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• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  . I joined College Confidential. I finally decided that, no matter how ... matter) makes me want to throw up or strangle the writers, it doesn't do any good to pretend like it's not there and allow misinformation to run

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  " O.C. on September 28th). My visit to Orlando, by the numbers ... geographic traits to New Orleans, Venice. A quick Google news search produced a ... prevention is always the best cure. "We have to learn that things have to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  truly matters to you, no matter how nontraditional it may seem + take ... applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice, but there is one thing that I am confident in recommending to you. (And

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  describe how much happier I've been since I've come to college. I learned so ... again but the words can't come out right and I don't know how else to ... offer me right now. I don't know how to explain this without making a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  one of numerous youtube videos on how to be a ninja. (Thanks Rena. Wow ... that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... headed back to my room to bum around for a few hours before 6pm, which was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  amazing as the icon makes it out to be. Last Tuesday the high was 84 ... had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer ... sideways?! And why is the water warm??? I managed to take this Snap while

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  undergrads who would love the opportunity to do research and learn about their ... space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... regenerating organisms with a certain gene turned off to see that they grew heads

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  pictured above.) 2.) Notice how the first page says "Nathasha, help me," on ... before to finish three psets, so we were planning to keep each other awake. xD) 3.) No, you don't have to pull all nighters in order to finish

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  I Can Save You Possibly.

  

  concluded week one of EMT training, I can honestly claim that I know how to ... . How many of your past interviewers have spontaneously asked you to tell ... of being in the class. Imagine how excited I was to have made the cut

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting a Physics Major – Part I I split this up because i need to start studying for finals.

  

  weeks, you are expected to have learned how to operate your first set of ... , learned independently how to program in Matlab, conducted your full set of data analysis in Matlab, learned how to use Latex, written a 4-page

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 14, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.

  

  the prospective students to see. How could I disagree? Few things make ... I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did ... friends seem to be coping pretty well. In fact, a few students apparently

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... , home to some interesting and important transportation research. Visions

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  , don't ask how I actually attached the suspension cables to the ceiling ... So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  lasted 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds. Thanks to my beloved high ... and unexpectedly with no other plans for Friday night, I decided to use ... day trip down to Montreux, Switzerland. I AM SO HAPPY. I've been a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  Julie and Diane. He proceeded to talk about how he spent a lot of time ... just so, so happy to see how far I've come. Wednesday Classes Wednesdays ... interprets data passed through it. It's really interesting to see how Python

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  such a close scale before, so none of me knew how to react. My head was ... <3 Alexa” 4. ??? I’m not sure that I know how to describe exactly ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  because I had no idea how to match colors. I ruined all my textbooks by ... above the Museum. I got a message saying I would need to pick up a key. When I came by to pick up the key the person in charge was flustered and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  how powerful the videos were and knew I wanted to be a part of the team ... teaching new members of the video team how to do this process (shoutout to ... dancer, and he taught our interviewer how to dance on camera. Haha! It was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  far to drink? how dare I complain about thirst when a sea of knowledge ... material enough i can’t wait for the semester to end this course is too damn ... pretend   fight me if my past self could talk to me We thrash in

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  were about to find out how Jeju does New Years'. (I apologize in advance ... translation. I'm here to introduce to you Jeju Island, South Korea, as ... 't let the business casual fool you. That's not how the night ended. The

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012