Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  ’t mean much. When I asked one of my friends what I could do in the US now ... just too big and I’d never get the hang of it. A year since I left my ... answer: my e-mail. I’m not even kidding. That’s the highlight of my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  'm happy to report that MIT is nothing like that. Some of my closest friends ... of you who were admitted! I remember getting my decision- the old fashioned way, like a letter showed up in my actual mailbox outside my house

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That ... it."]genius[/annotation]. I also met some pretty neat people! My friends, Jessie L. 27’ and Pierre C. are taking the class with me, and we

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  This winter, before arriving at my [annotation note="Global Teaching ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to ... bookings in Doha. Here's a recount of my adventure! Hopefully, this will be

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  'know?"]December.[/annotation] One of my close high school friends does a lot of art, and I'd been ... iteration. I met with my team this weekend to finalize our design: the moon ... .671: Measurement and Instrumentation This is my final core MechE requirement before 2

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  starts (in my case, when I was packing to come to Orientation!) I've gone ... and I actually think they stand up better than my MIT application essays ... that, so they will live out the rest of their lives only on my hard drive

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  MIT this spring, I had to take his class. My friend Wenjun H. '25 had ... ?" I scrolled and scrolled. "Here, I've got it," Ajay said, taking my ... ." "My rap name is Flavius," Wenjun offered. "No, it's not," Lupe said

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  [annotation note = "humanities"]HASS[/annotation] classes. Your friends say this sounds fun. Most people only get to take one.   I read the blogs my ... rarely manage to leave without machine oil or grease on my hands.  All of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... time with friends and family, and we want to help you do that as much as ... available to answer them, my colleagues on the communications team have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  . Incidentally, last night my friend (and fellow CMS alum) Nick Seaver guest ... Earlier today I realized I haven't blogged since my hack ... ) to the professional work we're about to begin. My primary role in this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Distance and Displacement "how are you swamped if it's only been a month?"

  

  . The walk from my dorm to anywhere with food or classes is generally ... question, is a feeling that I know all too well. Investing my precious t ... full of friends and mentors and plenty of time to eat three meals a day

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  didn't read his application, but after he was admitted one of my friends ... figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox ... , last October 5th, Loren and I met up on campus with my uncle Andy and my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  (yay!) as well as new friends. After my radio astro talk, I talked for ... . He looked a little bewildered, but said sure. A highlight of my 20 ... my pulsar talk this summer as well, and two weeks later gave a talk on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  experienced my CPW, two years ago, through a downpour. I was temped at Mac ... Boston on the other bank, pictured above. It was windy. I was cold. My raincoat was useless. My umbrella was useless. I concluded from my puny

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  leg space! =D) It was a fun time of relaxation, going back to my high ... (because my classes started so late), haha, but I went to sleep earlier in ... travelled all around the island, generally visiting friends, and also took a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  at East Campus working on a 5.111 (chemistry) pset with a friend. I ... things before I go. Like my Arabic homework. And this blog, I guess. I ... tried to finish my 5.111 pset, and then I "woke up" and thought I woke up

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  Society, one of my friends during his semester at MIT was coached in a ... reasons I ended up coming to MIT over some other schools. My junior year of ... ) symphonic accompaniment. My freshman year in Chamber Chorus, I had the unique

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  ’t journal much during the fall semester — my friends and I keep joking that we ... John's "Funeral for a Friend" with a particular scene of my protagonist ... I’ve been reading my old journals this winter break, thinking about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  without expectations? My high school friend Deelia is an art and ... I found one of my old sketchbooks the other day. I'm ashamed that ... !!), is also my most recent sketchbook because I've hardly drawn for myself

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  years of my career. Well, this reporter’s got the inside scoop, having ... : My experience was pampered by the incredible spoils that come with ... . These opinions are in every way my own and don’t reflect Google’s views

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018