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• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  ’t want my last entry on the MIT Admissions website to be about the Z Center ... -PhD.) For those of you who are "new" to the blogs, I graduated in June 2008 ... the library. Oxford makes you adhere to a dress code for exams

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  of my blankets for them to cuddle with at night, and then they suddenly ... may be entitled to financial compensation in the form of “me buying a ... . [annotation note="short for Public Universal Feline"]PUF[/annotation] usually

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s like I go to class or something. Or whatever.

  

  . Manalis, I know you probably didn't mean for it to be so mean. He and Prof ... Contrary to popular belief, I actually do stuff outside of farting around and doodling. Stuff like going to class and paying attention to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Behold, a day job! Still with ultra-short travel time!

  

  chemistry. I came across the lab's website last year when I was looking for a ... for summer research programs my GPA is too low for me to be accepted ... -British-girl-group kitschy image they're trying to pull off, which has nothing to do with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  an MIT professor, Rodney Brooks. To pay for research, the start-up sold robots to colleges, research labs and government agencies for eight ... company chairman and was responsible for pitching the idea to venture

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... 't getting my new bike for Bike and Build (which you haven't donated to yet ... have a really cool website where you can see the program for the whole

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  machine for 6.01 next to a disassembled puzzle.      One floor down is ... For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  I'm in Southern California now, preparing for the following Central ... handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is ... you don't have to ask (not that I mind questions). All of the below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  going-away potluck dinner for Julian, who's heading back to France on ... usually like to make something more complicated for potlucks, but I was ... pretty similar to a Bolognese sauce for pasta, except a little spicier. But

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  to trivia games. Here is one of the design exercises I made for the ... for the bad wiring. I have never worked with a breadboard prior to this ... 're looking to see if 6-2/6-3 is for you. 4. I'm making an effort to be more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  that I’m going to make an impact tomorrow. For my fellow course 2’s, we ... solve, and we look to each other, other people, when we search for ... complex problems to ever exist.   For some of us, that may mean health

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  . Mmmm chocolate. PooF To GO TO (Points for the Good of the Order) When it ... . Coincidentally, 17 also happens to be the number of prefrosh living at Random for ... stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged kindly. However, soon after, I began to worry about what my auction price

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  in 3 flat to find something to wear for school. Exhibit A: This ... over the other proves to be a mind-clearing activity. So while stuffing clothes into the drawer this week, I realized that since I've come to MIT, I

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another ... just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show ...  Answer: Stuff that I paid for. Right Answer: Stuff that I got for free at the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  to an online forum or writing those thank-you cards you’ve been meaning to for a couple of months. Some of my favorite organized internet ... . Even if your level of Wikipedia-involvement is limited to searching for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  to keep an high-traffic online log of your MIT experience to motivate ... Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  languages again. After that experience, I decided to try to go abroad for the ... the French department take around 10 students to Paris for two weeks to ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... ; work last IAP, I tried to UROP but applied for a random one that I didn ... choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  to tell about sth you created!) Can I send it online?" I do think this ... also be beneficial for my research mentor to write me a recommendation in ... project lasted only for a month or so, but it was a 9 to 5, monday to friday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005