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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  called the China Development Initiative. Anne >> There's a lot to do ... opportunity to receive guidance and support from great role models, and I wanted to show the same generosity and kindness to others in helping them

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advanced Standing Exams: know your stuff, get out of a semester-long class! You should really consider taking them.

  

  Language or Literature, you don’t have to take an essay evaluation over the ... there’s no way to wiggle out of your eight HASS subjects.) This is all ... up AP credit hoping to pass into more interesting or pertinent courses

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  ) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by @MITListCenter of a link to an article on SPECTRVM which linked to Stephen ... initiative.   Writing professor Junot Díaz on literature, immigration

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  get at MIT, with all the work they have to do? Well, yesterday I broke ... moments of panic, I had the sense to reach in and rip it out with one clean ... your finger to a problem set and then fall asleep, sitting down, half an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  issue is that the gyroscope fails too often to be used alone in this ... -by-doing class open only to MIT students, in which participants design and build a ... the students is to design a machine that will be able to navigate its

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... ’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying next year, hopefully teach you what not to do. I started early. Like

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so ... , so I wouldn’t have to go up to strangers and say, “Hey are you the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my ... haven't had all that much time to blog lately. Which isn't to say I haven ... half an hour to jot some thoughts down right now, so I figured I might as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine ... the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  initiative to court them, but anywhere from one to five, ranging in age from 14 ... "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule parete legi novembri

  

  have to eventually pick and choose Failing a test is okay and is not ... dying to check that fateful webpage sometime in the middle of December ... to upperclassmen as a warning not to mack on the frosh, Newton's Third

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  , and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to ... , others I published elsewhere, and the rest I kept to myself, on napkins and

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

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... the Festival last year here. This year, I wanted to be more involved ... published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here.  One way to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  ever I willingly failed =P) and told me to sleep "a lot" and come back if ... When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you ... nose is running, or your leg's going to fall off, don't expect any

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  I've recently had the opportunity to see three MIT productions - I ... couple during the 1920's that decides to throw a party to make themselves feel better about their failed relationship, and the party turns out a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... 'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants ... plants! I hate you! EDIT: I sent my personal statement to the professor

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Last Lap and hoping to finish strong

  

  things to blog about. But, since it's my last semester as an undergrad, and ... , cause sophomore fall fucking sucked. good riddance to sophomore fall ... , which I've somehow managed to put off until my very last semester. We read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  ="Big: an initiated member who is paired with you to be a guide, mentor, and ... time here.” Delta Phi Epsilon (DPhiE) “I was initially hesitant to join ... efforts by MIT Panhel to be transparent about how they're working on

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Our mother shoulda just named you Laika! Come on Alex, you can do it.

  

  had intended to give mine to another relative but forgot to, and so they ... like to talk about it. (I am, of course, kidding. My sister and I love ... definitely won that day - er, I meant to say that you, too, will soon be able

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  good happens to someone i know, one of my initial gut reactions will ... for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023