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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ideate, Model, TEST! A long, behind-the-scenes look at 2.009 like, really long.

  

  . A quick, functioning prototype for a foam wire cutter.  Mocked up ... process of generating and mocking up ideas, with only the last month focusing on building up an alpha prototype of one particular idea. Apple

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 10, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  found funny for some reason. We cleaned up the rooms, we took a photo of ... phones, so I had to use my phone to look up directions. Because I didn ... eduroam, I had an internet connection without even trying. I waited for my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  for SAT. so i couldn't complete my test on time that had set up by the ... anything special to set it up, other than registering for a mymit account ... to answer the many questions that have been showing up in my blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i hate orthogonality making my furniture diagonal

  

  [annotation note="as per tradition, continuing students move up a year the ... into my room for the first time: there was something wrong about this ... , meaning that i was perpetually afraid of rolling off into the corner for the

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • August 19, 2026
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... Midwest. So for four-ish days my girlfriend and I went to visit my cousin

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  apron and ruminated. Hair salons in particular are very good for this type ... long I had been dying my hair, and I faltered for a moment, realizing ... of care for my hair was pretty ironic, since my hair is incredibly

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  eating at me for a couple of days now and what better to rid yourself of ... been just a little more recognized. everyone chalked it up to me losing a ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for them ... 'd predicated a lot of my dreams for my future self on the premise of getting an ... up ignoring most of my research and following a heuristic you suggested

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  ' reassurance and my own empathy for the difficulty in finding balance didn ... to hang out. As finals wrapped up and people began transitioning into ... . Now I feel like I've known her for much longer than just a few weeks

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  waitlist for Columbia! She ended up going to MIT! I told my dad about the ... It's been one week since decisions were released for the 2023s, and ... metaphor for it. Instead enjoy this large photo of my very small dog, who is

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  the best). Things have been looking up since then, and being ... tea for that matter) is an absolute no for me, perhaps because I ... his assistants take us out for (free) bobas, and sadly I couldn’t make

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Reflections

  

  back) for about 5 seconds before coming up with this theory. My teammate ... different. Granted, we’ve had this option for the past three semesters and ... .009 Fundamentals of Programming ES.1803 Differential Equations 21M.601 Drawing for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 5, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  of exploring. Being up for a good challenge. Embracing the awkward ... For those of you curious about life after MIT, I recently wrote this ... life that shock you into the reality of the situation, and you wake up at

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  wisdom I can't make up for myself. Readers, what do you think? Is self ... for all women. Opening up the category “women” necessitates not only ... read. I read guidebooks for each stage of development the stage before I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  I really love the "day in the life" posts that have gone up recently ... one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... would make for a particularly interesting blog. So instead, I figured I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  ago, I decided I wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. (A brief introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a student, I did not want to be a doctor when I grew up.) As a result, I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  .) 31 October 2013 9:10am - My Bed Wake up, open computer. Facebook notifications up the wazoo. 7:13pm - My Floor I went out to lunch at a Japanese ...  basic science concepts. The exhibit took up one room, and we were the only people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  At MIT, I've taught for two Splashes, three Sparks, and two HSSPs. My ... walk over to headquarters and help set up. I taught two classes that afternoon: a pulsar class for parents, and a pulsar class for middle school

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  . Our mechanic was a really friendly guy who picked up on the idea right ... for the meeting, however, so we stopped by the side of the road to look around one of the tent cities and wait for our friends from last night

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Montreal a.k.a my awesome birthday blog a.k.a the end of IAP Photo's! Adventure! It's like a comic book, but real!

  

  institute of technology went back to class for reals on February 3rd. Before ... thing I hate more than studying is packing, I studied up until I left to ... it up as: Physics-0 Chris-1. So I raced back to my room to throw all

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 27, 2009