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• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP Deadlines and Openings The deadline for Fall Direct Funding is September 15, so hurry up and find yourself…

  

  information can be found on the UROP Guidelines website. For a list of ... UROP students pursing research in the School of Science. It's pretty easy to apply for one of these awards, just write that you are applying for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  vanish from my todo-list i’m getting tired of fourier transforms these ... the mud so concerned about right and wrong The giver of permission ... the echoes murmur louder Get up and fight me Are you afraid of your own

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come ... from the college process.  While the specifics of each situation varies, the underlying question is almost always some variation of “How do I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what we’ve been up to recently a short list about winter break

  

  attempt to not fall off the face of the blogs, here is a list, in no particular order, of things we’ve been up to recently:  Studying for the GRE ... really liked a lot of the songs, and dance numbers. Memory was amazing, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  've already had a lot of "bleary eyed" moments in the last few weeks (my eyes are actually pretty sore as I type this), which reminded me of the post ... 's recent post, around this time of year there are usually a bunch of "pre

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  want to remember every moment. So I find myself reviewing my to-do list ... watched the second presidential debate. How do I make the most out of MIT ...  MacArthur 'Genius' Grant winner - held a reading of his new book, This is How You Lose

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  How to MC Hammer AKA embarrassing yourself for charity

  

  The Class of 2015 list of 101 things to do before you graduate has challenges of varying degrees--I can proudly say I've already seen a concert in ... --participating in a charity event. I got to display the full range of my talents (or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  complete list of sessions, click here. You might be wondering, what happens ... Beginning Wednesday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... it’s a great opportunity, and it almost felt like an MIT-bucket-list ... trying to find a UROP because of this, and instead waiting for an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  ://web.mit.edu/olh/Clusters/ Email list management (check which lists you're on, add yourself to other lists, etc.): http://web.mit.edu/moira Directory search: http ... on it): http://calendar.mit.edu/ Activities Association of Student

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  me, specifically, to write her letter, as well as a list of which ones ... email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions might read something [annotation note='Variables listed in brackets

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  that added another degree of freedom. I tested out some options on the ... knows how many times, and each one has a story, whether it's that of the ... at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  cw: I discuss some injuries with varying amounts of needles and blood ... of the other skills I practiced was self-care. I learned to let myself ... after I ran myself and select members of the engineering department into

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  Today I am bringing you my MIT Survival Guide, which is a list I made ... of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year at MIT. I did not, shall we say, come from the most stringent of high

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don ... 's book author to speak, and donated a copy of one of his books to all of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  took care of me when I got sick. I’m not going to try to do ... follow are just a few of the highlights: We spent the first leg of our trip in Hyderabad, one of India’s renowned IT hubs, and the latter

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  , I went through the full list of 700+ startups that have ever presented ... (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  a list of 14 colleges that I was planning on applying to, but I had only completed about 5 of the applications by mid-December (under the ... I’ve recently had a number of startling revelations: I’m almost

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  of questions MIT alums ask each other when they meet: what course were you, and where did you live? Most of the professors were, of course ... -- back when many of them were at MIT, course 9 was just psychology; the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006