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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the terror of knowing Ten dollars for my thoughts on grad school.

  

  thinking about doing for grad school?" ...and the emphatic answer is I DON ... major classes and labs between your sophomore spring and your junior ... to grad school with a more balanced perspective between industry and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  campsite for a half hour, we finally settled at the fire pit by the cabin and ... cuddled and huddled together for warmth, and then Will L. '16 took out his ... MITOC rules and regulations for renting out the campsite, of course). Our

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  blackberries with my grandpa and built a tipi of sticks just the size for a four ... to go for a walk or get real food. If I didn’t love the world and want ... thing ever won’t happen for a long time still, and when it does happen, I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  this summer and I'm currently looking for an apartment somewhere near the ... battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm... If you guessed ... cuprates". For those of you with complexions darker than mayonnaise, that

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  and cram. Really. 3. Shopping is therapy. 4. Naps: they're not just for ... 's just a nice place to sit and think. So here's my list of Things I Discovered About Myself Freshman Year... 1. There is no substitute for sleep

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my ... between being unhappy with and uninterested in your classes and just being ... tired, so tired, and I mistook unhappiness for exhaustion. I was

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  for the first half of the summer had only one real “deadline”, and that ... and my PI was in Eastern Time. Studying for the GRE was also very self ... by emceeing for fun events and running meetings. I have grad school

  • by Phi A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  , pistol (or rifle), and sailing courses for their PE requirement. Although ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for its contributions to the fields of science and technology. But do you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  million possibilities for each minute, and you would go to every single one ... resolution not to cram... but I STUDIED ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT FOR THAT 18 ... MUCH OF MY LIFE I WASTED STUDYING AND OK Marcela go study for chem

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Radia Perlman ‘73, Mother of the Internet Radia Perlman has three MIT degrees and more than 80 patents.

  

  earlier this year. (And, for the record, I think in the picture at right she ... software designer for computer network communication systems -- and one of ... herself and got people to listen -- fortunately for computer users. Perlman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  from the other day in class and add a little something to them. Just. For ... .309 Measurement and Instrumentation for Biological Systems, followed by the entire ... Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  and you're choosing between this info session and (as one reader asked ... visits and the big regional info sessions. I'm not looking forward to the endless sea of rental cars, maps, airports, hotel rooms, and fast food

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  educational and research background of MIT for giving her this opportunity ... things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  sorted out (and has been sorted out for quite awhile), I have a few ... guys between comments and collegeconfidential and all that. Well, maybe I ... those of you who were rejected: that really bites, and I'm sorry for you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  realized 1) it is entirely inappropriate for innocent eyes, and 2) I said ... , and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving ... used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... and held off the Giants for a scoreless first half...but the Pats ... and over and over again: See, the weird thing about the Patriots this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  since CPW/orientation days, and it’s always been between China and France ... Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... was MISTI. MISTI (The MIT International Science and Technology

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Last Wednesday, somewhere between a biology test and a chemistry ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of ... blogging for MIT. I remember all the ups and downs of these past eight weeks

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  been my first choice for most of high school, but for a brief period of time, another school took its place as my number one, and then the two ... top choice, and a couple of days after receiving my acceptance to MIT, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school senior. I wrote it for personal reflection (I enjoy writing) and posted it ... got and you could go to college for free, no room, board, meals, or

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009