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• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  , semesterly dues every month, the possibility of having to live in the house ... that I was chosen by lottery to live in the house and my options were to a) get a doctor's note saying I can't live in the house by some

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  picture getting married to him. So we revelled in the teenage dream that is ... getting married to that person, having kids with that person, getting old ... didn’t really want to talk to. And real in-person interactions only

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  : to mope in good company. I went over to my friend Sam's dorm and ... to do about it, in return. This led to the second profound moment ... was careful to look him in the eye. "I guess I have two main concerns

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  to get there in one step. I felt so far behind and I was mad at myself ... me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I ... need to find a way to understand. Freshman Taylor did not get this at

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  . Did I fall victim to a herd mentality, get caught up in the hype and ... to think, to really process things, to take a breather and, in the ... without needing to wash it- I can get ice cream from the Baskin Robbins

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  (Humanities, Arts and Social Science) office, which then gets turned in to both ... glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a ... only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  school are getting married. It's a weird thing to be a female scientist in ... 'll get to some answers next time I check in. EDIT: I stuck a really super ... school in a small-to-medium-sized town in Ohio, and although I had my share

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  rivalries. And since media is everywhere, this class also means I get to write ... we get to go to events for free. The CMS department sponsored me and a ... anime episode--and there is a challenge to managing that time in the best

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... ;Introduction to Research Topics in Neuroscience.” Emilienne says that ... , mostly because I thought I would be interested in getting a UROP for the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent ... get in on the action even if you think that throwing a pot can be

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see ... any of you, I'll be so relieved to have made it there in one piece that I'll be in a great mood! This fall will bring me to Connecticut

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  WTHBBQ! Chinese Buffet! Spring 2008 courses, with a really bad analogy, haha. (super long post o___o)

  

  difficult to get As in certain classes. However, in 8.02, you're told from the ... playing in the background to keep from falling asleep), I completed my epic ... physics in a manner that was "exciting," or so to speak. To me, physics is

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

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  , and with my second season of reading applications behind me, its time to start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2016. If there's one in your

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college ... handful of years. So, in this post, I wanted to lay out the full context of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  to nothing in the long run. 7:30-8:00 pm Sophomore Welcome Dinner ... from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn ... internship panel for anyone interested in a career or degree in economics. (I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  everyday you get to surprise one of the greatest admissions officers in the ... 's around! He's a busy guy, after all), whether it's to chat, to get advice or ... . Conveniently enough, my UROP is in Building E25, almost right next to Senior Haus

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  in February. Raphael very kindly woke up extra early to help me pack ... so, we went to the lobby to check out and get a cab to the airport. I ... particularly endear us to her. She wrote down suggestions for how to get to our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the past three years, both in terms of getting me into grad school (the boring part) and in terms of making me happy to be alive and able to get ... Harvard in September. (Like any good MIT student, I still get a little

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores ... , it doesn't hurt to prepare essays for other universities just in case ... potentially rake in tens of thousands of dollars. Reply to no-reply corporate

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  *waves goodbye* Homeward bound

  

  in, I always thought of MIT graduates as geniuses. These people went to ... and get ready to head home for the summer! I haven't spent more than two ... not even close to done packing. But, that's what tonight and tomorrow

  • by Snively '11
  • May 19, 2009