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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  graduating from Course 20 in 2013, I ran an educational media outreach program ... the MIT Media Lab’s then-called Learning Initiative. In 2018, I started my PhD in Course 20. Just the other week I had a lovely lunch with Ceri

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic ... fun I've had in a while. But it also was the first time I'd moved for ... the day—I felt like a sandbag... On Sunday, the fevers kicked in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  'm very grateful that this is the stress that I have in my life, as opposed ... oddly still, like time has slowed and all that’s left in the world is you ... ...blah. I don't even feel a right to feel bad about those days because nothing

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  job site in Needham, where I catch one of three trains between the hours ... accompanying sights beckon my eyes to rest. Each day that I work in Cambridge ... amount to something more. I thus turn those train trips into exercises in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  actual conversations i definitely had last night happy new year i guess

  

  myself from saying that because i'm normal, haha A: in a sense aren't we ... never made any real friends in mit A: oh B: i mean, do you feel like you've made friends in mit A: uh A: i mean A: well, no, not really A: but like A

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  My 5.60 Final is tomorrow at 9:00. In just about 18 hours, I will be DONE with my seventh semester at MIT! (I am currently trying to study ... , I think I'm in plenty good company :P) Anyways, one of my favorite

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... so much of the "frak it's 4am and I don't understand the material I have a test over in 5 hours". IAP in fact stands for "It's Awesome

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... was covered in the Boston Globe and slashdotted, MTG had quite a larger turnout than they expected. Luckily, I reserved my 12 tickets early... here

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  I’m not hosed I’m no longer neck deep in school work, and I finally ... nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... of being reasonable and going to sleep, I’m going to write this in one

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  I know well in MIT graduate programs are cheerleaders or former ... I'll be interviewing there in three weeks. (All of the schools at ... run-in: I ran into Bryan yesterday on the fifth floor of the Student

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time and change

  

  Term's over. Almost. I've always felt that term wasn't truly over until all of my grades were in, and I'm still waiting for two of them (out ... been in many others, so it feels more or less over. I'm in Louisville

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 2: DINEPA and mosquito bites

  

  Our first full day in Haiti yesterday was exciting and informative, but also exhausting - I actually fell asleep while writing this last ... meeting was with a man named Jean Francois, who was in charge of the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 27, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  and extracurricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  first-class as two words each, and father-in-law would be three. Thus, you ... in mid-December. I hope this is helpful. Best wishes as you finish ... ) deadline, November 1. I'd like to use this entry to answer some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  on Thursday. Once I handed that in, I had a couple of hours of class ... around 9:30, and started right in on the 18.03 pset that was due Friday. I ... . (Manchester photos to come soon, I promise!) I'll travel home on Sunday in time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... force behind it, that I meant to come out in Tuesday's edition. It's about ... things are not as they should be in the UA. I've thought a lot about this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... away in the other direction shouting "Freeeedommmmm". I don't know. It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  yeah so i guess i'm joining the "what i'm doing this IAP" bandwagon—in ... class and dropped web.lab.   so everything worked out in the end! i ... classes in the spring.   Mocha Moves   i thought six hours of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.

  

  noble intention in mind, I woke up bright and early on Sunday morning ... fascinating, not the least because I get to see Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons (in ... allotted time, I realized just how legit the work-energy relation is in real

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neurony goodness More lab, because that's what I do.

  

  's mostly what I do in the summer. Oh, and Adam and I went to Friendly's with ... this week in addition to writing the paper and making figures; mostly I ... long (5 hr) incubation, so I can mix the DNA in with the cells, then go

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 23, 2006