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• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  avoid repeating past mistakes. From doing a UROP, I learned how important ... Cross-posted from my blog, which is where I write these days. One If ... -making is a skill. Like many skills, there's a body of knowledge, scattered in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning by Doing a glimpse into the cool class-projects I got to work on last semester

  

  that these projects are JUST from second semester - and only a tiny ... everything for a while. I’ve had to catch up to a LOT of emails and Slack ... ’s only up from there!” Wrong.  The first day of my summer internship was

  • by Hala K. '29
  • July 10, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  them after I'd come home from class, or after a meeting, when I'd come back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  -printed trinkets. Cards and letters. A gift from a friend. It fills up, but not ... *to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a bit of a scattered mess at this point. Some of the boxes are full, but

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  from Facebook. A Dropbox t-shirt. Bright Google sunglasses. You are now a ... suits replace the sweatpants+baggy tee combos and everyone clutches a folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  tastes at least) and the function to choose a particular time slot from ... 1. Go home My last final ended at 12pm on a particularly ominous ... to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick than I realized...) It's a preposterous idea considering how many opportunities MIT churns out every year to send my friends everywhere from DC

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  It feels a little strange seeing CPW from a host's perspective this year instead a prefrosh's: there's less of the aimless wandering, the ... place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog ... , so they're going to ticket the event by invitation only with a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  who saw it and that we expected better from a website who claims to be ... thinks they . . . anyway, we're talking about Harvard here. There's a ... prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34 ... to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll?" And there was Xavier '11, with a bag of Bertucci's rolls. (Bertucci's is

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? This is exhibition week of the ... artwork from MIT's collection. Artists represented in the collection include ... Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a leading

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  yeast from one another under a microscope using a needle...which is a lot ... the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a ... to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  BEING DILIGENT STUDENTS FROM NOW UNTIL GRADUATION) -If you have a ton of ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing.). These are just a few small ideas - I know you can think of others tailored

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  phone with Marta from OR (represent!) and had a great conversation with ... YOU'RE A PREFROSH AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU AND I WANT TO ... guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Last Wednesday, somewhere between a biology test and a chemistry ... Fraternity Rush. I remember reuniting with old friends from CPW, and finding ... remember all the times my professors stayed a few minutes after class to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  . Several times lately I've found myself saying, "So a couple of weeks ago ... length of the dorm with a bag of dirty clothes because I completely walked ... ;*#!$ with your head. Anyway, I don't really have time for a whole entry, but

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... what happens as you become a seasoned admissions officer, or maybe you guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating ... a mini-contest, initiated by Ben: As you know if you follow Matt ... . What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost fan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found ... to be doing a 2.003 pset, and it really isn't a lot of fun. Adelaide ... needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006