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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  partner Cory and I have been together for almost nine years now. We met in ... smell of the wet morning air in the early autumn and the hope I had for ... people who do. In grad school I was in a department for zoology and botany

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  fixed. For three straight weekends in June, I went on hikes. My road ... again, without a need for always trying to better oneself — in essence ... this. i've always tried to strive for happiness in the present, and it

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  : specifically, we help build and maintain tools and we playtest (as in, do) the ... latter late, I get to live in my undergraduate dorm for two extra semesters ... started working in the Sabeti lab at the Broad, my thesis lab. This is the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this ... box, every political speech, and in the vast majority of conversations ... coach, Dave Hunter, attempts to motivate us for the next period using a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  , so what more do i have to ask for in life? sure, i want to look ahead ... thanksgiving break, i'm waiting for mystery hunt in january. heck, i'm even waiting for those internship rejections to come in. it's shortsighted, but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  . For now, I’m struggling to coordinate communications between people in ... prepare for—I’ve talked to alums who have been in the bubble for 30 years, and I, too, will likely retreat to the bubble in the fall. For now, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  applying to MIT as a Freshman for the 2nd time in a row. I sent 3 letters of ... because this is a real problem for me, getting them in the first place was ... propensity for these subjects in high school generally run into trouble here

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  how we think about issues that have been discussed on the blogs for a ... hopefully there will be something in here for all readers of the blogs. Eric ... come in the door and that you're ready for MIT's really challenging, fast

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... this fact in the application good enough for the admission commitee? (The ... some really tough courses (3 science subjects and 2 Maths in A Level) for

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  turn in a pset or three, but that’s what P/NR is for, and I stopped ... aside, I don’t want to forget my laundry in the washer for two days; I don ... , who did arrange for me to have accommodations in the interim.. and then

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  cook, even for the 30 people who live in the house, which means that six ... I no longer have to cook for myself. I haven’t yet decided whether or not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  with them in the beginning, and I am paying for that now. 😬 [carousel ... signed up for it. Apparently it was not. I have not turned in a single pset ... . I wasn’t making room for God. In my scheduling and in my day, I only

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  lookin’ at the blur of this semester and ahead at the next one!

  

  this semester focused on projects for classes: I built a cactus lamp in ... them. However, in total, 72 units was too many. I skipped most of my ... in at 6 am and promptly went to sleep. This wasn’t a great use of time

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a ... need space. You're not a bad roommate for going into your room once in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Liveblog] MARC 2025 A sciencey science conference, feature Anika '26 and me

  

  'm currently sitting in the lobby writing this post while I wait for the opening ... presentation that is best experienced visually. (Apologies in advance for the ... suits in a microelectronics lab. What does "CHIPS" stand for in "CHIPS

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Felicitation Answers... and hopefully minimal snark.

  

  research for him for very little in the way of salary. So slave labor works ... class. (I had been working in my UROP lab for a year when I took the class ... common for people to go the other way on the Red Line and end up in Harvard

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  wanted. MIT asks for a lot in terms of high school classes and if you aren ... of the requirements. Luckily this wasn't an issue I ran in to. I went ... I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Philosophy Things liberty, property, consent - that kind of stuff

  

  be theoretically needed from each individual in order for government ... individual will be socially shamed for using an object in a way others find ... punishment for it. Now consider Nozick’s theory of property appropriation. In

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  lingering in the caverns for a while now, guilt gnawing away like rodents at ... me, then I would be okay. And it worked, for a little. I was in ... I've been trying to write this blogpost for the past week, but every

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  also be beneficial for my research mentor to write me a recommendation in ... necessary in order to communicate my message as well as show my passion for ... small, as these can be an asset for students in the admissions process

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005