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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  've seen her in a variety of roles over the past year and a half or so: she ... questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just ... , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  waitlist in the past few years, we admitted very few this year (due to the ... make sure that you have a place to enroll next year other than MIT in ... require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly ... , my interest in science consumed my time that once went towards art or ... 't enjoy the content; I am nervous to start biology research in case I find

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  to decide whether to stay in our current major, 21E Humanities and Engineering which allows us to combine CMS with Course 6, or to switch into ... wrote Axes of Confusion. In the end, what let us decide to dedicate last

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  -and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I have also been in an application frenzy looking for something constructive to do. Believe it or not, I ... !) Applying for an internship is a challenge- actually, applying to anything in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  Earth Solar. I've been out to Palo Alto / San Mateo in the past, but never ... used to build terrific things back in high school - incredibly elegant ... their steampunk bicycles or home-fired ceramics. So Greg and I went to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  introductory classes to improve their writing, or out of interest in a particular class’s topic, or even because they are required to by the results of the ... in your major, or even technical. I also do quite a bit of music in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to ... ? At some point or another, each of these numbers has felt to me like a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s that time of the year again If you want to do a UROP this semester, now is the time to contact…

  

  : Thursday, Thursday September 14, 2006. Keep in mind that there are three options when doing a UROP: - UROP for Pay: Up to $1,250 per semester, which works out to $9.00/hour, when you are funded by the UROP office. Need to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the ... space in a Turkey vs. Spam entry, just in case you were planning to go see ... and Fonzie just walked in or something, my GRT Chris noted that they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  outcome in your life”. eg. “you should exercise to become more fit” or “you ... people in these areas reconcile “not being able to change other people ... very little to do with how much you care about or understand the people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  send in a whole new version of my application? No. You do not need to ... enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your ... committee. We do not expect or require any of these things. Simply sending in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  to find the Beehive Cluster using a map (that I read in red lamplight ... Dear current and future MIT students, There is a class you need to ... : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been ... After two and a half years here, you’d think I’d know most or all of what there is to know about MIT. But I don’t think I even come close

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Finals Week…A Different View ...Or why I got up way too early this morning...

  

  . I lived in Baker House, often referred to in those days as the largest ... play a similar role to that of the Graduate Residence Tutor (GRT) in the dormitories. We're there to offer advice, make sure there is soda in the pop

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • May 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as ... semester - there are no sports, activities, or social activities to really ... MIT, but still go on to do an MEng, or do a multi-year grad program

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  hadn't ever used a mill or lathe.  I wasn't sure what it meant to tap a ... , I was comfortable with all of these tools, thanks in large part to the ... controllers provided by 2.007 aren't terribly reliable or easy to use.  I decide

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  in Malawi. I hadn't applied and been accepted to any software firms or ... yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... -up to help make learning foreign languages easier in foreign

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  crying in front of people. On Thursday, my postdoc took me out to lunch ... that stuff, but it means he doesn't really have to worry about getting in ... away or do you think it's better to just start w/ the easier ones (like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006