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• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  just say that succeeding in your senior year is doable. But it's a ... Let me start with a confession. Last year, if you had told me that I ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  armchairs and a big TV. This week, I learned that to be a great composer in ... that I played that piece as a kid. Muscle memory is a magical phenomenon ... ). I loved having a class that taught me to listen, and was all set to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... can't pinpoint a single instance that propelled me to do this. But I was ... that which is unquantifiable. I can pay a nanny to take care of my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  . But I do think that there is a bit of a stigma about such plans in many ... taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a ... in recent years deferred to spend a year in Israel, others to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I wrote for my HASS on Tuesday. Today is an awesome day. Hopefully I can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  place where I do my skincare routine and whatnot. There's also a microwave, as well as a coffee maker that will remain unused since Ray and I never ... ? Solution: Find space! We have basically agreed that this place is merely a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  's when I graduate!I've been, in a word, miserable. This sort of misery is ... why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a ... produce in a given time. In fact, I've summarized the quality of being hosed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  !) ...but I discovered from trial of fire that six classes is A LOT - I took ... would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  object is moving in a circle. I got a lot more confident with rotational ... actually worked, or why it mattered; or I felt that taking a certain class ... ). [annotation note = "The 'k' is a joke, albeit not a funny one. I was inspired by

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... I'd throw that out there. What a great town. I got a chance to be ... 'll remind you that I only work at MIT. Oklahoma City, OK (A.K.A. SOONER

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  the interview, speak in a manner that is easy to understand, and bring ... surprised when I noticed that many trees have started to don a new coat of ... in Taiwan that we only have two seasons in a year - "wet and hot" and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Deprotonated I see the way you're split into your ions and you're fully dissociated.

  

  in 10-250 are, indeed, purple). "I'm a HORRIBLE singer!" she protested ... , sorry, but I have one quick question..How do you get to be a blogger on ... I'm taking 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) this semester, which is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  because I didn't go to CPW or do any pre-orientation programs (let that be a ... graduation, and I only got to do that because I randomly saw her in the ... that this is all one gigantic stupid sad memory in my mind, like I really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  shows that MIT is a series of nearly back-to-back all-nighters, except ... attempt at a story occurred in grade four. I wrote an 84-paged tale titled ... in my cluelessness. I had no idea I was such a terrible writer, and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  excuse for me to revel in the fact that I miss my little brother a ton ... get a point across.) The essay is your chance to show that you're not a ... growth and that my retrospective lens is better than 20/200 vision. I like

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  office when I suddenly realized that I hadn't actually blogged about my new role and responsibilities in the office. This is a problem, but unlike ... achievements. I'm new to the position, but the role it plays in our office is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  .) In a weird convergence of universes, I ended up teaching a class that ... Lydia is a kind shepherd of the blogs who puts too much trust in my sense ... material snot really is. Fast forward a few years, and I'm making educational

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  day at a time through doing things that you love to do. I like MIT.  I ... reaction on that day. Now, how about a proper introduction?  My name is ... flame retardant plastics, and I was actually chosen as a finalist in a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  am I going to do? Steal it from a high school? Saturday afternoon ... With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... , with no Central Meetings to do, I'll get to catch up with some friends

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  dimples in the Charles let me know that it was still raining. I ate a ... that that is quite literally what I am doing at MIT and what I have been ... interview in Japanese conducted by my professor, where a partner and I were

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024