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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  Well, I'm back in Boston, slowly recovering from jet lag, and am ... tomorrow. I already had a test today, in 7.28 (Molecular Biology), so I'm not really feeling all that enthusiastic about studying. Plus, I had to go back

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  well as a fantastic place to spend a weekend. So, I ended up taking ... hub of Maine's South Coast region. I was in Maine for three days, so I thought I could split my experiences across three entries--kind of like "The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today, and now I have enough apples that it would be wasteful for me not to eat apple-based meals for the next few days... or weeks. While I enjoy both

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  I’m on a boat! It was only a matter of time

  

  I'm ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh** Well, I kinda wish I'd been ridin' on a dolphin, doin' flips and sh**, but I wasn't. Instead, I ... year I dress up, eat delicious food, dessert, coffee, and am bugged and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 3, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please ... dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my life. So, there. I’m a big fan of Saturdays. I often have a PSET due

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  stepped away from MIT during the pandemic, like me. I'm taking mostly computer science classes this year, but today I only have a single lecture ... sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  head, so many things I want to blog about, but I have seemingly struggled to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs aside until I saw the days I had gone without blogging continue to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  I. Spent. AT LEAST 15 HOURS ON THIS GODDAMN CODE. Endless stretches ... FRACK was wrong with my code. I wrote in so many print statements; I ... a mile long. But still, for 15 hours, I was stuck in the exact. Same

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... Press right now. I think I'm just intimidated because it was something very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the ... .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long[annotation note="The flu isn't fun, kids :("]since I last blogged

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  I am happy to report several things: 1) I no longer have swine flu 2) I am now 21 years of age 3) Spectrum wrote an article about me 4) The ... published some instructions I made on how to build a loft. ANFSCD This last

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  Today, as I was walking down Mass Ave after work, I saw some Aero ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my freshman year that I had pledged, but I never really heard them say that. So

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  i’m starting this entry at an airport at 5am. sometimes waking up way ... irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few ... and outside my control, i had an overall pretty mid time. it wasn

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a Pirate Now just in case I don't get a real mit degree lmao

  

  As of last week or so, I've taken and passed the following PE classes ... Certificate. It looks like this.   I'm showing it to you because you ... that I, an elite athlete, have accomplished. Not only have I completed

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  Over the past couple years at MIT, I've had to write a lot of papers, and while I'm not the best writer, I've found that this formula works ... the course. I’d encourage you to pick something you are excited and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly straggling onto campus, and I could not be more psyched. Rush/orientation is my favorite time of year, and even though I'm not the Macgregor rush chair this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  . It helped that I got an early start, having stayed in Boston during the summer as well and moving into my dorm as soon as I was able. Overall, I ... , exercising more, being more on top of things, etc. But I think I did the best I

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Right before an exam at MIT, I usually spend ten minutes walking down ... times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average was probably something like a 50% (I’m looking at you 6.046). There

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... maximization). As you may have guessed, 14.33 also requires a lot of work. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005