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• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  today on this blog, I also begin a weeklong celebration of our seniors. I ... -representative things can be seen: two of the students will be working for Lehman Brothers ... , finance jobs are over represented in this blog's group; grad school (of all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  that I would play one of THE characters in THE chorus line. It was a ... loudly. The diagnosis is clear: I have a solid case of post ... (MTG) put on its last performance of “A Chorus Line”. I was exhausted at

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  am leaving a suggestion in the comments. OR I am making fun of you ... I'll be gone from MIT forever (?) in five months ... lot of stuff left unblogged. Taylor V. '19 did something like this in

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  of Curves & Surfaces i have really wanted to take a course in ... examiners, i registered for what i hope will be the equivalent of 48 units at ... . firstly, people mostly take classes in only their own major. i had the

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  firmly in the back of my throat -- out, I finally came up with a simple ... MIT, I can proudly claim the “gay” identity. I’m part of Queer West. I ... cause of the pain I saw in her eyes. But the temporary solution of “lying

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  final month of school! Somehow, I can't believe this year is coming to an end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... ) that I'm living in. It was definitely nice to hear from the President of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  the other teams. I put in hundreds of hours writing and test ... together in front of the curtain. I had the best seat in the house to ... intellectual mancrushes of mine are as profound as the one I have for Professor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  inside cover of a DVD I sent in with some of my other work. I'm really ... olympiads about which I can write in my app and which were in no way less ... A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... has been one of my most treasured experiences at MIT thus far, and I am

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality ... Schmill. Can you pick up the dean of admissions at any other college? I don ... about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . "Unity in the face of diversity." And for that, I say Thank You. After the ... . Subconsciously, I've been feeling a lot of feelings. Sadness. Despair. Hopelessness. Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can ... the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of ... . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  lengths and formats). A Statement of Purpose (this is the experience I have ... the student to engage in teaching and/or research in furtherance of the ... intended to support a student in a full-time course of study." In other words

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time passes Someone left the cake out in the rain.

  

  want to skillet so I can get some searing action on. In a beautiful bit ... arbitrarily. Hey folks, not too much of interest going on in my life right now ... . The last time I played this was in fifth grade, I remember, because it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had ... ’t work. I have had many umbrellas destroyed by the wind in Cambridge and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  meet the baby bloggers! (some of whom are older than me)

  

  . '24 of Arizona, who was named after the stop codon in DNA (!!!!), writes ... , isn't that the guy with the scooter, who can teach you the secrets of ... economics and education Mel N. '24, of Iowa & Minnesota, who was born in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  ’ve tried in college. The number of MIT students I have met feels incredibly ... knocked me over with a giant box of bananas as I stood there, frozen in the ... as a collection of significant places Mitali frequented. I hope you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver ... one of my fellow classmates told me with a smile, “I’ll never get tired

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... of the idea of technological blowback? In other words, machines

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras ... in terms of geographic outreach but also its structure of different ... ! New this year: there are free apps (iPhone, Android) that students can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017