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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  burned out; they stick around for mentorship, and to field a barrage of ... ; people often stick around for a few years after graduating, whether to get ... . Maybe your experiences were similar to mine; probably a lot of them were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  summer, and I think the opportunity to come back as a TA for Calculus, as ... Tex, which for me who is honestly pretty horrible at anything that involves a ... crepes and Chinatown would make for such a good mix, but the Kit-Kats, ice

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... working on a bunch of cool video projects while more relaxing things like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  (100 yards) in droves, and receive a free t-shirt as a reward for not ... were on crutches for weeks, thanks to a broken big toe. Senior year ... in a few minutes (for those last two PE Points!) and the swimming pool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  other extracurricular stuff, ahhh. I wish there were a pause button for life. Or maybe just a fast-forward button - because I cannot waittt for ... So a couple days ago, frustrated as I was by the fact that I wasn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  for the life of me I couldn’t remember a time when that had been my ... -more-mechanically-inclined boyfriend, Daniel M. ’14. For us, physics was always a collaborative ... fleeting fifth-grade dreams of being a mechanical engineer. When I was being

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  . Remember this post in which I facetiously asked for a space heater? Turns out ... market last Thursday. It passes for a can of Crayons until you pick it up ... , it's a time for residents to get together, enjoy free food, live up to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finding a job at the National Institutes of Health A guide to getting a job at the NIH

  

  Human Genome Research Institute? Thanks a lot for your help." This is an ... complete a Senior Research Project and I thought it would be neat to do my ... Program (SIP) application (which includes 2 recommendations, an essay, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Waxing nostalgic, in a zen kind of way I've heard of zen. This is not zen.

  

  , which made for a frequent point of contention between me and my once ... There is a car alarm going off somewhere in my neighborhood. The ... beeping it's driving me insane I am so tired This has been going on for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Crusty White Dogs Appreciation Post 💕 🐕 💕 🐕💕

  

  The other day, I was in a meeting for Cru Worship team, and the ... as a pet. I thought for like ten seconds and decided: Crusty White Dog ... [😭😭😭]. I was distraught by this for like, a week, and then I met with my

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  , I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. The weather conditions were far ... ] The University of New Hampshire ROTC program recently organized a MOUT ... paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Putz and Tetazoo are friends!! field notes from a faraway land

  

  for a week. Putz and Tetazoo have quite the relationship, one that ... developed a profound sympathy for whom this abhorrence is a daily reality. I ... nonstick pan. This would not be not a problem for Scrub Daddy, which now

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  up for email notifications so you’ll know when they’re released. I saw ... for their quality. They have drama, they have characters, they have danger, they have explosions, and they have a lot of people looking good

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW and other acronyms C.Y.G.W.T.S.F? I.F.C,I.B.Y.C!

  

  be setting foot on campus, many of you for the first time, to experience what a little bit of MIT is like. Can't sleep? Curious about what to ... down. One thing you should know for sure is that the much acclaimed

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  really great students on the waitlist who we wished we had room for. We ... their waitlists. Large waitlist movement at a few schools has ripple ... admissions for this year and let the remaining waitlist students focus on their

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  After a week of checking, double checking, and checking ... username/password information for MyMIT, this at least allows you to call the Office of Admissions tomorrow before we close for the weekend at 5:00pm EST

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering? Leave your thoughts in the comments... For those of ... coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  , turned into a prop for the glory of the other half.” “I didn’t have dreams ... going to become a soldier and there was nothing I wanted to fight for ... favorite. The first issue can be read for free. Once upon a time, each of us

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  is “a pioneer in cancer research most widely known for his discoveries ... students did for fun, also in the late 1800s. For some of you, this post comes at a difficult college-choosing time. I hope that a look at MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  for you and your burrito. Especially with ketchup. You see a long line ... enough underwear and know for a fact that those two other people going to ... but inevitably for the better, and that even though you're leaving a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006