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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  how hard is it to land a research position in the first place? All of ... we can assume is a constant, akin to death and taxes. Naturally, almost all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dreams How MIT has helped me keep a life long promise

  

  . As time goes on, it is no longer just a question of what you want to be ... For many people, the idea of "what do I want to be when I grow up" is ... devote the rest of my life to cancer research. As time went on after that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  group of girls clustered together, gossiping happily, oblivious to our ... entertaining discussion, during which I often wish my capacity to remember clever ... products; the pure unexpectedness of seeing moment of inertia linked to the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  -tech connectivity is all I ever want to talk about, kind of. 15.501 - Corporate ... money stuff I'm not used to. Which is probably the number one reason I ... programming...which is something I'm DYING to do in 1.00.  In 15.567, we

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  plan on saving and maxing my Roth IRA contributions, which, speaking of ... stability this year and I hope to focus on that more. Maintain a 4.5/5.0 GPA ... - Accomplished. I checked my max in late November and I was able to do one rep of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  geeks, and this is a class that plays to the strengths of computer geeks ... its reputation as a time sink. I like that so much of it is hands-on ... class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  , which is this week long celebration of Greek life on campus, which is kind ... link is to last year's site), which this year falls around Drop Date, the ... middle of all that awesomeness is the awesomeness that is Ben Folds on

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  think of any other topics you'd like me to focus on, let me know. And ... talking about what to blog about.) Also, nobody likes the suspense of big ... 't deprive them of the pleasure of getting to hang out with you.) 4. Campaign

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  podcast, because it is about D-Lab, one of the great ways MIT helps students ... 've missed you! After CPW, I was sick for nearly two weeks, and I got better just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor ... found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes ... 's mad as hell because he didn't need to waste 2 months on ISEF research

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  knocked on my door to give me "a tour of French House" (because I need one ... . 5 in G) then listened to the piece. A suite is a collection of dances ... This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  . Everybody has different levels of talent. Later on, though, the only thing ... to an Oregonian best friend studying abroad in France. Lots of eggs ... blog posts as I wanted to make. I have little bursts of creativity

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  ; During the Gala, we got to meet a majority of the Black Community on Campus ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis. Looking back though, I remember being hesitant when deciding on whether or

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... Chesapeake area, you were given a bit of a treat on Monday night. Several ... Avenue, including this guy, who took to answering tons of probing questions

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  Freudian terror. Flash back to the real world, where school is still kind of ... forgotten about 6 required classes, which I would have to pack into senior ... for it, which is so good that literally every university with an

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... , sitting in a room with my mother while she watches a cocktail of What Not to ... me to appreciate color pairing and fashion. This is atypical for a guy

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Inside/Outside words/pictures; I really don't know what to put here... haha

  

  – which is an eternity in cyberspace (sorry ‚òπ), I: * Finished 1st year ... of faces and experiences makes it all worthwhile. * Came home to find ... in all the sports championships I care about (or in the case of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 5, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... American Heritage Dictionary and is included as a unit of measure in Google ... MIT hacking is legendary among college pranks. MIT culture
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  folks here aren’t used to failing. The biggest highlight of my first month ... imagine the kind of support you’ll get. You don’t need to know what to ask ... to or what to ask for. I started by asking one person… and they knew

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  adequately describe the incredible sight of 20,000+ people on their way to ... while listening to Kelis under a sign labeled "THE YARD". I have all of ... of a can.. or some combination of the three. So I'll start from the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008