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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  ’m beyond hyped for this semester. I get to mass produce yo-yos, build a robot ... topic. (In order: Design and Manufacturing II, Introduction to Robotics ... Last Sunday may not have been my first time coming back to MIT, but I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  building to since I was 19-years-old and decided I wanted to work in communications. The problem is, I’m starting to think that getting to this point ... how I do things in order to keep advancing? I mean it got me here, but

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  able to get above a C in this class. Normally I'd just tell myself that C ... given my all in attempt to get it published, but I burnt out before I ... validation you get in return feels good and satisfying and right. Sometimes, it

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... personality points, etc. 1. Create a list of everything you want to include in ... in what makes the most sense to you. I quickly assigned each bit to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  that IAP. But this quarantine I decided to go all-in and get my money ... I genuinely thought I had to peel my skin in order to get the glue off ... to risk looking like a mess in a meeting, recitation with ten or fewer

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that ... . =) Played in an Assasssins' Guild game, where I ended up trying to conquer the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  , visiting family in Delaware and New York, and traveling to Cape Cod with some ... heavily on each word, so bare with me as I'm trying to get back into the ... capturing memories in creative ways and am learning to better understand

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• 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.

  

  's warm here, you still have to drive to get anywhere in Florida, Jamba ... you've discovered my secret: in addition to spending time at home with ... 't being spent taking a minicourse, going to a country in Africa, or becoming

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  plenty interested. I've even managed to get myself tangled up in potential ... get to keep a blog. No joke. Part of the requirements are to write ... I left home to come here, but NJ was still home in my mind. I knew I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show ... get to see them for free. I only have to work one evening each month, and did I say I get to see movies for free? Who wouldn’t want to

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  take in my fall semester and how to get around issues I was having with ... crumble in laughter if they could read this), I have tried to condense ... to the other side of the world in pursuit of education. This was the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  in love with it. Not to the point where it was what I was thinking ... able to enjoy things without getting obsessed the way I used to felt like ... used to love in a self-deprecating way, like, "Oh man, my Undertale phase

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... -secret military agent whose patriotic duty was to sit in front of a CRT monitor and play minesweeper to protect U.S. troops from setting off hidden mines in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... to colleges that don't usually really get a lot of love, the Zion Bible ... around to getting dressed it was about 2:30 and I put on my SPS Shirt

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. This will ... if you're an upperclassman). Let us know which dorm you get temped in

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  318 memorial drive a historical rabbit hole

  

  students to get to Harvard"]1 bus.[/annotation] Just to the left of the ... picture. We could verify this by trying to get a picture from the same ... "]not quite dumb enough[/annotation] to stand in the middle of Mass Ave, here is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  It's been a long week, but next week promises to be even longer. Classes end this Wednesday, then we have one day to study (most schools get ... men) will give their Winter Concert in Kresge. I went last year (to the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... available to you (such as living group websites and the Guide to Residences in ... you submit this list to MIT, where a computer puts everyone in a dorm

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  see them in class, to p-setting with them, to merely just getting to ... one freshman in the eye without freaking him or her out to begin a ... you should never get that vocal or intrusive, but you do have to learn a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  all this time, I never cease to be thrilled to get to finally meet all ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... great resources so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014