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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  it say E.Jones when I am B.Jones, and why is it squared? Here's the ... first name is Edward. When I got to MIT, Edmund and I thought it would be ... (E.Jones) instead of E.Jones2, but the truth is, our power really is

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  should I be doing right now? Schedule the interview now (today is the ... ). Having an interview is an important part of our process. Check in with ... scores sent to MIT. Our College Board (SAT I, SAT II and TOEFL) code is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  helped me quite a bit. At MIT, the interview is an important part of the admissions process. The interview report is often one of the most helpful ... his school. That was certainly a turn-off, though really the school is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  .1200[/annotation] was fun! But I digress. This is the first upcoming semester that I ... finishing my major (which is surreal), but it's also a mindset change that ... 'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Collections Simple

  

  .36 (Neurobiology of Self) which is a class that focuses on the neural mechanisms of ... separate our physical forms from our thinking forms, if there is even a ... consider how our mind is thinking. I hated all of this. But now I'm starting

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  my favorite part of ancient greek literature is its treatment of self ... example is learned helplessness: in the original experiment, dogs in the ... anecdote educators report is of children getting lost during a math class

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  ="alignnone" width="284"] Alan: "this is gonna be my portraitist origin story ... possibly communicate the amount of #swag i had back then, so instead, here is ... it is clear that i was far cooler then than i am now

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write about your life, which seems easy as pie, but everything you write is ... what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  's just a place. Not all adventures are good. No place is a paradise. The river simply flows, like time. This post is just some text, which hardly ... call this paradise? Then again, there is no paradise except the one we

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  ever, but I think the thing that's holding me back is just how much I ... about stuff is good!! I love it when people ramble to me about their ... Place is an incredible show that captures the essence of what it means to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  . The main problem, I think, is that Zoom fatigue is real. Staring at a screen all day is exhausting. Being online all day, even just by having notifications on, is exhausting. If I’m already online all the time, going to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  future students of the Institute. If there is anything you would like to ... ; P.S. For those new here, here is an old video I did after my frosh yr! (yes it is on a different youtube channel, unfortunately I lost the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  ). I'm not sure if this is something I picked up from others or if it ... , get a good night's sleep the night before. What happens afterwards is ... without a shared meal is a sad one. Clean your room every day. Returning

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  put in, so my detachment is on me.     There’s an innocent energy to ... I am learning to bow my head, breathe, and move on. This is unlike ... is for girls and girls are weak and i Am nOt LIkE oThEr Gi

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... means psets, a midterm, a final, and daily lectures. The pace is definitely way faster in IAP, and having only one class is a weird feeling -- I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  really been bothering me ever since I have been home - that is, creativity ... and my 4th year in college. My passion in life is cancer research - day in day out until the day I die, that is what I want to work on and what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  for Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 10am-1pm. Next up is 9.24 Disorders ... … 9.24 Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System is my last and most ... course Professor is also a really big deal in the field and he still hangs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  distinguished member of our history faculty, Professor Craig Steven Wilder is the ... universities is entwined with the history of slavery. Last spring, I sought Craig ... they have discovered so far... What they have discovered so far is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Gingerbread Gone Horribly Right "run, run, as fast as you can..."

  

  Caution: this post is probably NSFW. Two Decembers ago, when I was ... around here. This post is a photographic journey through the gingerbread ... ("The" is essential), organized a second gingerbread decorating party

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... -to-take-on-the-world prefrosh, is now a slightly jaded, very depressed upperclassmen. It did ... those steps was moving off campus. And that is why I moved off campus for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016