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• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... the piper must be paid. I still totally agree with this. I figured out ... once, and he asked if he could use them in lecture. I granted permission

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... in. To simply do things out of a love for it and nothing else. I hope ... I try and tell myself that I've overcome imposter syndrome, and, in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Where can I find info on Aero/Astro?

  AeroAstro the oldest and most respected university aerospace program in the United States, and it's easy to see why. They have an Interactive Robotics lab, a Human Systems lab, a Space Propulsion lab—and the
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a ... was, so I can't quite give myself 100% on this. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate – 25% complete. In my defense, I'm really trying to take

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  Know that I'm with you The only way that I can be Until you're in my ... fulfilled in life, because I know there's very little he can do now. I wonder ... his time in the Navy because, well, that's all I can do. But, God, what

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  even if I tried. It helps that I’m back in NYC now, and can actually wake ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of ... takeaway is that starting in around fall of 11th grade, I was constantly just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my ... "what are my chances" questions. I simply can't answer them on a case-by-case basis, because until I'm in the committee room with the rest of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Great Hunger an artisanal take on my quarter life crisis

  

  you can in, say, a coding interview. Increasingly, I feel the weight of ... be quick to support others however I can.  In-between all that, I ... stop thinking about it.  In reality I think we all have a little bit of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts, but most recently I'm from Houston, Texas. I'm *definitely* majoring in ... Biomedical Engineering. (My mom hates it when I revert to MIT-speak; I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  entry was originally titled "Trimalchio in West Egg." About a month ago I ... summer. I was really puzzled by the last line, in which she said she couldn ... to see what she's talking about--even though I live in a dorm with two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  have some experience in. I know my hair, so I can experiment with it. I ... more experience to judge my looks and tell me what I can improve in my ... people, or really any situation where I can’t blend into the crowd.  Hair

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In ... ... exist in spaces surrounded by people. I wrote something similar back in ... what in-person campus life is really like. I run into people constantly

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon ... become obsolete like a floppy disk. I can hold my reservations about said ... can only keep going, or we wouldn’t be where we are today. IN

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  job now i think a lot about how games can be good for people write ... enjoy doing as often as you can i am glad that loving games has brought me ... meaning and wonder games can bring to their lives too i think i am happy

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  Mission Log 3042007 It's 6 o clock in the morning, and I ask myself ... onto the floor below without awaking my roommate. I put my contacts in ... the day. Subway or Taxi? Realizing I'd filled out a survey online that

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... news and puts me in a good mood, even though I'm studying physics right ... , I'm in really good shape to enjoy CPW . . . well . . . I thought I was

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  the original metaphor, I might be covered in milk now and out of breath ... struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure ... when I say “overwhelmed”, I don’t mean stressed out or crushed. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  the office wearing a Tufts sweater--I can’t decide if this is elitist in ... little distance I can manage. I have a fear of appearing too crufty, so while I keep in touch with current undergrads I was already friends with

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  back to MIT I’m currently sitting in the back of the car typing this out ... response force I'd feel on my energy levels. Calmness remained at a distance ... reaction. During the winter, I found out through the news that the Phantom of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... put back art is key in ensuring that dorm space can be utilized as much

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023