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• Blog / Academics & Research

  ETH Zürich, hier komme ich! A semester of all things Swiss German and chocolate to come

  

  friends and I had considered taking part in the Cambridge-MIT Exchange for ... . I had been on the lookout for other options, and ETH seemed to be the perfect fit. An exchange through Course 2 had been in place for the past few

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  ’t think such a word exists. I’d felt that MIT was a place for me. The ... walking around campus had done what so many high school students strived for ... Heaven on Earth.   Now let me be completely honest with you guys for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One new blog, three post-college thoughts just popping by to say hello

  

  Hello from Barcelona! I'm here for an astronomy conference. (You may ... Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.) Some news from me ... to "where do you live?" for many of us during those four years would

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Throughout my 5-ish months as a blogger for the Institvte, I ... for science. However, it also stands apart from my other classes as the ... - and they do listen. For instance, some students mentioned there weren

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  , "Wow, I've been in America for three months." To be honest, these three ... day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best ... still have to fit time for other activities, going to sleep, and studying

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the ... last for maybe one post after this one. But, hey - a guy can dream, right ... prototype for the project I want to talk about. It falls into the blinky

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  's start over. The other day this fabulous idea for a blog entry came from a ... here. Forget that. For four years, I attended a pretty standard public ... -30. There was a club for everyone, and if there wasn't you could start it - we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  going-away potluck dinner for Julian, who's heading back to France on ... usually like to make something more complicated for potlucks, but I was ... , and let the whole thing simmer for two hours. It turned out alright and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  number of questions, my answers must be brief (sorry for the brevity). Will ... any programs for parents, or is this weekend geared to convincing ... ) is a four day event which is only for admitted students and their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  was ready for this giant sigh of "I'm done" after I closing my last exam ... word for this closure? I think it is. The semester started, it went by, and I finished. Now I get to go home for ten days. I get to prepare for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... prevents you from clicking submit before 11:59 PM EST (technically, EDT for ... questions that are completely optional for any number of reasons and are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Vegas). This flight is 6 hours long, but for the past 6 hours, I’ve been ... ’t working for me. Those kinds of introspections can’t be forced. They will ... in time for this post. Some drafts tried to give advice for incoming

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  and ready for my chemistry midterm this Wednesday. Other than classes ... teaching assistant/resource for students in 8.02 (Electricity & Magnetism ... finish problem sets before we even learned the material for the course. I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you. What is CASE?  CASE stands for Class Awareness, Support, and Equality ... marry into positions of greater privilege for themselves or their children

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  *in the solid phase This is a recipe for The Best Tasting BLT ... you appreciate it. True for food, true for MIT. Because as good as it was to be home in December for winter break (back home, “winter” is 70

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  At about 10 am on Thursday there were about 100 people in lecture for ... about how proteins made in the cell are marked for distribution to where ... seat for you right here.” Madeline sat down on his knee and they

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  began working in MIT Admissions. It will also mark my last. At least, for ... researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and before that at ... . Originally I had planned to just take one class a semester for a really long

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  Stepping Up MIT brings the best out of people (in between psets of course)

  

  If there's one thing MIT students aren't known for having, it's spare time. But if a challenge is laid down for the MIT community, odds are you ... &D challenge, a call for dormitories, independent living groups, and Greek

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  temporarily satiate your craving for reading about MIT while watching half of my ... for the Engineers Without Borders-MIT Chapter. Engineers Without Borders ... developing countries to improve their quality of life. One of our projects, for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  've been floating around this school for the last couple of months doing ... missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on ... couldn't imagine living anywhere else.) This stretch of time is perfect for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010