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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  experience. It’s a magical shared experience.” -Sal Khan, founder of Khan ... wonder what I'm still doing here. It's true, what am I doing here?. I can't believe it's been one year already. In this intervening year, I evolved into

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  the early morning and late at night. i wonder how long i can last before ... can only imagine how he has survived without scurvy for this long). I ... lounges, one with a tv, and in essence it is one long hallway. however, two

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  . We will have to see exactly how it goes, but I suspect that this trip ... discovered how hard it is to get good pictures in the fog, especially when ... magical place where rich people live. It does seem quite mystical from the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  We made a website this is a filler post

  

  harmony given a sequence of notes, and that’s how we automated it. My ... at all. Looking back, I guess it’s pretty amazing how we managed to go ... I’m still working on my post about Mystery Hunt, and I realized it’s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I ... , for a Christmas special on how much it'd actually cost to buy all the ... -y - maybe it's that I keep listening to Christmas songs, maybe it's that we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  agreed that the results depend heavily on how students define a “leadership ... trouble, and cheer a lot at races. I don’t even know how I became captain. I think one day my coach just announced it to the team. Now, as a captain

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  UROPs. How hard is it to get a UROP in physics? Since it's more ... reason (*cough* global warming *cough*), it was 54F (12C) and sunny. I got ... -shirts to the crowd. It was a great game -- the last one I'll ever cheer for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  how you will spend it, and how you will remember it. ... , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... your life plans or self worth on it. For another thing, whether you end

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  , IAP stands for Independent Activities Period. It's a month-long ... It's good to finally be back blogging (: As usual, there was the end ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  tend to write differently from how you would speak, and it's really ... how inherently interesting all of science is.) Alternatively, it could ... nothing at all. It was fifth grade science class. Each student had to design

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  the inside and wondering how long I can keep the charade up) Five ... When asked how their first shift went, most of my fellow EMT students will say something like, "It was good! No calls, though. Pretty

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... stumble across. in my time, I've heard it being used for parties, scavenger ... good friends, Karyn Nakamura '23, was repurposing it for an immersive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  concerns as vice president of student council. "I don't know how it all adds ... technology problems when he does. Anytime the TV breaks or a computer problems comes up, Merritt fixes it," said Donna Boyd, Merritt's mother. Something

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  It's been a little while since I've blogged, which is partially ... how my luggage didn't arrive to Boston for four days. Then, I wrote ... technique of choice is to delete files en mass and never look back. It is also

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  leadership qualities does his company look for in its applicants, he quickly ... professionals have to say about it. Super classy Elizabeth '11, GEL student ... name it, you can probably find it at the booths, complete with branded

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  share it with them. Your application does not provide the basis for your ... mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and ... be some distance away. In a case like this it’s great if you are able

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  how good you think you are at taking care of yourself, so it's nice ... So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever ... since Monday. It's now next Monday. I'm getting better, though, and that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  it's hard to sum it all up in one blog post, much like it's hard to ... living in developing countries and how people could help. She talked about ... physics). It had PowerPoint slides on screens all over the room, and the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... whole do-mi-mi, mi-so-so business starts to lose a little of its charm. In the end, it came down to A Mighty Wind and Hebrew Hammer, with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  issues in the future. The parent wrote: Why is it so important to have gone to a camp like RSI for admission purposes - other than for its own sake as a summer camp that one might go to for fun and learning? Does the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004