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• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  the story I told. But ultimately, I want to let this story speak for ... ~5 minute (true and personal) story about challenge and resilience at MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn ... camera. Hey, I'm not a morning person, and I can't remember to do ... :( what should i do to prepare for the tryouts in the fall? First and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  for lecture to start so we all hushed and listened in. The idea behind ... calendar for next week everybody, we're taking a field trip. We're going to ... to our displeasure, that we would be doing an in-class assignment for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn't blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few ... and radio shows, and used to run one for my college newspaper, so it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  up some experiments, let the ones that need to run for awhile incubate ... time for a UROP). 1pm - 2:30pm Off to cellular neurobio (7.29). Hunger ... would definitely do my PhD in, if I were to come to MIT for grad school

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  possibilities digital events offer compared to in-person ones. First years Favour ... . It was originally intended to be an in-person event, but the committee ... made them feel more welcome to the MIT community. It's hard for first

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Two short stories My last three weeks in a nutshell.

  

  've always been the first person to make fun of them. Between the claims of ... wasn't entirely convinced of that. I needed to see this for myself. I ... works for tons of people; I'm partial to the setup of frat rush, where you

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after ... entire day, I went to Quincy Market for chowda for lunch (the American meal ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and ... project, but realized that getting different personalities to work together ... plan for the next 6 months. At the end of 70 minutes, I had to give a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... to continue receiving credit for it? - but since I don't know for sure ... 've linked to class descriptions for all of these.) 1) Math. Many of you will

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  the process. It really was a great opportunity for my family to ... parent-readers out there, I'd also like to thank you for helping your ... critical job for parents is to make sure that young people don't interpret

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  potential to take on each of these personalities to get the girl (in this case ... will never grow closer to a person, or people, than when you are up at 3 ... friends are for.” Instead you get things like “lol oh look Ben is trying to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to get pumped about ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... velvet pillow. The trio proceeded to crown me as tsar. The witnesses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about ... semester to say she thought the introductory writing courses must rate as ... about our students—how interesting they tend to be and how interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to ... because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  proof of life hmm :thinking-face:

  

  , very loosely stitched together because I gave up on trying to have a thesis. also the writing is not very snappy oops the soundtrack to this ... internship during the daytime hours. I was writing embedded code for hardware

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  didn't go to any of them, for one thing. Sorry to disappoint, but I guess ... Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you ... whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to ... person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the ... Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  . I applied to be a blogger for MITAdmissions two times before I was ... for nothing because it didn't pay off in the way I had wanted it to. And ... . And a part of me wanted to stop writing entirely for a month. I thought

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... i want to be good at a lot of things out of personal interest and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021