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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not too early……… (there is no curfew in college :P),” you can be anywhere at any time just as long as you put in the effort to physically get out of

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I've realized how much I love it. <3 Every algorithm we've learned in the ... . Mkkk, I'll stop nerding out now, since I think you get the idea :) There

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every IAP in the exact same way. Back from the holidays, still burnt out from the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  shows I’m not cut out to be at MIT. I have to prove that I can do it ... social sciences) classes stick out? I think casting your net wide and ... process, but a short one. I had to apply online, book an appointment, go in

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  digging out from under the work that accumulated while I was not working, and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  clears up in a week or so) it’s the energy all of that takes out of you ... .”   2. HUBRIS (aka, Biting Off More Than You Can Chew). Sometimes I ... ...inspiring. I mean yes, I could go to that talk about “In Vitro Vascularized

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  We are in our senior year of college [annotation note ... year of high school.  In high school, we stayed up extra hours to apply ... extra hours to apply to that extra internship and that extra job. In high

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  All the Feels introduction to me and my thoughts

  

  emotional wreck, but I think it’s just something that comes with being in a ... old me. There’s change in the air too, and with every breath I take inside the MIT bubble, I feel myself growing in so many ways. I want to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  from studying that I can't help but share with all of you - the first ... on gloves, and called up a friend who I haven't seen in months, because ... MIT, I found myself with a sudden overwhelming rush of energy: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  , right when the application came out I jumped on it and was like, “I’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in ... off some games that I made (one of them can be seen in post about Splash

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trip Report: ISEF 2016

  

  I'm blogging this from a Starbucks in Phoenix. I'm sweating ... partially because I just ate so much BBQ I'm worried I might actually pass out. More on that later. I'm in Phoenix for the 2016 Intel International

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... , especially in urban areas. During the fall, I learned about current energy ... dropping the passing grade benchmark by 20%, I made it out. I feel quite

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Events

  hero’s journey with a splash teaching for ESP

  

  browsing email in search of free food when I came across Splash, a program ... outdated, but think Galahad in Temple Anthrax. I’d recently brushed up on powerpoint skills during Energy Hack, and I cobbled together a powerpoint the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A (Not At All) Comprehensive Guide to Your First Year what i've learned as an associate advisor

  

  , so I don't know just how universal everything in this blogpost would be, but I hope this is helpful in some capacity. Table of Contents GIRs ... . Aside from these, I have some general recommendations. In particular, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... -like, but there were several gems in there that balanced those other poems out ... note=" or at least can be a quick read. I think I read this at a slower

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  for middle and high school. I have not been in a public school in almost ... literal. I've never been in a classroom where students would get up and walk ... down in school, so I would've loved a little less rigid of a classroom

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  - energy storage is a tricky problem. How creative can you get in solving it ... . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... . =) Anyway, the point is, I know it's awesome...but in my world, still less

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  at us but before she can say anything I chime in. "We're over 18 ... said "Can I let these two in? They look young." Luckily the guy wasn't as ... bus stopped it was 6 AM and nothing was in English. I took this to mean

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  in this post, this is the only one I had planned out beforehand ... This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... wheels on them so you can roll them out into the lobby for visitors to see

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  , one that can't be reduced to just "let's do things in-person again!" I ... about abstract concepts like "fit" and "where I really want to go". In ... wanted the answer to, is "do I have enough energy to go to tea time today

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020