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• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  . This city was where I learned how to advocate for myself and form a ... hated the sensation The internet remains a home base for me, even as ... 've escaped that in-betweenness of young adulthood and swapped it for a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goal setting and organization how i organize my life!

  

  't spend too long on this section, but Google Calendar is a typical go to for ... use. I got it as a gift from my mom and it works pretty well for my ... clicking a checkbox on a computer screen. I used to use a planner for school

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  rough shape from personally wrangling with it for a little while, it ... for five minutes and was able to learn a lot of non-obvious but ... the year for any semester in your road and a popup appears, where you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  Preview Weekend, and get a taste of what may lie ahead of you for the next ... 's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  was a challenge of its own, though. Burton Conner was cook-for ... Random for a number of reasons, so i was left with East Campus. EC has dope ... of our '24s. that would make for a considerable number of people from

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  , and they even gave me a mug as a thank you for giving them a tour ... home among the crazy prefrosh, excited for a night full of excitement ... seen wearing shorts and a tank top.  The temperature is well into the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  scans.) Also, a gift for you - a map of the MBTA, Super Mario style! In ... 're looking for a testament to how awesome rats can be, here are some rats ...  molecular modeling kits. Here's one of them! Why would I ever ask for such a thing

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

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  . And then occasionally, for a real thrill, we'd go watch the B ... drive home to New Hampshire for a hockey game. My brother and I were part ... things flying off the ice but this time we threw them on and for a great

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  community for a week, was where I saw some of the most unexpected things on a ... ="104449" image7="104436" /] And in the middle of studying for midterms, a bake ... MIT is a weird school. Seriously. If I asked you to picture a normal

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  . For instance, “Hmm, so if I mark an ethnic identity do I get a ... On college applications, you’ll probably come across a question like ... (s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... calendars until after EA selection, so I haven't had time for much else

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  powers for good.   Today, I'm attending Defiance, a conference ... (director of the Center for Civic Media) welcome attendees Julia Reda, a ... Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• 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 ... . Instead, I take a lecture course, hashing out the basics. Differences ... , Biology as conceived by Cambridge is about knowing a vast set of facts

  • by Cambridge
  • May 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  It's been a couple weeks, hasn't it? Now that I'm back on campus for IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thoughts on Snow quick notes from the journal.

  

  about snow: Don't welcome it with a fire alarm and evacuation at 9 ... waterproof to it as you thought. Silly: how grass looks like a bad shave when it's half-hidden under a thin layer of it. Stupid: when rain falls on

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I actually had several more entries partly written, but never got a chance to finish them up in a timely fashion, and now it's just way too late to go

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The best Metro station ever The Metro does it best.

  

  advertisement. Seriously, it warmed my heart. An advertisement for Western blotting in a Metro station! (By the way, a Western blot analysis is a biological technique that helps you detect a protein and get information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a few things from civic media race in sports, human experimentation, and hidden figures

  

  (IAP) at MIT -- between the fall and spring semesters, students get a ... ideas), and hang out with friends. so there's a lot going on, but campus still feels a lot more relaxed than it does during the school year. most

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  yourself as a match for each place. Teachers often find these conversations very helpful. If a teacher asks you to write the recommendation for them ... Music Geography In some countries/curriculums (for example, the British A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  for an entire 12 hours. Cambridge was wrapped in a wet blanket of cold ... , which was a few decimal places short of exciting, and walked around for ... stuck in a lab for most of the day. I mean, I'm sure she was voluntarily

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008