Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  talking to people, I stopped cleaning my room, and I got very lonely. It ... ’ve had. It stretched to four hours and left me nonfunctional for the next ... of the term. It was doubled by the work I had to make up from the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  handed me a stack of poker chips. “Use these to place bets.” She gestured ... , creative kids whom it was a pleasure to talk with and learn from. But most of ... was about as useful to greater society as shifting vast, moneyed sums

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  was about work/life balance—is it stressful to balance everything at MIT ... student? it's no secret that coming to MIT is signing yourself up for ... being and fall down. you can't cheat sleep. it will find you and make you

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  you will all enjoy it! It is a bit belated, but all the footage was taken on pi day, so it's still a pi day video! Good luck to all you 2019s ... , not just for MIT. College is a weird place, so I hope you can gain some

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  a year ago and it is equally true now. Specifically, I want to share ... you got in, it’s because you can handle it, and because you’re the kind ... the path you choose gets difficult, it will be very helpful to rekindle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  integrity on its face. The purpose of this blog post is to communicate that ... committed to using our process to "promote greater ethical engagement among ... applicants, we believe it is important to clarify what's important to us as an

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  ="Funny story actually: it was during recess when I tried to jump and touch the ... would want to play in college, and honestly, I hadn’t thought about it ... became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... reading Motor Trend like I used to stay up reading Lois Duncan. The omelet ... summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  they can insure the future peace of the world.” To achieve this ideal ... MIT accepted its first international student in 1866, only one year after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse. By 1895, 39 from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  . I get it. I know it. I was there. I thought I'd make something to ... already? Take it slow. Current students are, expectedly so, so excited to ... it or not, we are going to biased on everything - preferred classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  say I can’t go to this event I had said I was going to, I do it, because ... ’t look competitive anymore, but it was because I knew I was going to lose ... grow, to believe in myself, to fail and learn from it because I Truly

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  out, mumbling that it would be worth it compared to the other work i had ... i never really had senioritis in high school—it was probably the surprising amount of momentum behind me, but i don't think i managed to pull

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  actually make it. Some are more free form and allow teams to create a ... . It's a unique opportunity to put our engineering skills to the test and ... One of the amazing things about going to a techy school like MIT is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  think it’s important to consider why people apply to MIT. My primary ... specific setting. I would never suggest that it's easy to recreate "an MIT ... . Whatever it is you wanted: hold onto it as tightly as you can. The hard part

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  application process can be very competitive, it is not inherently a competition ... outlets, because in addition to being a positive human-interest piece it ... of rant. If you are wondering what my point is, it can be best summed

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  an idea of what to expect. Boston is a city, and it can be a little ... East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer ... , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can ... stressed I am, or how much work MIT is, or how to handle it, because I ... 3, my floor, seems to like movies. It’s how we relax. Our floor lounge

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  ’m somewhere between emotionally numb, about to cry but can’t, and in intense stress and fear about if I’m going to graduate and how I (can’t) afford ... well I did or didn't do was being tied to my self-worth until it wasn

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  ’ve beat it (and to some extent, I don’t think I ever will), I’ve learned ... to ever be constructed on this earth, but since its utility to effort ... ’re in it, you can basically head in any direction you want and land on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  non-stop / walang hinto what a mess

  

  a deep breath, gathering all the air it can to release the first, loud ... happened. it’s as if the entire month has just been in my head. to be fair ... refusal to reflect on what is happening in my life, but it is impossible to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 8, 2020