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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cue the montage music

  

  offered me a blog and the task of writing about my life at MIT and the ... guy by the name of Matt McGann visited my poster at the Intel Science ... -PhD, because, well, I love this place! I’m entering the 6th year of my program

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Continuing our series Introducing the Class of 2013... Jonte '13 ... scheduled to graduate in the top one or two percent of their class," said Michael Mallory, executive director of the Ron Brown Scholar Program. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

  . Without further ado, I present my expression of feelings for the first ... wee hours of the night, With my 13.01 class in Procrastination ... scaled a few walls, all very run of the mill. I found sisters I can wake up

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer club sports?

  either instructional or competition focused by nature. Many of the ... competitions, and some clubs have sent athletes to compete on the international stage. The instructional based clubs are staffed by dedicated experts who
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my ... (Independent Activities Period--in essence, MIT gives us the month of January to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Does MIT offer exchange programs?

  MIT offers a number of opportunities to study, work, research, and teach abroad.  
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  . That's a lot of degrees between the two of them, and these guys know what ... that invest money in startups in the hopes of greater returns. I mention ... know pretty much every single one of the groups on that list! I have to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Have A Core Curriculum?

  

  take, though there is some degree of choice for each of the required ... the College Night at the Bronx High School of Science. Fellow alum ... classrooms around the building. It was pretty busy for the duration of the two

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  was a super fun class! We also signed up for 21W.744, The Art of Comic ... drop it after 3 weeks because of The Job Hunt and Grad School Apps. We ... we wanted to learn after seeing youtube clips of the storyboards

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  the Amalfi coast, hitting a few towns along the Mediterranean, including ... only dreamed of visiting one day: from the canals of Venice, to the red-bricked roofs of Prague; from the jutting grottos and bright blue waters of Capri

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  , the entirety of the drawer declares mutiny and goes madly deskless. It ... place on the hierarchy of desk assembly, and it took me at least 45 ... 've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  of people. The idea of someone yelling at me for taking their picture is admittedly a little terrifying. But a rule of the class is no asking ... this semester are 1.013 and 1.041. Yup, only three classes. The glory of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Going On Some of the 600+ Campus Preview Weekend events.

  

  Important note: the weather forecast has a 70%+ chance of rain Friday ... midnight here on the East Coast, so Campus Preview Weekend begins today for the MIT admitted class of 2012. It's going to be a fun weekend. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  keep going down this road At the beginning of senior year, I began ... Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I ... one, knowing that the action of choosing will change me in an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  assure me that all was well. At first I clearly didn’t know the meaning of ... nod meant yes, no or neither so the phrase didn’t mean much of anything to me. However, by the end of the trip it almost became a sort of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  themselves from the pain. The mere passage of time turned out to be that ... , Andrew J. '10 and I placed offers on a number of houses, all losing to ... win, though I concede the meager pool of opportunities sought (can

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What’s new? Life in Radiohead's hometown

  

  -PhD.) For those of you who are "new" to the blogs, I graduated in June 2008 ... in this blog entry, but I’ll try to touch on some of the surprising ... ) Classes I’m really enjoying my immunology program. For a taste of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  turned in my last final, walked out of the exam room into the bright Boston sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  reflecting off a surface at an angle of around 50-60 degrees from the normal ... laundry hamper mashed onto the cushions of a green car. (Is “green” somewhat of a creative-imagery let-down? To be specific, the car was nearly the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  sitting with me for a while. I quiet them most of the time, but occasionally they come up, bile burning in the back of my throat, to painfully remind ... myself looking at my peers, feeling the painful sting of mediocrity. My

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022