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• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  processing the trauma for later. So I like to think about the Nisha in a ... things that I had done for the last time that I hadn't realized. My last ... to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  try out for an a capella group. I looked forward to living in East ... most of it in whatever way you want. There will be something here for ... . For those who commit, keep in mind that CPW is filled with magical

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  drawstring bag for the day, which has in it an iPad, a battery pack, some ... location notorious for challenging marathon runners as the last in a series ... satisfaction in completing the task. After chatting for a little while longer

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  morning of Sunday, March 18th, I was sitting at the computer in our living ... everything, if only for a moment? That's how clicking that button felt for me ... worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  week, except for weeks when there's an exam, so there's around ten in all ... ,[/annotation] a period of time in which lots of undergrads are preparing for or are ... semester. For an example that's not in [annotation note="The Electrical

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  word in German for "the Pope" is "Papst" and I kept thinking he was ... DID YOU KNOW? On keyboards in German internet cafes, the y and z keys ... in less than 10 minutes. Kneel before me, Rachael Ray. Last entry ended

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Super Top Secret Spy Action Real Life Experience: Building a car in 2.007

  

  'll be in the machine shop starting to build the basic platform for our car ... So in hopes to show you more about what classes are like, over the next few weeks, I'll be highlighting one of my classes in each entry

  • by Bryan
  • February 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  pressure to work hard, or do students in the program encourage each other to ... mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... virtue at MIT. In fact, I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said hard

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 1 and the power of the few

  

  upper level (for example, the decisions of the first 3 people in level J ... determine a shared value for 2J-2 people on level J-2, who in turn determine a ... , especially in the context of limited resources. Limited memory, limited

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  , make new memories, and fall in love with Boston for the first time. I ... 've been holed up in my room doing work for the past few days unless you ... school--they were such a constant in my life for all four years, running

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  number of times the self check-in has actually worked for me with this ... ended up waiting for 35 minutes in the terminal help desk to collect my ... carrying my own bags and standing in line for extended amounts of time, but

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  How I Made the MIT Orientation Trading Card Game The Insatiable Urge to Collect Continues...

  

  what matters for this story is the creator, Cassie L. Cassie works in the ... Lab in the Center for Constructive Communication, developing my game for ... kind of thing that MIT would look for in an applicant [I was surely

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  work, you will probably not have just one job in the same location for 35 ... ! Summertime is a great time for you to take a class in something that you have ... Catch reruns for 14 hours a day. You could easily become a Facebook addict

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  stating what you read in the textbook. For example, often bio exams ... kept on coming in, so thank you for your enthusiasm. =p Unfortunately ... airfield in the Beskidy mountains which we use for our event. Second is a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  what exactly I want to aim for in the near future. Basically, in the face ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.  

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  , I hope for you, sometime in these past years, I've drawn some of the ... somehow. Thank you for reading, today and at any and every time in the past ... very limited unsupervised screen time, but I did, and I fell totally in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  actually 9:47, but I stayed in bed for a bit longer so that it was about ten ... ’t, so I guess that’s what I’ll be doing for the rest of the evening in the ... someone on Quora who claimed that 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. worked pretty well for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  'll stick to it for long enough to run a half-marathon in late summer/early fall. cooking: Although I lived in a cook-for-yourself dorm this ... change in focus. I'm hoping to at least submit it for publication, if not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022