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• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainty becoming a boring adult

  

  ’m working on a half-finished project i tend to assume a positive outcome for ... empathize with the state of mind of not wanting to commit because you’re ... is to say, if you’re a curious person with an open mind, you can

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the ... on the path to receiving an MIT degree. The Class of 2022 (my original ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... good to breathe. As much as I love MIT, it was a relief to get away. I needed a break. I was running on low, and going to this was exactly what I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  had something new to give. My friends owned cars and had deeper voices ... warmth. He had moved since high school to a new place that smelled ... to me. Finally just before I left, his mom gave me a hug: “You’re

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  conferences. I had a thermo pset and an essay to work on the night I found out ... full of thoughts on how to iron out the next several chapters, how would ... focused on the literary side. I circled back to a lot of thoughts I’d come

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  just danced. Life can't get much better than wearing slippery socks on ... pretending to be becoming the master of a new kind of swing/slide-jazzy dance ... from "The Physics of Singing" to "Build Your Own Solar Rechargeable Lamp

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  't get me started on the cp* discord. where am i living this summer ... am i supposed to say to him? that i'm on top of things, i'm on top things, because everything i need to do gets done, and i'm no

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  get started on here. Unlike almost everyone else here, I don't have an ... should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  Requirements, to dine on your soul for a little while.) If MIT is going to work ... in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... topic of blogging. I want to reflect on a couple of points -- this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  have no classes on Fridays (except for a 7.28 recitation to which I have ... 's campus and being happy to be alive. Ali Yahya on CC was asking about the MIT campus, and it made me think of my favorite places on campus to sit

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  on body image me in my head, me in the mirror

  

  ="64798" /] It's Filipino culture to comment on people's bodies when you greet them ... honest observation about the person you're talking to is supposed to be a ... early 2000s, bringing it closer to conventional Western views on being fat

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  . Get in your college applications, and now what? Well...now's the time to try out things you didn't get to do before. Learn a new skill. Play with ... people are ready to take it on without the training wheels. Both of my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  , and bananas cheering you on. Unless you’re allergic to peanut butter, in ... to try so many new and wildly amazing experiences here, some of which I ... they have to be; having your friends and team mates around to support you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... few months to finish up work on some papers, and started my postdoctoral ... got a job offer last year from Google[x] that was too good to turn down

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  you were doing, you could in theory get observation time on the VLA. I say "in theory," because as you can probably imagine, getting time on ... of 9 to 1. How do you get time? You write. You argue persuasively for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  , we're going to try something new, something that's never been done on ... happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... else. I hope this a reminder that, even when your nose is to the ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  An Interview about the Interview Remember: questions of science, science and progress, do not speak as loud as [your] heart.

  

  , your EC wants to get to know you as a person so he/she can add another ... the MyMIT section on interviews. To get to this page, which has ... ." Don't get me started on selection bias, but if you crunch some raw

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  your Google Calendar, sucking away sleep, lectures, and other assignments ... other robot, which I worked on, had to help a person open a drawer and ... our robot on Monday night to be ready for the Tuesday night competition

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017