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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  Earlier this week, I finished my last exam as an MIT undergrad. It was a bittersweet moment; I was elated that I’d made it through not just ... the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which linked to the following letter: Dear Ms. C: I am truly sorry to inform you ... ? University of Pennsylvania or Cornell University? :) If anyone thinks I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... ... ...first I tested the water with Bao '07 and Ling '07 (Kendall '07 was taking ... could see how much fun I found it, but those pictures will remain unseen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  about them. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing--I never would have met ... random fire alarm at Burton-Conner. (I WAS SO EXCITED) Long long ago, I ... somehow determined by its physical structure. I think Burton

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the ... as a collection of significant places Mitali frequented. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! It has hit me that I have officially

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  nearly two years ago, I co-wrote this blog discussing my experiences ... semester, i started dancing on Kinematix, a Northeastern team, which means I ... pretty doable bike ride, but it's about to get brutally cold... I still

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year, I left my home on Long Island to go live on a Christmas tree farm with a close friend. In this post, I'll describe how I made the decision to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can read it if you want, but tl;dr: when COVID hit I went to live in Maine ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music ... !!!!) and saying "Forget science. I'm dropping out to be a Benedict

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m in New York Picturesss on flickrsss

  

  Staying with my friend Larisa in her and her mom’s swanky apartment across the river from the city. And taking some pictures. Finals seemed like forever ago. Taking the train…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  , this is my dream. I watched the first To All The Boys I've Loved Before ... two books over and over again. I love, love, love this series. I'm a ... Committee has access to resources like this. The moment I finished up the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i walked to campus today and let the mid-fall breeze bite at my face. i could see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  Last year, I sat here on this weekend after thanksgiving feeling ... , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on trying to predict the future than fully enjoying the present. I write this

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  't kid yourself), I was really looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Of course, I did nothing of the sort. (That's in the true MIT spirit as well.) Friday seems so long ago that I barely remember it at all. I know for a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  471462f4073[/embed] I've been contemplating the future as of late. With ... second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to ... person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  This semester, I took three classes. Two of them were math with my ... professor that I've had the pleasure of learning from for the past three ... modern writings (which I got a lot of inspiration for). Ultimately, on all

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  Last summer, I got into running. And it was really fun! I enjoyed it ... Cambridge Half marathon last fall, I accepted. But first, I went on a run ... ”S IMPOSSIBLE [/annotation] ]. I never ended up running the race after that. I did

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that sets off a chain of thoughts in my head. Pulled by some force I can't name, I open up a blank Wordpress file and start typing. It barely feels

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021