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• Blog / MIT Life

  classes are over!!!! i feel so free

  

  very last class, a seminar-style class on modern drama, I texted[annotation note="a wonderful Next House subcommunity where I live called 4W, or the ... unpleasant, and there are many thoughts and feelings I have about the end of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 16, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  a day in my life as a MISTI student ft. research and friends

  

  As I've mentioned previously, I'm doing MISTI-Germany this summer and ... too much about certain logistical aspects. I've always known that I would want to do MISTI; in fact, I was set to do it last summer, but

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  these past two years have been wild. here's all the times i've moved ... picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a ... doubles. (i was in my room last year because covid policy meant no one was

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  the passage" and "got so hooked on a feeling, i started dealing / in a ... , because it's been such a mood. every morning, i wake up, and i have this vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since, well, I'd survived junior year of high school, hadn't I? And it wasn ... hours later, I'm starting to feel like I'm spiraling into anxiety about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  DISCLAIMER: I have no real, professional opinions about video games ... , I write about video games from a CMS-y perspective for my major, but ... rigorous for my burned out summer brain. I guess what I'm trying to say is I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  because honestly, i stare at a full Google Calendar every day, half reassuring myself that i’m Doing Things and half stressing myself out even more, but sometimes i don’t even know where my time goes. i feel like

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  blogger and sometimes i write bad instagram poetry enjoy —an intro post ... cheeks flushing these late nights always drive me crazy next time i promise i will start this assignment early —due at 11:59 p

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  EDIT: this post is back bois I didn't know Google had a shareable mapping service and used a terrible one instead so I redid the map with Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  .6 miles away. That being said, the life I lived off Kismet Parkway where I ... front door where I’d scream, “MA, IT’S ME! OPEN THE DOOR,” so I could get ... been three months-ish since I got on campus over the summer. For just

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  A year back I developed a deep interest in understanding what made me who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a ... personal biases and cultural influences. It wasn’t until I took a moment to

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  Regular readers may know that I've admired Apple's design ... Jony Ive video?). Anyway, I'm very happy to say that yesterday I joined the iPhone Product Design team, and will be working in Cupertino for the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  Finals ended over a month ago, so quite frankly, I have no excuse for my disappearance from the blogosphere. I’ve been meaning to post a ... ’s Maybelline. Who knows.), but I promise it’ll be a fully functioning blog post

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  AMA Ask Me Anything.

  

  blog posts I wish I could write for you right now but I can’t, at least not for at least another week. I want to talk to you, especially since ... you might be bored. This is an open conversation. I will answer any (any

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the Internet for logistical questions before you ask me. 2) When I receive questions via e-mail, I have one of two responses: respond immediately, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  the magnitude system and optics. I talked more about the class here. One evening, I had my head in the sky for SEVEN HOURS straight: one hour ... Observatory. There, I sat outside in the snow, huddling in six layers of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  I'm going to confess something. A bit more than two years ago,  I remember asking my parents to bless my application. I'm pretty sure that I would have sprinkled holy water on it if I had access to some. If someone

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing…Stan! Passing the blogger torch

  

  Well, it has certainly been fun to write as an admissions blogger. I remember when I was a prefrosh (in 2008...ouch), I dreamed of one day being able to write on this site, so when the GEL program asked if I wanted to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is incredibly valuable. A few years ago, back when I was Course 7 (that's Biology, for all you haven't-learned-MITese folks), I UROP'd in a really amazing

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  about what I have to say all that much - there, I covered everyone!), I ... students. There are two sessions each summer; I was the TA for Neuroscience first session, and this time around I'm working with AP Physics. Physics

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009