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• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was getting lots of responses to my applications, did several phone interviews ... that question. You can choose to be angry at your missed opportunities

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  note="TO BE FAIR you were like can I subscribe to your mailing list and I ... a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  you’re willing to try to. as i talked to him i had the feeling that my ... people telling me not to get a job before hacklodge it was last fall, when ... , an applied crypto research group, so i was able to join 0xparc and get

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because ... , after which I was arrested for not blogging enough. (If you’re trying to

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  about to get incredibly busy again (and after three months of relative ... it getting chaotic? How do I make sure that there is variety to the ... seemed to get. I was initially a little hesitant to use Google Forms as

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  bashes a thinly-disguised ex and upload it to Soundcloud only to get two ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks to the rap class I’m taking this semester with Lupe Fiasco; my living

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I chose to stay on-campus this summer because I knew that if I went ... Media Lab, (2) Going through MIT OpenCourseWare content to make my fall ... without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder ... very least, you won't have to experience your hardest semester in an ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  addiction and so continued to lurk from time to time to get my fix. Some of my ... seem like I executed this straight-line multi-year master plan to get ... It's never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  enlightening, than a Clay Aiken concert would be. You're not allowed to take ... loves her some frappuccino, so we decided to get right back on the T and ... you're not allowed to photograph the interior of a Starbucks for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  year, but I would like to create things that won't get me sued by the Ivy ... I didn't pre-register for it, I was nervous that I wasn't going to get ... wanted to become a movie director. We also get to watch a movie every

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  respond to questions, such as, "Hey, I read that a hospital in your ... student entrepreneurship clubs and organizations. In addition to taking on roles to revamp the African Students’ Association, he was one of the first

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you're ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... It is my long-term quest to visit as many ramen shops around Boston

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming/editing/etc. If you're curious, here is the Buzzfeed article I mentioned (I'm still ... working to get more artists to lecture here. (I still have a tiny bit of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  , and passion. So, choose your activities wisely and try to maintain some ... for up to 15 activities. I get really miffed when I tell an admissions ... …it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ve found myself having less and less free

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  class gets to build their own; the 2013s were feeling pretty funky and we ... So I haven’t blogged for a while - again... I’m not going to lie ... ’s like, most of it. Haven’t really gone to any big new events. Haven

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To get from East Campus to LaVerde's Market, you enter Building 66, pass ... .01, 18.01, and 21W.784. Tell someone you're taking "Physics 1," and they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  to answer and ask the same set of questions: what’s your name? where ... supposed to leave the lid on your tupperware when you microwaved something ... body to get out of bed at my 8:30a.m. alarm"]I’d once wake up at 5

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  fun to get to take advantage of it all now. 2. Tent camping It ... you could get to on the T, therefore saving us from having to pay for a ... of them so far. I'm just now starting to get to the point where I know

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break ... living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at ... of 2013 facebook group. Sophomores and juniors can attest to the fact

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009