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• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  of weeks ago I had to decide what I would do over the summer. On one ... Orbital, and on the other side, I had the option to join a team of students from Harvard and MIT to go on a cross-country bike trip (Washington D.C. to San

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  at MIT so far. It started on a Monday night, and it feels like it ... some really great techniques on how to "ground oneself," which is when you sit or stand with both feet on the ground and remind yourself where

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  , who's on the exhange with me, got these great photos of my friends ... to be A TON OF WORK (ie, I'm working on the weekends) which can be ... about Cambridge- Being able to explore such a beautiful little city on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  A little while ago, I was just heading out of the bathroom on my ... new lesson learned, the new insight gained comes on the heels of overt ... end. After the exam, I walked back to my room, chowing on a nice piece

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s been 3 weeks the firehose is still alive and kicking

  

  meaning of midterm is fatally lost on MIT). There’s a lot that happens, and ... glitches on both ends. And speaking of debugging Another kind of debugging ... ultimate poetry contest on who could most eloquently describe the writhing

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  QUOTE: “I think MIT is the closest thing to Hogwarts on this planet ... I graduated, but somehow never found the time to do so. Now, on the ... -that-be on MIT blogs). --- This is a simple story of three guys, how they met

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  on campus and beginning as a staff member; many of us were deeply ... Inside Higher Ed published an important article on suicide on college ... successfully attend college – the number of suicides on campuses has remained

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  temperature in Kelvin (on accident), took a partial derivative, tossed up a pan ... . It doesn't even go on the salad, unless the salad is potato salad. Y ... applied math this term, maybe it has some tomatoes. On the bright side

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  while. I'm real sorry; I'm just not exactly on top of my life right now ... last night working on my ICE-T ("ice tea") problem set. To answer James ... -page paper and a powerpoint presentation on the subject, in four weeks

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the following: 1. Analyzing data and writing as much as I can on the ... in the UROP program for three years; I currently have authorship on an abstract, authorship on a paper that's in revision, and will have first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  pretty psyched. Original list (which is to say, my perspective on life at 19) in italics, perspective on life at 22 in normal text. 1. There is ... correlation coefficient on that is about 0.6, and I am not even kidding you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  of my ability to go, "Haha, yeah, I like that show," and move on. Being ... Wuxian than he is letting on. MDZS singlehandedly flipped a switch in my ... -changing. I'd initially read the English translation of MDZS, but I moved on to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  I was crying on a semi-regular basis, dropping my classes, and ... once to ask for advice – instead of focusing solely on homework problems ... fun for me, but your mileage may vary based on how much you enjoy

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  or 4W, depending on who you ask. Among many things, I am fortunate to ... be on the walk? What should I pack? How will I survive? Long walks ... , even if it did not snow on the day of, the temperature will still be near

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... of episode 1 is all you need to be hooked on. Trailer: https ... show follows a family on a ship on course to a planet in the Alpha

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  —about what college would be like. Picnics on a sunny quad, aesthetic library study sessions, late night conversations... the list goes on. But now I ... 'm going to school in Boston remark on how cold it is, but the most jarring

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  "]MIT Educational Counselor[/annotation] for this application season, and being on the ... hiatuses I went on as a blogger, it also doesn’t feel like it.   When ... me dwell a bit on this. This led to me commuting home one day and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  homecoming weekends and rivalry football games broadcasted on ESPN. At MIT ... livestream itself here, so I will focus more on the 2.009 experience as a ... smartest, funniest, and coolest people ever and put them all on this team

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  I've been living on campus, working on finishing my MEng thesis this ... been ups and downs, I think it has been, on the whole, a pretty good ... some of them: the feeling of accompanying musical theatre rehearsals on

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  response force I'd feel on my energy levels. Calmness remained at a distance ... bags for a bustling East Coast adventure. This year, we went on a ... 35-year run. So, we booked tickets and set on going to New York to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024