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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  one of my favorite classes at MIT. I will likely write an entire post ... lecture. I don't do a single reading. I go to recitation and look at optical ... my time at MIT in general. A few months back, I checked into a hotel

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  because I've been telling myself that I don't need to blog at any given moment, but mostly because I haven't had any decent ideas. At first, I ... files. I am downright horrendous at keeping digital spaces clean, so my

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  time ever at MIT,  and then we went back home to not ... at Math Prize all over again; that Covid might end and my high school ... in[/annotation], and he kind of just blinked at me and went,  “You

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter ... learning curve to be steep. This is true to most courses at MIT. That's why ... -points. Thus, 6.0001 felt a little sterile at times. 6.0001 is in 26-100, which

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  idea that I might not succeed or be good at something hadn’t crossed my ... tried, I just couldn’t figure it out. Well, at least not at first. “I ... mentioned what I actually failed at doing. The reason for that is that it

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  improves our ability to predict subsequent student success at MIT. When we ... preparation; when we don’t, we have to look (even) harder at other factors, such ... [annotation note='Here at MIT, President Reif recently announced that we are

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  Well, the moment is finally here. My last first day at (virtual) MIT ... still remember getting a whopping 34 on my first midterm at MIT. I ... place and my crowd at MIT. So to remind myself of all the ways in which I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Iron Mask what i learned from MF DOOM

  

  what other people were doing, or even what people liked at the time. He ... honestly, it’s so difficult to do. I mean just look at influencer culture or content creator culture…actually even look at college admissions culture and

  • by kellen manning
  • January 2, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  weekends either. I kind of feel like I’m back at MIT in that regard. Part of ... ’ve been trying to be better about self-care (p.s. I’m really bad at sticking ... at the sky, bonus points if I can see stars. I try my best to spend

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  -off parties, for thank-you cards, for savouring the moment... Even at the best ... or other older family members who are most at risk. So, to sum up ... . (For context: "cathartic screaming" is a popular tradition at MIT, often

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  slowly chip away at my GIRs. My World Music class served as a welcome and ... means for me; trying to get seven hours of sleep, eat at least two healthy ... research positions, make it for my library shift, smile at every dog I walk

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... final exams. Here at MIT, we're only granted a paltry four-day weekend ... groups get together at the end of the semester to schedule next semester

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  hopes of making good impressions but i realize at this point it will all ... at mit have definitely been very fulfilling and gratifying, yet ... sophomore year and i instantly felt a connection, like love at first sight

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  seemed to be simple. It was easy to identify what was at the top of the ... 's waiting at the top of them. The ladders seem infinite, and my path through ... things. Becoming a Vice President at a pharma company feels equally

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo ... ."][/annotation]   I impounded my robot and left Pappalardo at about 3:45pm ... went to a sound check at 4:30ish for the song I actually led and put

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  locate the Admissions Office. I finally arrived at my interview a little ... of college, I searched for opportunities at nonprofit organizations ... mine. A week before graduation, I got a job offer at a college access

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  from home for months at a time, but I also believe the general atmosphere at The Institute totally drives homesickness out of your mind simply because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... much longer. Time doesn’t flow at its normal rate when everything around ... a single day (at least, for as far back as my phone’s log goes). I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  or a few at a time. I specifically sought out a summer internship in ... this summer was the Summerland Trail at Mount Rainier, the crowning jewel ... of Mount Rainier. The larger meadow at the top of the mountain felt

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  lazy to finish up this week. Spending a whole year at MIT really changed ... Tex, which for me who is honestly pretty horrible at anything that involves a ... . I can defiently call this first year at MIT a success. In regards to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018