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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... the top of my list. Expectations of parents. What a struggle. Given MIT's prestige, I think I can safely say my parents expect me to either go to an

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  ), Grupo BBVA (Spain), IFMR (India), King-eClient (Spain), My Gengo ... from field observations will be crucial for my own future research. I really want to improve my qualitative research skills: for that I plan to

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Labs throughout the world open their doors to MIT Biology students

  

  about cellular biology, but also a chance to improve my French and learn about France. The project: The aim of my project was to verify ... MISTI 2.0 to make more progress on my project. I also discovered that I

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking ... but honestly gone to my graduate student and reported each of my ... would have gone if I had lied about any one of my errors. Honesty works

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  years old. In my last days as an official “teenager”, I’m preparing all I ... of certain memories. So far, I’ve lived half of my life in China and ... essence of how memory functions), my memories of “China” are blurred. I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Open House Well, come on in y'all!

  

  to California, and during a typical afternoon drive with my dad, we saw ... apartment three months after the move, so I wasn’t surprised when my dad ... . We walked into what would eventually become my new home, and there was

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Flat Ryan’s Adventures at MIT! There are more exclamation points in this entry than there are days of classes left…

  

  feel bad about it (actually, a lot of people my age do that...) 3. You ... : Last year, my brother's second-grade class had a unit on Flat Stanley (if ... with my Freshman Advisor, Phillip Sharp. "Wait, you mean THE Phillip

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 5, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  it finally became time to find a new solution. My solution for the ... until about halfway through my freshman year because I couldn’t find cheap ones in my size (I have big feet...). When I finally did find them, they

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  balls, yoyos, bottle openers, sunglasses, cozies And my personal ... the floor space in my room. It’s now in cups on the desk, hanging from a carabiner on a nail, displayed on the ledge around my room, hidden in a desk

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  . Unfortunately, the only ones of you who might’ve believed that my post ended there ... -off. And because I wish my desktop computer’s LCD screens would have a ... in my – err, my dad’s – day... Right. Moving on. Back in January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross ... birds. That’s kind of a problem for my teammate Katy ‘11, who is deathly

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  I woke up at 8 this morning after passing out on my computer around 4 ... hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... my KeyboardFace™ wasn't caused by one big epic scientific fail for once

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  Hey everyone! Some people have asked if I'm still blogging (mostly my ... major news on my end since the last time we caught up is that I got my EMT ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to ... of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube ... asleep on my advisor's couch. For 2 hours. Coming back from his meeting, he

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn ... compared to my usual wake up time of 9:00 last semester, in order to make it to my first class at 10:00, that's a pretty big switch. Just pointing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first ... figure bits. Using my trusty Dremel, super glue, X-Acto, pliers, and ... . The trip back was a little iffy. My main leg was fine, I made it to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  the best way to talk about my life since I last wrote without publishing ... this summer until late August. Judging by my previous experiences with ... I visited MIT my junior year, I missed my plane and was really worried

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just ... when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something strange. What are those pokey things on the small dome? I hastened my way

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  Right now, I'm sitting at home at my dining room table, with a big stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big ... was my first time on the Slugfest wiki. I enjoyed reading about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  something new or surprising, and it doesn't break my bank, why shouldn't I ... holiday festivities, I would bring you a window into my daily commute (sadly, by automobile - but at least it's not too long) and into my work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007