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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  and think that the admissions process is way too fickle for that to be ... , you get a lot of choice in what you want it to be. Former blogger Mollie ... difficult it might be to catch up academically! Oh goodness, yes. Contrary to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough ... have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred ... have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  being in a small program is a really easy way to get to know professors ... (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... blah.) Since I know a lot of people will be needing to make a college

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with ... overcame their jealousy and found their way to being genuinely supportive of ... friend’s life to be as good as possible, for them to move past all their

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end ... actually had plans to be a TA this term. But due to the upheaval of my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  choose to store their stuff in a lot of different ways. Some people have ... this be a warning to all pre-frosh deciding how much junk to bring to ... give me a hand. In total, renting the truck came out to be about $35 (U

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006 This is a big one!

  

  reviewed by the music faculty, not by admissions. My advice would be to send ... just by some of the things she is telling me, i have come to be quite ... from anyone you think might be able to provide us with additional

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  and academically confident now than I think I ever expected to be; I ... another 365 days, I'll be twenty. I'll be finishing off my second-to ... that things will be okay. In many ways, I will be a different person, but

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  I've always wanted to be. I've always wanted to be loud and ... unabashedly. This is the person I was meant to be. And MIT gave me that chance to explore these parts of myself I never felt comfortable being so

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

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  ="unless that code happens to be written by nasa or healthtech and really can ... while and i'm really excited to finally be in it. i was a bit irritated by ... myself that it probably won't be as bad as freshman spring, but by golly

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  the only one on my floor. As hurricane Henri made its way to Rhode ... wanted to read daily and enjoy the rest of my semester. I wanted to be actively grateful of being here and appreciate everything this place has to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  " is a common buzzword nowadays, but it's a good way to describe how I ... point in moving any further. The universe seemed to be telling me that I ... that were meant to be broken. The universe is just teaching the same

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  2023 this year. She also happens to be quite a good writer, so we decided ... to figure out housing. I thought it would be easy, but seeing the huge ... concerning issue around 8:45 am: our 9 am event runner was nowhere to be seen

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Refreshment We need your help!

  

  mentioned, the other camp counselors and I have been trying hard to raise ... 's basically an initiative to encourage people to make a positive difference in the world. Past grant recipients have used the money to fund research on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  hey hey HAYMARKET slicing and dicing all over the place.

  

  getting snapped at by a vendor for analyzing the fruit too much, we began to ... also has some fish shops, so Diana thought it'd be a good idea to buy ... our way back to my place with our newly purchased red snapper and

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  think they need to do to be strong applicants, and what they actually need ... demonstrate strong ethical character. In short, we want young people to be ... offerings to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  told her I’d rather support the cause by being in the audience (all the ... last February, I knew I had made a grave mistake; I knew I needed to be ... I have made the right decision. I am to be one of three girls in the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  Internet has come to visit me!" Which might be my alltime favorite way to ... teaches undergrads at MIT. I thought it would be really cool to ask someone ... convention to be held in Florida in June. What do you do at MIT? Like I said

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  possible, start your own life, and not be told when to go to bed and what not to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home ... or gossip or student club presidencies to get in the way... what would

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  some ways more than the actual act of being sick. I proceeded to text the ... it was due to the first two semesters being virtual. And sophomore year ... sick hanging out with a sick friend and be unable to do that work. But on

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022