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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  holding the PVC pipe like a gun/cannon is THAT creative, but I thought it ... myself without the energy to stand up anymore and fell asleep at a table in ... This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  , i knew in my heart that it had been walked a million times before. now everyone is on the precipice of something new, feeling around on a dark ... in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  of my very successful female engineer friends. She is a highly ... nerd pride and it being a badge of honor to be called a nerd in my book ... journalists such as LZ Granderson, a CNN contributor, proclaiming that he is

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life (2)… [Mathematics] Studying math at Cambridge and MIT.

  

  a single year at Cambridge, than in my first two years at MIT. This is ... Kathy's post (A Day in the Life...), but I should also point out that the ... learning style is definitely different at Cambridge and requires a great deal

  • by Cambridge
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  is coming up! I completely forgot! And oh wow! The deadline is only a ... to get work done) in order to finish my application. After a short ... of being allowed anywhere near this school. In a sort of last attempt

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  tiny window (this one) and one larger window facing east, which let in a ... blinds. There is a nice view of Building 1 and a pleasant reminder that ... 's standards. As you can see, Maseeh is a convenient stroll away from the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  , this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some ... Times makes for a great gift. Even in this Age of the Internet, I do enjoy ... article. There was a nice section towards the end of the piece with some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a ... ), where I am working in the National Human Genome Research Institute. More on that later. But first, a State of the Institvte address. The school

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Check in on my cross stitch livestream during CPW – link inside!

  

  Here's a link to my livestream here at CPW! I'm stitching a hacker's map I designed. The goal is to complete the entire thing before CPW is over. YouTube Livestream

  • by Snively '11
  • April 16, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  how much of a nerd I am (Ok maybe it is a little about that last one….) This blog is a bit more serious, (get it?….bit?.....and we were talking ... his homework when he should’ve in high school, I wasn’t. I was a goof, I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Dunks? Without a question, the only place the Stud has left to its name is ... My fellow readers of the MIT Admissions blogs, a great tragedy has ... has been closed down. Yes, that's right: the Subway in the Student

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  finding appropriate roles for architecture in society. It is a place where individual creativity is cultivated and nurtured in a framework of values that ... amphitheater, a little blinded by the brightness of sun and snow. In searching

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took ... sitting in a lecture and listening. To each his own.) Duke University ... Scholar Programs offer a diverse range of classes in visual arts, sports

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... [/annotation] in it, don't worry) and both were delicious. there's a dope park nearby ... ="aligncenter" width="515"] a pier in the esplanades. that goose straight chillin

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  school in a city that has so many other colleges and universities is ... hair in a protective style for a few weeks and not have to think about it ... , I guess.  Social Experiences  I realize I go to Oath a lot. In the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  'll already be in Germany. The German Requiem is a really amazing piece of ... DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented ... conductance. Conductance is measured in Mhos and is represented by an upside

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  + looks exactly like an A-, which in turn looks like an A. That's great if you squeak by with an A- for a term in one class, but if you got, say, a ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... gotten a nice result, but my postdoc Albert asked me to run the samples in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... potential ways to solve the problems. I take a nap, and I’m in Hartford in 2 hours. I call an Uber to get to my hotel in Simsbury, a 20 minute drive

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is ... least Chris M did. Yesterday a video, made by a bunch of people from

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009