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• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  "Buddy Holly" to Weezer. Yesterday I met three people who did not know who Mary Tyler Moore was until I educated them. While dispensing said education, I discovered on Wikipedia that TV guide rated her iconic hat toss

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although you wouldn't know it because I blogged only about things that happened at MIT. Sam's Mom and I are headed back for Boston tomorrow morning

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  , only taking pictures with a color balance approximated below: I tend ... around visual aids; consequently, I hope you find this mostly text ... name is Gordon and I’m from sunny Santa Monica, California. Most would

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  . Like many MIT freshmen, I liked being good at things, and I liked being ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... wronged me. I took it freshman fall on Pass/No Record, and I passed. The

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a driver, I’m a winner Things are gonna change, I can feel it.

  

  Tonight I won the MIT Marching Band's coveted SPAM scholarship. As ... life... at least, until next Thursday. Oh, next Thursday. What am I doing now that I've won this most presitigious of awards? Sitting in lab

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  I like music. A lot. And I like telling other people about the music that I like. I message my friends fairly often asking if they’ve listened ... 2018. I keep having new ones, and I want some way to document why I like

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  Castor, Let Your Mind Run Last year, I ran just over 1200 miles. I have ... still trump change among those who really run. As the years go by, I see a lot of life reflected with each mile that goes by. I am not a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  science for 30 years. No no. I'm serious. Well, this is it: the last time I'll be on the internet in Germany, unless I succumb to temptation and go to the little Turkish internet cafe on the corner tomorrow. But I'm pretty

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  see"). That's how I feel about advice: it's something that's by nature ... (mirar) with different verbs. I can't think of an appropriate transitive ... they ultimately take it. I rarely take advice. That's why I'm not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• FAQ / International applicants

  Am I domestic or international if I hold dual citizenship?

  Students holding dual citizenship should apply to MIT with their U.S. citizenship status. Students holding non-U.S. dual citizenships may select their preferred country as their application will be listed as…
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  ="attachment_77409" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] i should've been writing my final ... " align="aligncenter" width="400"] i honestly don't remember the context for

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)

  

  Let's face it: none of us are getting younger. In fact, I'm getting ... in a few centuries I might even be dead.  Dead. I was reminded of this sobering fact the other day when I looked at my MIT blogger profile and

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 15, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  Hi everyone! I’m Callie T, and Ellie invited me to share what my day looks like as a junior studying physics! 11:15 — I ignore my alarm. 11:20 — My second alarm. I ignore this one too. 11:25 — I roll over at this

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  cleats on feet, smile on face thoughts on injuries and spring season

  

  it: I did! Since my injury in preseason this past fall, where a ... watch the season slowly slip through my fingers. I remember going to the ... . When they told me I should start wearing a boot, just in case, I couldn

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  i. I took thermodynamics last fall, where I realized that a bomb calorimeter was actually a pretty good analogy for my life, and then I decided I had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  My first truly colossal failure feels like it happened yesterday. I ... my body. I felt empty, but I knew it wouldn’t be long before sorrow filled the void left after everything I thought I was had vanished. In the

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my arms again Remember me I remember how hard I had sobbed when I finished ... movie had ended, my hands shook with such a fierce tremor and I remember

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  I have long been a fan of the corner of the internet known as ... healthier habits. Often times, when I tell someone about it, they’ll ask, “Isn ... that’s kind of the appeal, if I’m honest – I can have other people read

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  build a life after." I said sure, and she wrote this post. I had planned ... stayed in drafts. However, I thought it was still relevant, both for those ... . Everything below the line she wrote, unedited by me.  playlist i. i want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at CPW last year in your shoes. Well, I had never been to Boston before, so I got out at Logan airport, and I immediately entered a state of utter

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018