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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  to be placed in a laboratory. I thought it was just because of my lack ... , and desire to learn. Once you are in MIT, you can use the Institute ... find a job and figure out what they want to do in life. I also used the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  letters, I can try to address them in the comments below. But my main point ... , because I still think in Python-influenced data structures, years after 6 ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  this stuff up. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm not, I swear). To make ... nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in ... ? A NERD? Why, I've never been called a nerd in my life! Good heavens

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  Nearly fourteen years after graduating, I still wear my Brass Rat every day. It feels strange when it’s not on my finger. I panic when I can ... she saw me wearing the ring in the wild (and I gasped in despair at how

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  have a schedule that I stick to. I'm not one to sleep in really, so I spend some of my free time trying to get ahead in classes, etc. I try to ... in my room, but I need to attend to that this weekend. I like to see

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it ... . In high school (and middle school, and elementary... and college), I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  I spent my IAP in northern Wales through Global Teaching Labs, a ... dozen other MIT students in South Wales, I was the only MIT student in ... train back from a day trip in Liverpool. Then I painted a few scenes while

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  home, and what falls in between. And yet, while I stress about what I ... , I am also currently freaking out in every possible way right now. I ... happening as well. I hope that everyone can stay safe and well. <3

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  Admissions (and taking off the tie that I wore today!). In a nutshell, here ... them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people -- I ... MIT, you know what I mean), we can usually reach consensus after a bit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  interview. I know that you are really busy and involved in a bunch of things ... far fewer Filipino, White, and Black families in my community. I ... guess it all really started in middle school. I was doing well in my

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  one of your comments, and I can't answer every question right now, but ... planned). I think you can call next week as well. The number to call is 617 ... know this. I confirmed as of this evening (Wednesday) that admits in at

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  . You should definitely try to come if you can. I've never been here in ... *Sigh* So I went and wrote this whole entry about women in ... no good. So the new plan is this: I'm going to go in and observe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  follow. my partner is lead, but so far, i can hold my own; he doesn’t need ... , lifting my left, as my partner nudges me in front of him. i shuffle my feet ... happen. by the time i’m back in my room, i have twenty unread emails, all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  . It helped that I got an early start, having stayed in Boston during the ... hands-on lab sections where we got to see the theory in action, and I had ... technicals, and I really liked all the other students in my section! [caption

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  sophomore year, shortly after I declared a major in [annotation note ... classes and so should legally not be allowed to register for more than I can ... material interesting. I was, in fact, much more interested in my friends

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the ... hollered, the response felt more sincere than any applause I've heard in ... * reading of a work in progress. *I choose the word 'devastating' because

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this ... . There are no words that can possibly describe the insanity I encountered ... -nine celsius, if you're so inclined.) When I landed in Boston, it was anything

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to ... ." the 2018s were all in your place last year. i spent the whole of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  It Lives. can i be nostalgic yet?

  

  can bring. I've gone searching for this hum everywhere I go. In my ... echoed in my bones. As I looked around, I saw others marching along ... difficult to follow, too hard to keep in time with. Erratic. Flighty. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 2, 2022