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• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  CPW is officially over! The CPW weather machine ended up pulling through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... Gregor House MacGregor House is the West Campus dorm between Burton Conner (or

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  . After I graduated from MIT, I went to graduate school at Harvard. I did my ... ’re keeping track, my postdoc at Children’s means I’ve done lab work at MIT ... very cute course 16 major named Adam, who is now my very cute aerospace

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  MISTI-India: Community Health Internship The MISTI experience of Gilad Evrony '07.

  

  occurred to me that although MIT is one of the best places in the world to ... more about my experience and international opportunities at MIT. This is ... were not at MIT. I backpacked through north India with a friend of mine

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  issue, whereas currently the weather in boston is around 50 degrees and i ... case earlier - my sleep schedule is actually better than it was in years ... going on, but it turns out this is actually a normal response to stress

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  oh, the crash and the burn

  

  COVID, but there is some sick part of me that is relieved that I have ... face. My sorority is bringing me tons of stress, I had an awful concert ... this? Is this some kind of karmatic punishment for something I did? So

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  /teacher relationship is profoundly personal and path-dependent. I didn't apply to MIT ... behalf? The interesting thing about this question is that we often get ... answer is always the same: "Whoever can write most compellingly about you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  we see is a building. A huge, windowless, cylindrical building. Imagine the MIT Chapel, but larger. Larger. Towering. “It’s a very weird ... around it are aged brick rectangles with fancy window frames. But this is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  A brief intro... Last Wednesday, I left MIT to compete at the 2016 ... hour in Boston is awful. I should have just taken the T. I might even ... comfortable ride to Hartford. I start looking through the 18.02 pset that is due

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  . The great thing is, these tips can be applied to IAP adventures as well as ... intern, volunteer, or do research. Some options (at MIT) to help find ... through the Public Service Center. My roommate, Brenda,  is working through

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  before. I'd say the freebie post is the inevitable "sorry guys, I'm super ... : 9.15 - Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission. This is ... . (Please send any hypotheses you may have to keri-lee at mit dot edu. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished ... "finally" because I'm pretty sure I actually bought the book at the MIT Press ... seen. The biography is comprehensive, but of course the most interesting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  year later—and post a part 2 later reflecting on how MIT has both changed ... restaurant back in 2003. There’s a[annotation note="which is better described ... relationship with the restaurant is complicated. It’s my family, my culture, my

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  book. “If the cube problem looks like this, here is the next step.” Man ... puzzles / a morning tendency Solving puzzles like these is one of the few ... —visually simple yet mentally rigorous. There’s immediate satisfaction. The goal is

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  age, people feel a lot more tolerable. The world is a lot more colorful ... page run by MIT students where we anonymously confess things typically related to MIT or its culture. Yes, it's just as immature as it sounds."]MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... factor is that, despite taba in Tagalog meaning the same as the English fat, the connotations feel different. Being mataba is linked with being

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Guide to Farmer’s Markets We found lychee in a hopeless place.

  

  I love food. This is no secret. Here at MIT, I cook for myself ... -to-one-up-the-last-person's-dinner that occasionally happens in the house. Cooking with Spanish house is ... closest is maybe the time I made these Vietnamese Chicken Rice Noodle Bowls

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  is a qualified lightly"]lightly[/annotation] annotated version of his email! Abby,   A Google search of MIT MacGregor House led me ... "]electrical engineer of the hardware variety.[/annotation]  In my era, MIT had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ? Jess Kim is one of those people for me. I was debating earlier on what ... you say it is, because I am a sane person."So yeah. A list it is. 1. I ... I visited MIT my junior year, I missed my plane and was really worried

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Story of the 5 Wits A look back on my externship at 5 Wits

  

  , you may be wondering why this is the story of the 5 Wits. Well, there ... from MIT over the month. Eventually, their brains were tired, so the ... , Spike and Matt (the MIT alum who started the company!). Although they

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  "), touristy ("Have your parents take you to the North End"), or non-MIT ... worth doing, but...it's just not that special. Which is why I've decided ... they're all part of the MIT experience. I realize that many people will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005