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• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  get to turn it around, and that's going to be awesome. Maybe in a few ... center in about 20 minutes to get ready to line up for the procession into ... . Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  queued for a later post (in an attempt to spread out my blogging and be ... stayed in touch more with a friend who moved away. Get to know people ... academics, such as planning and executing a water project in Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  . Awkward situations in "Shopgirl" arise from Jeremy begging for a goodnight kiss or sitting in silence outside of a movie theater on a date just to ... to see "Shopgirl," a movie based on a novella by Steve Martin. Claire

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  'd like to major in a life science. Biology is boring in my humblest of ... emails to see about UROP openings. I had two interviews, one for a UROP in ... . The aim here is to see if there is a difference in the children

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean ... at MIT to enroll in courses at another college or university.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  a patch to the source code, to generate a kernel module which, when ... , Jeff has in the past used Ksplice to keep this server up, which many ... ’o. “Users in the carrier grade linux space have been clamoring for this for a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  advise you that learning how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way ... job to be able to say that I got a job. Here are some ways in which ... *inferior* to getting a job in some way. This probably stems from the fact

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  live in a society bent on pushing productivity levels to the limit, even ... collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... is a true gem in its entirety, but the three main points that Petey

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  as a sophomore, and was the only girl in my class to make our school ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my class to make all eight plays and musicals held during my four years in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  of FIRST is, in the words of Wikipedia, to "promote a philosophy of ... a soldering iron but how to interact with others in the spirit of ... to develop in them the collaborative spirit that will make them a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... basement makerspace with lotsa big machines"]LMP[/annotation] in a typical ... as a noun and a verb (CNC: to cut out a part on the CNC mill

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  always seem to be sharing the elevator with a stranger in awkward silence ... Things always seem to come in threes. The Three Musketeers. The Holy ... I’m in one, I have no choice but to ponder the machine surrounding me

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Looking Backwards Sherman, set the WABAC machine to....

  

  : This is what it used to take to get in to MIT-definitely a lot less work ... into a socialist utopia. But, prior to leaving for home for spring break ... everything I brought with me), I paid a visit to Kim’s office and did some

  • by Alina G. '11
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  Toy Design in several months but that's not to say I haven't been heavily involved. In fact, I'd like to officially propose that MIT move this class from 9 units to 15 because it's not a low time commitment class

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  semester wrap-up snaps and snippets

  

  square.   i volunteered in a door-to-door get ... i contributed to in my urop at the center for civic media:   ... from mit. even when you're not on leave. i went to a documentary play

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  Sorry I haven't blogged in a while -- I've been hosed with the deluge ... classroom to real-time projects that have a significant impact on communities ... is a non-profit organization that partners with communities in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think of it as a stack, as opposed to a queue - so I cover things that ... adventures in EE), I didn't do much this IAP, so I should be able to just knock

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  to be a valuable pause in the action. I know I’m sometimes less likely to point out flaws in a system while there’s work to be done; this way ... section leader position in a weekly Engineering Leadership Lab (ELL

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  students don't have to be here. If you visit in January expect to see a lot ... Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship! And ... you live, a visit to MIT can be expensive and a little time consuming

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008