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• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  long alumni typically wear it – I’ve spotted it on the fingers of a few ... tempted by the fruits of Silicon Valley or otherwise find their passion ... ). One can of course see that from my resume, but the ring has occasionally

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the people stumbling across the blogs are among the tens of thousands of ... the attachment solidified as years of romanticization played out over my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  and/or college counselor) I have always tried to provide the type of ... application portals open, and deadlines fast approaching, I am reminded of the ... time, for each of the last several years while I was away from MIT

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually blog about, I had the chance to connect to Vaishnavi at one of the ... faculty, staff and alumni in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at ... the 'Food' section of Pinterest lately. Might make the following this ... becoming a doctor, I wanted to get a little insight into the pharma aspect of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  rekindled my love of the movie and feel inclined to revisit it. Now I know I ... my feelings of self-doubt and attitude towards the “real world”. So ... here’s the (very long winded) beginning of my college experience, through

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  Experiences to enjoy outside of this box. I also have some options for the way I ... into the vastness of the box that I’m in. But it’s possible ... : [/annotation] 6.036 (Intro to Machine Learning, 12 units): One of the first

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  mention school and real life), I do need to mention one vital part of the application process that should be at the top of your To Do list: the interview ... . Just like the teachers you’ve asked for letters of recommendation (you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Removing a hack This is too cool

  

  Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This gives a great look into a machine room right inside, a trench around the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 22, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  Govern '59, Founder & Chairman of International Data Group (IDG) ("the ... -by-step book on how computers work, written by Edmund Berkeley. It was one of the ... attracted the attention of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  continue the streak of awesomeness through the 8.02 exam tonight. =/ And if ... do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today ... Maine for a relaxing rest of the three day weekend. Mmm... lobster =) ... Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  Part of the Up-Goer-Five Game. This Eye-A-Piece, I did a lot of things. When i heard from the "big man of the computer space" that we were doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for the majority of my college experience, so it'll take some adjusting to ... in the midst of a lot of relationship-related conflict to be reminded

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some virtuosos play $4 million violins, and some Trojan heros wear brass rats $4 million violins, not 4 million violins. Joshua Bell isn't *that* intense.

  

  and journeyed down the five flights of New House stairs because MITSO ... : MITSO and Concert Choir concerts are free for "members of the MIT ... : they were an accessory, not the focus of the play. Henry Purcell was an

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

  let’s talk about financial aid a different kind of holiday miracle

  

  package. I'm a student who has to go to a full need college--the cost of ... . Not only is the entire process of applying for financial aid confusing ... the U.S. that is need blind and full need for all of our undergraduate

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  energy, and the rest of the things that come easily are mostly Internet ... , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York ... Miller. It's one of The Cut's most read articles, and describes how a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  burnt by the burn-out of too much work to do and I steer clear at the ... Harvard, and I noticed they had a TON of the new Peach Pit Album. Like, way ... rest of the year! Grrrrrr i'm so upset."] newbury comics

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  ’s second law, the other hand stirring a vat of soon-to-be chocolate ... the entire day, locked myself out of my room, and measured muon velocity to be 0.98 times the speed of light - exactly what we hoped to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• 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

  

  preferences about the domains of your required recommendations —  we want one ... than the sentence or so I wrote about each of Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Oliver ... email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021