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• Blog / How to Human

  you ain’t gonna need it overthinking

  

  time. worrying for the sake of worrying. it feels like such an ... over Y will make the people advocating for Y sad or disappointed in me ... don't matter. this one always trips me up, because i don't realize it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  our Early Action process. We will accept up to November test scores for Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  schools definitely made up for my lack of city smarts. When I conduct ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short of an adventure. For instance, I came here straight from the country

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  Gate Park. 9:00 a.m. Sign-In opens 9:30 a.m. Aerobic Warm-Up sponsored ... entertainment in Sharon Meadow Official SF AIDS Walk website And now for the ... prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  what to pack for CPW? Check out the 10 day forecast. Following up on ... few odds & ends... CPW update: for everyone who has registered ... . For one thing, the weekend is not planned out for you, it's more of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  This afternoon, we began early action selection for the Class of 2010. As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... 3098 applications, up about 10% from early action last year. This will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  setting up for the event. Rebecca gives pointers on how to eat healthy for ... start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... for the snow because that means snow football and more occasions for hot

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up ... half-confused. I was mixing up similar ideas for similar concepts, and it ... up six hours later to prepare for the midterm. The midterm threw

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  , the idea of home brings up a lot of complicated feelings for me. I haven ... ="At some point in my childhood my mom definitely made me read up on ... speaks Taishanese (a variant of Cantonese) and I picked up impressively

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  for waking them all up. Eventually, we fell asleep. Three hours after ... after the sun completely set and before the moon came up, but we never saw ... supposedly left before ours. So after walking in the woods looking for the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  the call, and then ending up crouched down on the side of the road for ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to ... was a slobbery, deflated mess on the floor. For the sake of writing a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  we are twins … but ARE OUR AGENDAS?!? (not clickbait)

  

  for our animation class. And the second week of December, we stayed up ... like using physical agendas more. For one, it’s fun to buy a new one each ... year. But while Allan has consistently filled up every slot of every week

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 23, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  there are many reasons for this: i don’t text as much as i used to, i have ... and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for ... complete loser who feels really really good for a few hours every day.’ He

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Overcommit Responsibly sidequesting like a pro

  

  started playing. For those already halfway through the College gameplay ... with a degree. There are also a number of subquests for the main quest ... decide to put all your points into academics for example, all of your other

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 6, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  -billion dollar company came up with for the web in 1996: McDonalds-1996 ... up a heaping dose of pain in the form of academic expectations. If you ... , MIT is really really good at helping you adjust and prepare for such

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... hardcore for this trip. On Saturday, we woke up at 5:45 so we could arrive to ... , prepping for a 7am wake up for the next day. On Saturday, we were still all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  classes, etc. I had plans that ended up getting pushed off for last minute ... track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... in my bed for a solid thirteen hours. I've spent my time back home with

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  some inches down and then some inches up again.    I signed up for ... . Knowing how to do that felt good. Feeling myself limber up and prepare for ... are barely enough plates for one person to squat while another benches

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  .[/annotation] So I picked up the habit of carrying projects around, waiting for the ... ="79909" /] 10. the forge stand  This May, I built a stand for a forge to be set up ... ’m excited for things to pick up this semester!

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022