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• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  In broad strokes, my life in 2025 is not so different from my life in ... . 2023 is the year of the dog, we said; 2024 will be the year of the ... ."]“mild gastrointestinal issues”[/annotation] who needed a home. We named him Percy, which is

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  people, horizons beyond horizons" (人外有人，天外有天) - this kind of mileage is ... basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... meters. Later, I realized that this is where the coach put all of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  One of my favorite places on campus is the Metropolis makerspace. It ... feminine pastime. Anyways, I'm glad that Metropolis is legitimizing craft as ... similarly operate under the idea that everyone is a maker. [caption id

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  't ambitious didn't feel true. Maybe the problem is my definition of ambition. Do ... [annotation note="is this overly confident? confident, definitely, but it’s not ... existence of early-career scientists is not my only option. Soon, though, or

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  .[/annotation]No matter how hard I may try, once I press the play button, the end is near ... interests me. The ironic thing is that at the beginning of the semester ... -3 credit classes (normal is 12) that introduce you to a subject

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  This is not a post about budgeting, because no one likes to hear how ... your guesstimate is wrong. Every month up until my last semester, I was ... is." It gives me an alternative when I'm pre-pset procrastinating

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  for an admissions or selections committee is HARD. It's not like ... of Purpose required by grad schools is probably the hardest thing you ... is a place where I will be challenged and I can hone my writing skills

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  Tonight's blog entry is brought to you by Cam, a resident of ... of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... is my story. Not the story of my life, but part of the story of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  , and ridiculous amounts of confetti, this event is a must-see for any MIT student. The 2.009 Prototype Launch is the final presentation for one of ... over 1000 people. How the final presentation itself went is pretty well

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  Hello world! My name is Kayode Dada, and I am one of the seven new ... -pitch run-down of the intro blog is “Cambridge has no fields or horses or Walmarts and I wish that it did. Kentucky is small and I like it that way. I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  “i can only draw stick figures” musings on learning to draw

  

  decided to take on. It seems this want to draw is shared amongst many MIT students, because this is one of the few classes that requires you to apply ... piece that would be added to our portfolio. Here is a selection of mine

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • June 4, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  The MIT Monologues (MITMo) is a spinoff of the play The Vagina ... want to say is that the memories I discuss are simply the ones that have ... , is that at MIT I've been able to feel seen. Most times for the better

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  (taps mic) is this thing working? hello? okay, great. that's cool ... days than i was before. which is a good thing! i'm writing this directly ... , which is good. we watch a lot of...interesting videos in lecture. last

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2,024 liked songs spotify is my favorite social media

  

  because their mascot is a penguin). Maybe people who like penguins just ... friends, August, is a Gemini, and the similarities clicked in my brain ... follow our Spotify accounts. Our cardinal rule of Spotify is that we never

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  few months? three. one of the things i'm supposed to value the most is ... on my own life. this is a philosophy i think the magic the gathering card force of will really embodies. this is a counterspell, which means

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  question: What is my best and worst trait? He admittedly didn't answer with ... blunt. I'm not afraid to call it as it is, and I'm usually the first to ... . Or how I should simply "care less." I think this is the same mentality

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  Phase I: Recognition I sit down on my bed. My heart is racing. I am ... : Housing is actually going okay! You have a group you love, you have a few really solid leads and active discussions, and everyone is being so helpful

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  building 38 is, because all the buildings in the 30s are in a completely ... of the foundational course 6 classes. MIT is hard, and for me, it ... know what to do with - is the sense of being overwhelmingly cared for and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  -growing and never-shrinking universe that is Organic Chemistry. Time and time ... overlaid. And hydroboration oxidation is Anti-Markovnikov. I really have been ... is always predictable: the infamous synthesis question. The task is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  It hit me just a little while ago, that today is November 1st. It ... application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... -by-hour schedule. But today is November 1st. It's been exactly two years since I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018