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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I ... Friday in working with my GEL team trying to solve different challenges in ... was. Note my amused face in this picture.  Or it can be bad when

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to ... Square (I know, I know….give me a break, my title is long and I’m not a ... I spent most of my days Chillin’ out maxin’ taking life real slow Just

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  MyMIT. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the ... graduate). Your intended entry year (as designated in your MyMIT account) is ... ). What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a girl named Anjali Thakkar: My first thought when I met her was ... 's been my teammate, my mentor, my TA, and my friend. And now she's all of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  -up to my first post about trying new things, and looking for adventure ... . I noticed that my first two weeks in Albuquerque - when everything was ... blurred together, and time zipped by. This summer: I got my first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my coworker, an intern from Stanford) from my summer job. The space isn't too ... Yesterday, I got back to MIT, and my bedroom's view this year rivals my summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  , just didn't shower? Me too. But seriously, congratulations! In my 9 ... dark ages of 2006 (in my day, I read my acceptance letter by candle, before saddling up my horse and picking up some celebratory goose fat from

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  grace, my writing professor agreed to move the location of today's class ... afternoon utterly distracted. As my classmates read their stories out loud, I found my attention drifting away from their words and towards the glinting

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  the same, where my Friday through Sunday is filled with [annotation note ... key presses as I'm anxiously bent over my computer, staring at the ... [/caption] Then my Mondays are spent relaxing a bit or catching up with 18

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

  updates i'm still here.

  

  precise. There are all sorts of random reasons I could give for my disappearance, drawn from the same set of valid reasons I give to my friends or ... means to be an MIT student. ‘My classes this past semester were brutal

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... host of other things i’m anxious about, many of which aren’t even my own concerns)   what should i write about? i could talk about my weekend

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

      A fun problem, from my 10-year-old brother’s Russian ... math problem, a video about how my week is going, and my most recent tweets. While I love the revision that goes into most of my blog posts, I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran “secret spy missions” with my sister (we put our ears to our parents ... treasure. We didn't. I haven't eavesdropped on my parents in recent memory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow ... as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena ... time. Good night everyone. I'll post the final version of my thesis

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple Bake competition. Apple swans, skillfully crafted by my Graduate ... Caltech Cannon! Remember? Soft core porn -- my floor is so clever

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nothing. (sad, no?) B. My Very Enormous Mother Just Sleeps Until Noon. C. My Very Elegant Mnemonic's Just So

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  failure did not determine the rest of my academic career. Fast forward 16 ... not my thing and I enjoyed robots and derivatives instead. Now I think ... a ride in my virtual time machine and look back on some of my science

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  applicant. I'll tell you right up front that I attribute my success in grad school applications (particularly in getting into my perfect program) to my ... those knock-your-socks-off genius whiz kids. My education at MIT turned me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  I'd lost my round, and then when I went to go put my car down, they yelled my name out as the winner. The finals are tomorrow. 64 -> 32

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth ... prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006