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• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  . Winter break as officially started for me, so life is pretty good right now ... . She’s had to live with the mess for the past month). But last night, as ... up in the most succinct and accurate way possible – Warning: May

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  it for yourselves in the next six months. I can hardly wait. The ... decision. Every day, I wake up. To be more specific, every day I wake up and ... been sleeping. The truth is that MIT isn't right for everyone. Some

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  have enough real ones to make up for it. The Bay Area is pretty conducive ... interested in 4-145, the Blackjack Team practice room. For example, Chris wrote ... at MIT). But see for yourself. Below is the movie 4-145, then the real

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... important note for today: All of MIT's financial aid is based on financial ... &M University-Commerce for middle school students, high school students, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  rally race at Hasbro's headquarters Overheard at MIT (these hold up ... really do, but first I want to catch you up on what's been going on with me ... adorable. Here's him learning to use scissors for the first time at our local

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  those "get your child ready for college!" lists; when I read those lists ... ! Well, except for..." Except for the cooking. Cue shrug from me. At just ... submitting our dorm ranking choices, agonizing over the wait for results, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  for an audience). Soak up the town and culture you live in, because ... , and soak up all the trivial goodness that is: Q&A Are MIT students ... talks about fashion guidelines for people interested in that stuff, but I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  temps for the holiday, meaning that as I sit here typing this entry I'm earning money not just for blogging but also for building toys (only one of ... for a concert I was told started at 7:00 PM. I strapped on my skates

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  handwritten note: You saved $500 today. You're welcome for not being towed for ... Instagram these past couple of years. End up with a result you're mostly okay with except for the fact that you're squinting because you were staring

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  , or both; someone who's capable of speaking up for their team to ... positions. I've always put my election to these roles up to a couple of very ... deciding on a course of action, which is very useful for student government

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  - Mechanical Engineering When I was a freshman, I filled up my IAP with so many ... , and it’s especially prevalent over IAP. I teach Hebrew for fun and as a ... especially useful for anyone planning on doing MISTI Israel. In one of the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  -12.30 (12-134) or TR1-2.30 (12-134) ______ For students with a special ... vehicle for improving one's style while studying the nuances of the language ... means for autobiographer and biographer to develop a personal voice; and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... catching up on a lot of science fiction shows that I've been saving up during ... /10 Current Status: Finished/Caught Up Concepts/Themes: Interplanetary

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  get a few additional features if you are a student! I love Notion for a ... have language-specific syntax highlighting!) and LaTeX support. For ... ) for each blog post. Then, I can view my list of blogs in a table, kanban

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  have gained many rights, the reality for transgender folks (particularly trans women of color) is that progress has not been as drastic for their ... setbacks within your individual context. For example, if I am reading an

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  this would be an especially good time to recognize my mom for her ... around campus, but for many students, family is still a huge part of their ... the first time I made breakfast for the family I was probably 7 or 8). I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  tighter, as if enough pressure would coax the misery out, but, for all she ... ? I’m too excited for her.”    My dad had moved even further for college. After qualifying for a scholarship program, he traveled from

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... prevents you from clicking submit before 11:59 PM EST (technically, EDT for ... questions that are completely optional for any number of reasons and are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  journey. This post is scheduled to go up on the day of the 2021 Virtual ... the weather outside is a chilling 2021.   For your safety and comfort ... for being my number one support system that I can always turn to. We

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  trying to figure it out an attempt at a goodbye

  

  Vegas). This flight is 6 hours long, but for the past 6 hours, I’ve been ... , very sure that i’ll throw up a blog every now or then as an alum, and of ... ’t working for me. Those kinds of introspections can’t be forced. They will

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 31, 2021