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• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying in China on MIT’s Budget: a Guest Post by Saul W. ‘14 Saul double-majored in Math and Asian & Asian Diaspora Studies.

  

  of the world. The answer is that I'm also an (er, the school's sole ... figure that if I'm studying China I should really learn the language, too ... waste, I'm going to write this blog post as captions on photos. My first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  exoplanets (which entails talking about pulsars, which I'm always very happy to ... , we had about three times the number of kids (from ~40 to ~120) so I'm ... "Black Holes," which was totally cheating since I'm an astrophysicist. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  school, I thought I had achieved this balance. Turns out I was wrong. I’m ... Pass-No-Record is all about, this self-discovery. I’m grateful the ... now, I’m pretty optimistic.

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MOMENTOS IMPRESIONANTES Because this place is full of them.

  

  experience, one I’m more clearly aware of, one that encourages me to be focused ... despair, “but nothing works. I don’t even know how to start.” “I’m stuck ... ride a motorcycle upside down. Wait, don’t try this. I’m serious. Don

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  called Terzan 5. I'm particularly attached to Terzan 5, because it's home ... CRASHED! I'M SO HEARTBROKEN! Supervisor: I- Me: I THINK IT RAN OUT OF ... pulsar. And for MILLENNIA after I'm gone, he'll still be spinning at >

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  fear I'm talking about. You get up on stage, head filled with plans and ... WORLD WILL REMEMBER THIS FOREVER! I'M FINISHED! Dealing with it: It's not ... , but then get up and do it again. Deep Fear #4: I'm still terrified, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics and Alumna-hood I miss my team.

  

  that was. I'm still mortified whenever I visit the team and my old ... fantastically. I'm sorry that I can't be there in person to watch the match, but I ... off the match. I'm screaming and applauding from a bench in the middle

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  , to be honest, I'm a big fan of chaos. Week Two Departing Bangalore, I ... , including one claimed to be among the most picturesque in the world (and I'm ... the pieces in its galleries. I.M. Pei, who graduated from MIT in 1940

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  it off every month. So all in all, I'm not spending more money than I normally do, I'm establishing credit, I'm still not in debt, and I get 5% of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  : they are many, well attended, and thoroughly documented. However, I'm ... few hours blurred, but I'm fairly certain I toured East Campus in that ... conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  every person is not the same especially if I'm an international student ... serious study about nanotechonology? I'm really fasicanted by it and I think ... interest of homeostasis, I can't really say I'm that cool, but I can give you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  never blogged about it. Well, I'm going to now, because someone asked me ... , I wrote back, dude hang on I'm totally going to blog about this, and ... , what if it does change your life? I'm so excited for you. Now is the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  .) I’m mildly obsessed with the internet. Actually, mildly is putting it mildly. I’m overwhelmingly obsessed with the internet. I think a lot of it ... masks that protest the Church of Scientology. I'm against the Church of

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008 – Another Highly Satisfied Customer! (Guest Entry) CPW! Meet the Bloggers! Free t-shirts! Tim the Beaver! Exclamation points!

  

  By Omar Abudayyeh '12 While I’m not cool enough to enroll at MIT on ... . Now with that out of the way…Hi, I’m Omar! I come from a small ... walking past this excellent hack, I was innocently rickrolled (yes, I'm

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  ! See this little red star!? This one, right here, where it says I'm ... . We're inventors for Hasbro." "Alright then, here are your badges." I'm ... ! Poly Pong Four-Square meets ping-pong. Any questions? I'm pretty

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  week that no one (okay, I'm generalizing here - perhaps it's only me ... gleaned some tips about college interviews, and I'm going to share some of ... ...Russet Potatoes?" (I've read about them on fast food fliers) Interviewer: "Wow, I'm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  , look ourselves in the mirror and say, 'I'm responsible,"' Jones told her ... bit as bad as the parents I'm talking about," Jones says. "Little by ... says she understands the pressures. "What I'm asking my colleagues to do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  I'm considering at home or hybrid schooling for my student, do I need ... and you say, oh God, I'm not a big fan of physics. Well then, you ... they are not and that's what I'm going to say. And I hope that's not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  they promised, so I don’t really have any specific gripes or praises. I’m ... sale prices[/caption]   (4) good classes I’m sure but I just wasn

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  my favorite "classes" so far and, in a turn of events, I think I'm ... I'm not even that good so the extra practice didn't hurt. I did learn

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025