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• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  will differ. Don't lose hope! bocajrs wrote, "What is the first thing an ... action would be if you don't meet the criteria to apply as a freshman -- e ... the "majority" gender just because of the skew. We don't have school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Hate Superman. (I Love Superman.)

  

  ."]Speedball[/annotation]? I bet you don’t know who that is. Or [annotation note="After getting ... . I don’t think I’ve driven more than 2 hours in my entire life without listening to music. Is that bad? I don’t know. I just know that I’d rather not

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  ways to ground myself. My thoughts feel incredibly scattered. I don't ... to put a disclaimer here -- I don't regret anything I've done. I ... don't know what I want in life. And really I think that ironically is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  background in anything AI-related, still eludes me. On the other hand, I don't ... after undergrad? I don't know. Industry? Academia? I don't even know if I want to go to grad school. That's fine if I don't know what I want to do

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  's different. i don't feel as comfortable inviting someone to play board games ... , because they don't like the same things i do, or because they need to go ... 't logged into slack on my phone, for my first two months here. i don't know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  's overwhelming, so don't try to optimize, just do what you can. running back and ... of fun, but you'll be limited in the experiences you can have. don't be ... people all the time. tip #3: don't burn out I'm pretty sure I stayed up

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  . And don't get me started on how bad I am at lifting things. And sure, I can take long walks, but I don't even have to walk much to get around ... 've tried edibles. I don't smoke, nor do I have plans to. I'm probably

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  ; I don’t entirely like this rush of one thing and then another, too ... much else happening. And the thing is, I don’t think that will change ... , either. You don’t have time for personal projects (or you might, if you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  couple of friends, but i don't think people understood that i thought we ... a pleasing "i don't need you to be successful." and with every ... regret? not necessarily. just sad. i don't miss you. i don't need you, god

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  meeting stem people. i don’t have an opinion on how correct my friend ... arguments to a non-utilitarian, i don’t think there is any argument i could ... for being like alternate-vincent - i might still decide they don’t

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  computer science degree. I don't like the computer science degree ... I don't like for the sake of getting it? I knew of 21E, but I had my ... and Comparative Media Studies. While I personally don't consider it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  like visual identity, traditions, and values differently; some don't have ... where we don't have access to campus. But what's a community or culture without the people? Branding is important, but you don't need to wear a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  -19 restricted MIT campus. To clarify, I don't actually need to live on ... was going on in this time that I straight up don't remember because it ... my last one. As a senior, I don't really see the point in having my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  . And I don't know why it took until coming here to realize that I'm my ... ? Should I even ask this question? What if it’s too stupid to ask, but I don’t know what it means so how am I supposed to do this pset if I don’t know

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  again but the words can't come out right and I don't know how else to ... again. I spent a lot of my high school life trying to act tough -- a don't fuck with me or I fuck with you kind of attitude. Don't trust anyone

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  ??? And NOT ENOUGH SPACE??? IT'S OVERWHELMING!!! Unfortunately, I don't ... in the eye and basically tell them "I don't have enough time for you ... today. I should do something. I don't wanna do something. But I should

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  promise you, I'm actually a black female immigrant scientist. Please don't ... Adulthood. Don't quote me on that, as I'm only halfway through the decade. I ... , you too can fall prey to the belief that they don't! About twelve

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Plot Twist And what MIT Architecture has taught me about design and life.

  

  , I don’t really understand your project. I tried to sum it up again ... imagine the horror when I told my parents I don’t want to be an architect ... proud of. When you discover a problem, don't ignore it. It will still be

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  that I couldn’t even make out what they were (don't worry, the food ... not sorry to leave the Masochistic Institute of Technology. Don't worry ... guys you jam with when you don’t feel like doing work, and you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  failed for 21 times (...I succeeded on the 22nd try) I guess I don't have ... life has been...so don't expect too many MIT-related things in here. =p ... gyroscopes work (which I still don't - actually, but shhh, no one says you can

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011