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  Enjoy Life Farewells and New Beginnings

  

  Today is my first day of school as a PhD student at MIT. Today is also Dr. Abe’s memorial service. Today would have been his 99th birthday. Dr. Abe was my “American grandfather” since I was 16, without whom I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 5, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  pretend that's how I've spent the last six weeks. We now return to our super-ultra

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fig. 6: Eigenverantwortung The time of my life. What responsibilities?

  

  , or the support system that I have cultivated the last 2.5 years. Not ... ;small," "medium," and "big" courses. 20-25 was the recommended ... taking over 30 and even 35 credits, not dissimilar to those at MIT taking

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • August 28, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  . Together with photographer PJ I’m covering Residence EXploration, a multiple-day ... lie when your lies are 8.25 by 11.75 inches. Jack Johnson plays in the ... over the past few days. “High school is over!” she calls, and somehow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  Friday I turned in my last problem set ever at MIT. So the other day I was ... most productive thing I did today was beat Crystalis. So I just went on ... heads off to bed, giving you a sympathetic "good night", until it's 3:30

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  today. I've written two blogs about it already, “A Story About Muti” and ... actually finished some months ago (last semester, November 2017) but today I ... why I chose this hand-dug well concept (over 15 meters, but under 30

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  writing well and consistently - so I started a blog sometime in June. In ... you read an entry five days later, it'll be a bit different from when I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  next day. 1. The most important one. Whatever the situation – you ... out. See you as a sophomore!* *Edit, 3 June: it has been pointed out to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  , and it read "115," which confused me since it was already 3:30pm, and 1 ... also has the flagship store of Cereality, profiled today in a New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  ~"]prefrosh[/annotation] are moving in! It started on Friday, when the athletes arrived. Today ... slightly (or very) different person than you are today, and this place will

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a decision. Or ... world. Many of us read at home 5-6 days of the week throughout November ... applications all day, everyday in physical isolation for weeks on end can be

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  start. FSR is over the span of four days, where you get the opportunity to ... "]next day[/annotation] after recruitment ended, wearing my chapter’s shirt ... life community. My PRC team spent the 4 days of recruitment week taking

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  , Thursday 7:30-10:00 lab section with Aiden, while Raymond had the 12:00-2:30 ... to learn. Lab 1 The next day, I had my 2 and a half hour lab session in ... enough to carry me through the class. The next day, in Stud5, I spent the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  language. I know it’s long, so you can skip to around 15:30 and watch from ... overqualifcations. “Today we’re teaching the MIT grad how to file the scheduling ... my job, I was terrified. Every day I waited for someone to figure out

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  my homework never! stay up forever! walk around in my bathrobe all day ... showdown last weekend. GLITTER FOR DAYS   helped make (read ... celebrate less than 100 days left at MIT!   a few days ago i

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  this word today"]shucking[/annotation] but who cares. Fig 3. Clockwise ... healthy food. The next day, the following conversation took place in the kitchen. “Jacky, what are you cooking today?” “Chicken breast…” “Ooh

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bye (for now)

  

  cap-and-gown thing with the 2018s in june. as far as endings go, the ... my things. a few days after christmas, i submitted my thesis from a ... bandwidth to pay attention to them now. a few days after i turned in my thesis

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  I really love the "day in the life" posts that have gone up recently ... 9:30AM-5:30PM: [redacted] 5:30PM: walk home in a daze of decisions ... 'd give you a window into a day in the life of reading applications. We

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  lasted most of the day for several days as people had conversations with ... they talk almost every day. These Greek organizations really emphasize ... through for current members to gather in a room today. AudreyRose emphasizes

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  accurately cut, a sizable percentage were 96.25” or 95.75” or some permutation ... note="the hardest thing to build"]stairs[/annotation] until the last day ... about a day to finish, but Paola’s army decimated the task in like two

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024