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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  own right, and I was also taking solid-state chemistry in an effort to ... -based math, and it culminated in a project where I got the chance to listen to ... semester to be over even in its earliest stages. Eventually, I perfected the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  Undergraduate Education at Sloan. i was connected to him in my first week on ... one major, so i should choose whichever path i’m more interested in. 2. choosing whatever i’m interested in is easier than it sounds. i’m probably

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  , sophomore IAP; I would pause, in the late afternoon sunlight or the early ... in the back of my mind until I was finally able to finish it over IAP! I also got started [annotation note="We're allowed to do this in EC

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  being good enough in computer science to succeed. I would just like to ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... , really wanted to do, something I had brought up in our group chat because I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  to be rejected, my mom would see it first. But still, I called. And ... proceeded to hyperventilate in disbelief and happiness. I've wondered before what my life would be like if I hadn't gotten into MIT and hadn't chosen

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... would've churned this out in no time, but writing The Words turned out to ... actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  some shots where I thought it would be a great addition to zoom in, or to ... I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention ... I figured I would talk a little bit more about this class. I'll start

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in ... the station and I must interrupt the quiet peace I've found in transit. Lately I've found myself wishing I could stay in this liminal space

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You know, that intro stuff

  

  keeping a lab notebook), and even in my journal at age 9 I included a rundown of what I considered to be the essential statistics in my life: "My name is Mollie Burgoon. I live in Pickerington, Ohio. I go to Peace U

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I ... try. I love you all, and best wishes in the future! ... Since I start grad school orientation tomorrow, and tomorrow is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid ... matter whether it goes in the trash or into the mouth of somebody I know ... would encourage you to join me. Maybe, if I'm so motivated, I'll write a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... then move on. Right now, I'm taking Mechanical Engineering Tools (2 ... time in the Pappalardo Lab and the Lab for Manufacturing and Productivity

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent ... people like us have to deal with. I would like to say that I haven’t had to ... you. Here, I want to try my best to share a few moments in my life that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  depressed and start asking yourself "Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom ... they fear that bringing in bigger boats to Berlin and Brandenburg would

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  in an RPG, his charisma would be... cheat code." ***** "I'm convinced ... conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was ... that if I weren't holding a vial full of toxic solvent right now, I would

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in ... what used to be (and in some ways, still is) a very powerful word. But I ... lot. To switch gears slightly, I applied to MIT in the regular action

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  'm writing my thesis, which is in product design. I'm taking 2.72 - Elements of ... interest in music, and 2.674, which is a nanotechnology lab. Oh, and I'm in ... been sleepless nights and what I would imagine has been a mind

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Some Hosed Down Hodgepodge In which I breathe, then return to my business

  

  of which has kept me incredibly busy. To put much of this in context, I ... old people do. So basically I had to edit this down a whole bunch in ...  ever! Unless I got 20 points out of 20! (that is, 20 factorial), in which case I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  longest I had ever been away from home prior to then would be my three week ... temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an ... hope that I'm not in the room when they are put to use and I must commend

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007