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• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to square, devouring and moving forward and moving back. I quietly trace the ... gets what, who ends up on top at the end of the day. I've been listening

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  , 2019. Google tells me the length of my hiatus: [annotation note="No."]Was the duration of my hiatus intentional?[/annotation] The world may never ... break the hiatus the next week. It just never happened. [annotation note

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  with the world differently than I used to. Things I used to enjoy kinda ... because I’m wearing all black in the Florida sun). Right now, all I have for you guys is the two months of illness and a phat bundle of electric

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  what ROTC is unless you’re in it or you’re familiar with the military. I wanted to answer some of the questions I get the most, and provide specific information about the rewarding experience of being a cadet here at MIT.  So

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  way back when, i wrote about the mistake of a courseload that i took ... algorithms class and possibly the most important class of my major. RIP my GPA ... the adjectives that code in the real world is [annotation note

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  feelings. i spent the entirety of my saturday afternoon psetting for only ... great the first semester and did average around that second semester. so ... lot of the time my purpose in being at such a highly regarded

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  separate by terms, shall we? I'm officially retired from the sport of basketball, as of late March. Our season ended in the first round of the NCAA DIII Tournament, which is pretty cool because it's the second time ever

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  Birthday Dad! And also Happy Muslim Women’s Day! I’ve been toying with the idea of blogging about the Muslim community at MIT for a while now. To be honest, I didn’t quite know where to start. Do I talk about the Muslim

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of the semester! the final was for 14.64 (labor economics), a class i ... classes, i've ended up reducing the problems to mathematical manipulations

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  goal. Never fear, I'm taking another semester in the fall to finish my studies and to continue sitting in places. The two goals are related. Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are applying for the Match, check off that you are applying Early Action. You do

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  The young kids are now the age I thought I’d be when I thought I’d be old (I’m not): the people running REX events are the people REX was for ... [esidence] EX[ploration Period] again (including the herculean task of scheduling

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  It's been a bit more than two weeks since the May 1 reply deadline ... . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  sunshine streaming through the frosted window - I was greeted with a ... probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon.” I hope to blog more about my room and the renovations it underwent (undergoed

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to become the model student I felt pressure to be, but my plans never materialized and my daily calendar just symbolically slouched untouched in the ... , and I couldn’t afford the same procrastinatory luxuries I previously

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  Towards the end of any semester, emails start flooding into our inboxes advertising last-minute events, study breaks (the best of which have ... -nature to skim through these emails, glancing at the subject lines, letting

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As the FPOP website says: Build an underwater vehicle. Make friends. Work

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post office, and I even more vividly remember the day -- December 14, 2004

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  Medical. After the x-ray, MIT Medical forgot I was there (I realized something was probably wrong after I had been sitting alone in the x-ray room for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That ... . The credits in the video say simply "created with love by many people at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012