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• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  Jose, California. I brought with me all that I would need for the next 9 ... compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury, and after the short program, the first segment, wasn't even sure I would

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  spend in college. if i knew about covid i’d have spent more time exploring boston in the time i was actually there. if i knew everything would be ... home ruminating about things i could’ve done differently in college, and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (3)… [Biochemistry] Another biochemist sharing his experience as an exchange student.

  

  equiped to look pretty in the lab. For example, I can pour a gel, then set ... remember most about Cambridge. As for Biochemistry, I hope students in either ... up to that point are just differences in order. *** One thing I notice

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  squeeze in a few more statics equations between lectures. I would sit alone ... me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I ... in class yet, and would be discussing in next lecture. It had never

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

  Take Deep Breaths :) Deep breaths.

  

  that story all over again. I thought getting my bachelor's degree would ... if I got in, hear if I got funding, etc. I still believe, however, that ... to wait for me. I have three months left in my undergraduate career

  • by Bryan
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  it would be like if I didn’t go to MIT, if I went to college back in ... classes haven’t gotten in the correct rhythm yet. I couldn’t find a ... different days than they normally would, which messed up the times I allotted

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in ... summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost every weekend. I deserved it. The first step in my day of laziness was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  . They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... to this place. 2. I'd never driven in the snow. 3. It was dark. Thank ... So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  Nicholson, and Charlie Sheen. It was pretty interesting but I would not highly ... (yet, unproductive) break. The weather only aided in the inevitable procrastination, as it was 70 degrees with cloudless skies all weekend! I plotted my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a ... 't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  in writing Last semester I tried to get all my writing requirements out ... resulted in way too many essays for my liking. On the bright side, I didn ... blogs and didn’t have too much content left in me. Next semester, I’ll be

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time ... 'm listening to the radio and driving (in a still-fully-attentive sorta way). I ... one towing. It was little enough that I decided I would try to bring my

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  I've spent most of this summer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, staying ... in-person or remote. I knew that I could stay at WILG if I interned in Cambridge, but I'd have to search for housing in San Francisco. Also, I knew

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  like you in that kind of way ;)” vibe. In my mind I would not be happier ... of the core aspects that caused me to work hard in high school. I would ... , looked it dead in its pale, white, papery face and said, “I will defeat you

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  international student!!" I would recommend having your essay mailed in along with ... tapes should showcase your talents. I would send in anything in which you ... probably don't have it. I would recommend sending in an additional copy of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  , course 7, but they were excited to hear that I was doubling in course 9 ... in Baker... nobody from my home, though. Today I was home and doing ... Madden high-heeled shoes that a) I have never worn, and b) I would not be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  class, something that would've slaughtered me in high school; although I ... the exam would even cover, and yet I walked in there and took it as if I ... to one more blogger freebie. In four years of reading the blogs, I don

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  thought I would largely contribute in a behind-the-scenes way, as I do with ... bed in the morning...I will be cranky. So when I needed to stay up to pset or study or whatnot as a student, I would drink a soda! And that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  from Diane, and decided that as long as I was in Harrisburg, I would get ... 8th grade, I had the (probably misguided) idea that I would look just ... policeman in Guys and Dolls, I was able to disguise the anachronism of my hair

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006