheet cake; I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  . food, in general, is a nice way to express care for someone else. there ... convey. all of this is love, but in different ways. there is a passion for ... hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  bed for them and wants them. Moving to a different hall or entry: A ... Room Assignment Chair (RAC) for their dorm to see if a transfer can be ... will understand, upon reading leftcoast mom's comment above) For a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  question." Actually I love fast food, but eating it for every meal over a two-week period is a bad idea for both mind and body. :-) Have you seen ... well. Question #12a (Tell us about something you do simply for the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel ... the meetings, and the schedule for upcoming meetings in California, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  the year of YouTube, iPods, gas for $3.50 a gallon, record ... a new graduate dorm, pioneered a center for synthetic biology ... ://web.mit.edu/spotlight/lookback-2006/ for a look back at the spotlights. So what’s in store for 2007

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  settling in for a day of studying but will generally end with a group going ... been, a "morning person". When I was a child my mother used to start the ... got up and headed for the kitchen. Last fall I moved into the MIT Alpha

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  Today, I'm back in the office (but only for a day) after doing three ... was designated an open session for questions and answers. There was a ... I did was for the Gateway Institute, a program for minority and low

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  , save for the one Filipino guy working the grill. (He gave me a high five ... -making committee? What kinds of requirements are there for becoming a canyon with the ... a sweet job for me working as a research technician at RIKEN Brain

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..

  

  for YEARS, I swear. A note on that back wall: Gillian and I couldn't decide on a color for it, since I had a great teal color that went well ... very wall, for the mural), but Gillian was a big fan of the light orange

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  .022 Physics II pset, which was due yesterday. On the right is a scale for ... . Neither of these two essays are long. The papers for 21W.022 form a ... a ticket for the Institute of Contemporary Art, which I visited some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  test yesterday morning, and a final assignment for something else due a ... interning elsewhere for a railroad, and made a few other phone calls as well after running to Building 35 for a quiz. I've since spent the balance of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  major works takes up all of the time allotted for a standard ... handful of companies looking for marketers (and a local, book-based tech ... are a senior. (If you're younger, they may or may not want to give you

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  This was a great day. Take my word for it. What, do you want me to ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... was no TKD, though. Nightmarket is fantastic. For two dollars, I got a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  ... apparently I'm not very good at applying for stuff, a deficiency I am trying to ... was too scared to ask any MIT profs for favors (I am a huge chicken ... 't get a job; about 4000 people apply annually for 1000 spots). The NIH

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two Truths and a Lie Because we all definitely love playing icebreakers

  

  shoot an email to be less unknown!).  You probably have a passion for ... my key again, but now some people mistake me for a grad student :D ... truths and a lie.  Thanks for playing.   Sincerely, Erick

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2013