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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  force me to have a much deeper understanding of the material. Yes, you ... starting to get a little idea of what being a scientist feels like.  You can ... whatever). Because I don't want college to be just a natural extension of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a ... a turn, and dipped inside the nearest store to ask the owner for ... phone fixed again, in Allston, next to a corner store with imported

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  A Battle Scene to Remember Construction zones are the perfect playgrounds for epic battles

  

  cautioned off from the public due to a battle scene between the different ... waking up in the morning after a terribly stressful week to a new hack by ... This semester has definitely been a rough one, especially around this

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  pay homage to the product that made it famous, eBay has a case full of ... . ------------------------------ Thanks to Tiffany for a great lunch and lovely tour of the eBay complex ... friend Tiffany (MIT '06) for lunch; she's interning for Accenture, a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  hours a week, I never lost that boyish charm when it comes to the two and ... years I didn't have a book to read, a paper to write or a set of problems ... Interphase? According to the OME's Website "Interphase is a rigorous seven

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  how to be a microcelebrity or micro-microcelebrity, or micro-micro-microcelebrity, or...

  

  ’t sleep until 3am because I hit a critical mass of a desire to write. So ... felt like I needed to live more life and read more before I had a right ... anything anymore? Or was it just a way for the scrapers to source information

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 18, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  an entirely new continent (whoop, whoop there more to go). There’s a ... . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inhale. Count to three. I stand, staring at my feet as a blend of laughter ... we can have a safe relationship" "I want to become a teacher. We need

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  whose major function is to serve as a structural base which recruits and ... Morgan told my postdoc, an MD/PhD named Albert, to make a knockout mouse ... kiddie pool of water and teach him that there's a platform he can swim to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month ... the same time. Aside from research, I have a couple other things to ... dedicated to giving kids of cancer patients a chance to spend time with other

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  some luck based on your circumstances. It's going to be a bit harder if ... distance to your high school, DING DING DING! You're in a prime position to ... passage to sit in a classroom after school with a dozen other kids and watch

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  , this can also be a good refresher. Some of the following is specific to ... ’t be able to do much. When your MP and HP drop below a certain threshold ... subbranches. You have a set number skill points to distribute among all of these

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  minutes away. Getting to MIT is a “commute” now. The bus chugs through the residential areas, stopping at every block to let out tired adults. It’s a ... of it, not a mere tourist or spectator of the rush hour crowd. I go to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  wanted to sell the tickets. This seemed like a great way to build disciple! The race was a month out, which gave me just enough time to train, I ... up? Nope. I went for a 5 mile run to test out the waters: My big

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

  Getting an education from MIT has been likened to taking a drink from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our ... must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  am, to have regular access to a 3D printer and a laser cutter and drill ... more discussion, because that leads to a better result. Don't use ... yeah, ideas.  The basic idea behind our product was to create a device

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and ... find that I’m trying to channel a me who’s not really me anymore. It ... , extracurriculars, careers… At one of my lowest points, I decided to write a letter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had ... -of a CPW given, but Midway features student group booths to show student ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  st is the deadline for freshmen to declare a major. Technically, it ... want to make that my minor, with a major in management, but I'm going to ... that it would be a bad way to get where I'm going in transportation, but

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  , sometimes more than once. I felt like a quitter when I left things I loved to ... ’m going to love designing toys, experiments, problems without a doubt. I ... to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the ... not to stress. If you do find yourself getting stressed, take a step ... So many of you are starting off with college applications trying to

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006