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• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  anecdote about my first encounter with technology or science. Most of my ... should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... (or cornfield, in some cases. Like mine. I'm from Illinois, remember

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  .e. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as opposed to just one or the ... electronics bench, or a Guitar Hero controller. I'm pretty much the ... color...or paint the room back to Institute Off-White. Even though the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  to pubs or formal halls (formal dinners where students and professors ... you should come to MIT or not. I would say that the Cambridge-MIT exchange is a great reason to go to MIT, whether or not you plan on studying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  deadline versus those submitted on the deadline day. The bottom line -- no worries if you don't see your Part II or a teacher recommendation or whatnot ... like to get their boss' boss (or boss' boss' boss) to write the letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Walk down CourseRoad Lane A boulevard of broken dreams and dropped classes

  

  Linear Algebra, and, at the very last minute, added a Media Lab seminar on ... completing an economics minor! I added 14.01 to my sophomore fall and quickly charted my voyage through the degree requirements. I then added another

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 24, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  days ago I got back from Ireland, where I gave a seminar and served as ... without sitting down or taking off my backpack. The letter was in blue ink ... the back of a stranger’s car at the crack of dawn on New Year’s Day. We

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  in Women's Independent Living Group (WILG).  These past few days, the ... in-person or remote. I knew that I could stay at WILG if I interned in ... tell me, "Well, you can work at a day job to pay the bills and do what

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  time. Every day brings something new, some new little challenge or ... listen. this current winter break I’ve been averaging about a bath per day ... of main campus where I spend my days. This geographic density, the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  out. Now that I know that a lot of the ground I walk on day-to-day is ... not tall; I know because I have to bike over it twice a week. Or maybe ... over there in the corner...where the water used to be[/caption] My day

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  . All I can say is wow! If you happen to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day ... Country Day School. The crowds really turned out for my meeting. We had lots ... great few days with awesome students and friends - new and old - I was

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... . What do you enjoy doing most? Inside or outside of school. Think about ... applicants were admitted to MIT while only 7% of those who did not have their

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  school) days are gone, and I’m not so self-assured. This semester, all ... you are doing badly in the class or anything - it is just that it would ... , my TA sent me an e-mail, which more or less broke my heart. "a pattern

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ' activities at CPW--do their activities span all 3/4 days? or do most parents ... with our parents at CPW or mostly with our hosts? any way I guess it ... stay in a hotel with them so that they aren't alone? Or do we need to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  order, they were: 1) to finish my first engineering project 2) to make ... sit at my desk and not bother anyone while doing homework. One day, our ... start typing. In fact, I started my first draft of this entry at 1:20AM

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  Square every 20 minutes or so (it's not too far to walk, but can be a bit ... , math, or science major. There are also humanities requirements (called CI-H, or Communications Intensive in the Humanities, Arts, and Social

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  A few weeks ago, in a true callback to our high school days, Paolo ... certain type of problem or I didn't. I either knew this particular bit of trivia or I didn't. There were competencies to meet and competitions to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  you understand. Every day there are reminders that you are not from ... 're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... flushing noise" or "there are vending machines on quite literally every

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  neurobio lab is expanding my brain unlike anything else. 9.12, or my ... procedure that I internalized after waiting in line behind 5 or 6 students ... wallet to get myself a decent lunch, like Chipotle or something frozen that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  how pronounced the foam is or how long it sticks around, but that can ... water generally reflects color (blue on sunny days, grey on cloudy ones ... stuff; or are most dorms already furnished? (Sorry for the weird question

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  the article was either a joke, or submitted by a crazy person and given ... = or] and Vocal Repertoire and Performance?" Yes, as a vocal scholar you ... Society, or Concert Choir c) take the class Vocal Repertoire and Performance

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006