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• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  popeyes and quickly’s with my mom, who told me to be cautious about ... said. but after “new year’s day”, i felt like our friendship was summed ... anymore,” i told him. “it’s not new.” [caption id="attachment_52460" align

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  Portugal. Here’s a quick look at some highlights from the project—and what a ... . Professor Amos Winter talked about how he designed a new fan blade for XYZ ... how they worked and made a design for new “wings” to add to the robot

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  was pretty much filled pretty quickly. Unfortunately, finding someone ... rolled around, we had to lock-in on advertising to the new frosh during ... (not pigeon guy), but I tried a new thing where I just walked around the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  't happen quickly; it sneaks up on you, and it takes a new form each time ... , met so many new people, run so many different meetings and events. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  team during New Years Eve after a hard week of two practices a day.” Tips ... practice, I grab a quick dinner with my teammates at the dining hall and then ... market funds and the bond market, and gained new skills in programming in R

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  work-life balance. The only time I slowed down was after I got a new ... from sun, but the internal commitment to care was new to me.   Cut ... , all in quick succession. I considered going to MIT Medical, but the last

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  of new math but not a lot, and i don’t think i became a better ... - having a large datacenter won’t help you come up with new protocols, and ... onboarded pretty quickly, and within a few months i was able to work on

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  more quickly than you're expecting, or even at different speeds over ... disasters. So when learning a new form it's best to start with a clear version ... to learn some new techniques, which was really cool! Making the lid and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to ... junior fall. Its extent, however, is new. How did this happen? The key, as ... little, and if you're not careful, you'll lose your balance just as quickly

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  recommend finding new roommates. You're going to want space and not be able ... quickly identify what I needed to unpack first and grab from when I was moving into a new place. Save your boxes. Boxes can be reused! And are

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  shifted over time. At first, listening to this new wave music was an act of ... new infatuation with Minecraft YouTube and OfflineTV and how my ... quickly found my place and status in the One Direction hierarchy and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  settle in to my new apartment, putting up posters and hauling empty ... you make new memories.  The students moving in next weekend will join ... name scroll quickly up a screen, and I'll see my diploma appear in the

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  that's already getting cold. I had an ESP meeting 8 PM, so I eat quickly ... house in rural New Hampshire. We moved here around the time fall began; in ... -campus, having to get tested twice a week, and all the new rules they have. We talk

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  as our own personal Riri Williams, sent me a copy of a new video she ... ) and both obsessed with being extra. We quickly bonded over complaining ... bisexual woman and her new male lover by her jealous female ex... We decided

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  around me discussing all the things that went into opening a new school ... performances. In your freshman year, trying new things is a lot less awkward ... . You’ll get caught up pretty quickly once you arrive. When you’ve been

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  as Germain!!! Photo credit: Bruno Perreau. The crowning of a new star I ... quickly went to work deciphering the jokes. Anyone who has learned a foreign ... of new vocabulary that day! Here’s our favorite joke: Comment est

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

   — what combinations of direct, quick, inspiring, positive, appreciative ... a new friend committed to improving mental health in our community ... fundamental to the MIT experience and culture will be born, bringing new

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  wrestling with many new abstract concepts in my head for long periods of time ... skipped than to pick up other new material, like a programming language. I ... ahead so quickly that you lose enjoyment of the subject in an attempt to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  The Public’s Biggest Fear ...is no longer one of mine.

  

  and present a new kind of medicine. I have no recollection what my ... about your topic, for (1) (2) and (3). Make new notes on your notes ... quickly... Dealing with it: Embrace it. Nothing wrong with being nervous

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  quickly spotted DeRon’s mom, Kim, and dad, Chris. Kim wore a jacket with a ... -win team behind a new no-huddle offense and a line that lost two starters to ... -needed sanctioned recess. In the New England Football Conference, which is a combined

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009