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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  large events, get funding, and how to get involved in student activities ... the initiative to make a change in the community. The MIT Public Services Center offers students the opportunity to volunteer in its numerous

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  actually do get to practice in real situations all these skills that we ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... about GEL as opposed to other leadership improvement programs I’ve done in

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the ... even want a shot at getting into these classes”. Well, this was news to me! I was left scrambling at the last minute to try and get into a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy. I'm in the hospital, and have been since

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and life.” In other words, to help you! From Jacob: “We believe that you ... counselor to get real college essays and relevant advice. Through

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  they're interested in something, it seems to imply that they know a ... Hi! I'm Qiaochu Yuan. That's "chow-chew," as in food and a thing you do with food. You'll probably never need to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  's weird to realize how easily you can immerse yourself in something, and not ... Adelaide and when I told her, "Hey, I'm about to get to Mass Ave, I'm at ... update to say that I made it safely back to Boston after 20 hours in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun with Legos A photo journal of THE coolest room I've ever seen.

  

  happens in there. I've found that it's sometimes easy to forget that this ... So all freshmen are assigned to a faculty advisor who helps them make ... advisor, which is an upperclassman who acts as a something of a mentor to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  encourages students interested in UROPs to be persistent and to apply to ... to the process. At MIT, Sid is completing a double major in Biology ... For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  . then again, i'd rather not get my hopes up in case things go to shit ... airport to fly out. I have been stuck in purgatory (aka. boston logan ... :35pm) i get to the airport with jebby. we're planning on rooming

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  happened, I was still a freshman, desperately trying to get on my feet. In ... [/annotation] and didn't get it. I auditioned for a solo in one of the Asymptones ... chances on me, between acceptances to choirs and support in writing

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The One and Only Melis

  

  thought that it'd be imposing of me to ask if I could get help from her in person -- much to my surprise, she asked if I wanted to meet her in person ... contributed to MIT in so many ways that I wouldn't know where to begin. So, I

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  'm sitting in the emergency exit row directly behind a bathroom - but rather to ... me, who have not gone to the restroom once yet in the first three hours ... house. Right in between the microwave and the food warmer. I plan to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... front leg. When the Red Sox had their amazing comeback in the 2004 ALCS to ... Fenway Park to celebrate in the streets. I could hear the World Series from

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the ... schedule, or the work that needs to get done, but it does mean I never have a ... . Either way, I'm leaving all these circles I'm in, and I'm going to have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... Admissions office, they believe you. How do you get to be so cool? In the ... huge variety in what people wear to class and to what extent people care

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... decided to go to MIT. In some ways, I am still surprised I got in to MIT ... and motivating you to "do well," your success in college will

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , yikes!) I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in the south side of ... was accepted to The Institute. I do often like to speak in analogies ... out) to see if fish would get scared. (They didn't.) I always use this

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... . . . there's rapping in this class." Being flip wasn't going to help me get in ... In middle school, I repeatedly listened to Lupe Fiasco's hit singles

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  words again. But then I thought that I may never get to call "Big Rock ... know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really ... times this past month. We would get up way before the sun rose to drive to

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024