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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  , your personal worth is determined by your workload: your lack of sleep ... units." Checkmate. The victor's sub sandwich is up, he grabs it and ... around? Is MIT really like this caricature? Well... yeah, sort of. It's a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  ) event Coffee Chat with Professors. NSUW is a sponsored group of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association (SUMA), which is for students interested (not ... Business Schools. Dr. Aggarwal's expertise is in the areas of initial public

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  because one of them is a 3 unit class, meaning it really doesn't take up ... Semyon is teaching it and he's a very kind little man who dances at the end ... wanted to take a language this fall and I really think Spanish is the way

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  this). This is another one of those. It was written by Janelle Salanga ... go where culture is  mom, did you feel emotional the first time you drove in sacramento? tracy, where i grew up, is known as a cow town. a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  ’m normally heading out. Sleeping is a big part of that—how can I feel normal if ... 'm a junior, which is quite frankly the most uneventful of the Spring ... , staying put is probably the best thing I can do. I don't have Senior Ball

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  . highly recommend."]cliche coming of age movie.[/annotation] It really is ... , actually. I love biology and I'm thinking about majoring in 6-7, which is CS and molecular bio, so 7.015 is a good time and I like that it's a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  the hallway leading to the mental health and counseling wing. there is a ... play baba is you and playing drawful and other games until 4 am. on ... my time is going to taking care of myself. my senses tell me he

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  or other research programs is neither a requirement nor expectation of ... ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of ISEF, and you want to ... is open to members of the general public for viewing and when all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  tennis as I had since I was 8. Complacency is comfort, nothing wrong there ... hackneyed clichés. But on my own terms. College is the best time to try what ... trick is to add the oil very slowly at first, and to add a bit of cold

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  experience I’m still stacking up on, which is a chance for me to babble about ... class gets you to really absorb is how differently real-life situations ... desired distance to 0.5 meters. Then, if the code is written correctly, if

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  -attack-worthy lies over the next couple of days. And this blogpost is all about the art ... shows that MIT is a series of nearly back-to-back all-nighters, except ... is always a cause for celebration. And, on the surface at least

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  My First Week as an EMT It was quite an experience

  

  hours for me to fall asleep and it is really hard to stay asleep. At 1am ... just thrown up for the second time in two hours and felt awful.  This is ... residents away, in case this is as incredibly infectious as it seems. At 7am

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  * Obviously a college dorm room is not ideal to demonstrate interior design ... obvious, I would think, is that I'm not even actually serious about becoming ... but I think she may be feel somewhat intiminated,she is a hs jr in a sci

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  be a measuring error!" Biologist: "This is proof of procreation ... from the top of Baker is amazing. I just wish I had a better camera so I ... some classes. The schedule for CPW is crazy. With so many activities

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  This post is very very delayed, for which I plead procrastination on ... mostly in the city and is an [annotation note="Earth, Atmospheric & ... . ‘25 drove mostly out of the city and is an astrophotographer. Caitlin O

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  “My name is Paige, and I'm a bit of an optimist. Or at least, I try ... good can come from putting Such a thought Out into the world. Is that ... , is that this just felt right. I knew how I learned best (e.g. asking

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  thinking "Is this my reward for pushing through from that day back in November? Is this the universe saying it's proud of me?" I still don't really know if it was. But all I know is that I rode the high of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  you don’t know what an AMA is, it's basically a Q&A session with a ... ask! Seriously, you can ask us anything [annotation note="I know this is ... , she/her)Hey, guys! I’m Emiko (or Emi), and my major is Mechanical

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  pacific northwest is cold and very misty and very foggy. as we stood there ... ="alignnone" width="768"] this is what it looked like in the rearview mirror as we were ... is doing it, so why can't we? by the cranberries, pisces iscariot by

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  teacher wrote. "one thing is clear: mel loves biology." he talked about how ... can do it. this is something much easier said than done, and i ended ... had when mit was online, because engaging high schoolers over zoom is

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025