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• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  classes you want to take. You discuss which ones and why with your advisor and then they approve your course selection to officially register you ... when to take your vacation or start a new job. I may never again feel

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  do something big, new, and risky every year in your personal and ... reflective than predictive, that when someone declares your time will pass ... ’t you switching trains? how can you just accept that the pieces of your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  your exact course schedule for the next four years or how to prepare for ... more generally feeling like everyone has it all figured out and you're ... about college — how to live on your own, all the minutiae about academics

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  thing to drink if you’re going to drink lab liquids, but I ... feel dizzy as the fluid in your ears becomes heavier; if you drink only ... , so I would recommend that you not anger your own cells by drinking this

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  's no warm water in the sink or any hooks to hang and dry your towels or ... leaning against the shower so as you're cleansing yourself there's this ... shattering all over your vulnerable, naked skin. So me, being the dramatic

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Senior Week On The Blogs!!! oh no, we’re all so old

  

  Well would you look at that, it’s finals week at MIT.  Which means that for a few of your friendly neighborhood bloggers, it’s also our last week on the blogs. *cue all of the sad faces and crying emojis* Writing

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it's about depression. ac newman's lyrics hit deep, with lines like "so you crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  just throw in all of your loose leaves into a folder right? That ... . Now, I know what you're thinking. How can the folder possibly hold a ... ashamed. Two, if you're really determined to overwork something, at least by

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  decision: "We have completed our Early Action review of your application and ... someone or something." The point of this is to say that it is hard. Your ... Your Story", "it's only a matter of time," a matter of waiting for that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Watch this year’s 2.s009 final presentations designing kindness during a time of covid

  

  you're waiting for the show to start. I'm too busy reading applications

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  positive trait. It’s about overstating your goals, setting your expectations ... questioning your instincts and recognizing that ultimately there are only 24 ... about picking your battles carefully, and I’m not sure that I’m so good at

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  obliterates your old identity so it can be rebuilt anew, requires time and ... . Quitting your high school robotics team and leaving behind all the little ... okay. It doesn’t matter if you have the flu, or you’re on a personal

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  from Downtown Crossing, which is on the [annotation note="if you're not ... on boat etiquette—why is it that people will wave at you if you're on a boat?? No one waves at you if you're on land...regardless of where

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I ... ' amazing!!!!) Your Name Spirited Away Howl's Moving Castle TATBILB 1 ... to cook (hahaha....) Exercise Redo your wardrobe Change up your

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updates i'm still here.

  

  so is having friends-turned-family who set you back on your path and remind you who you are, what you’re set on doing. This was also the ... falling short a step away, especially when you’re not honest with yourself

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • January 20, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  great things about MIT is its location. You're in this hub of great ... . Simmons Ballpit no comments just peak your head in and inhale. Loop ... at 2AM When you're walking back from a party and you're hungry and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  . Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite ... and dislocate your knee cap just a few weeks into break, you, my friend, are going to be just fine. And even if you do trip and dislocate your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  A hack, for cap 🇺🇸 spoilers-free

  

  , including tributes to Batman, LOTR, and R2D2. If you're unfamiliar with the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  of you, it might be your first time learning to tell your story, and it’s a skill you will have to use for the rest of your life. And I know ... ’ll know a little more about us and trust us with your stories.

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  good platform on which to build. MITAdmissions.org If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with our office, and with our current website design; if you're a longtime reader, you may even remember the old one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018