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• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  Raymond and I recently moved out of our Honolulu airbnb (blogpost coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... giant glass door with a nonzero possibility of falling on you and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  year full of blades. If you are interested in supporting the victims ... of someone’s grandparent being shoved, beaten, or slashed goes viral ... to stay safe, but the request felt empty. How could any of us ensure

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th

  

  If indeed I post this on time, as of February 9th, 2021, I’ll be ... around the desert, drinking up the sight of [annotation note="the tall ... kid, either. College is itself a sort of bridge, with trappings of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 9, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2025 are now ... admission to MIT. This is an unprecedented increase of approximately 62% from ... are very proud of, and grateful for, all their hard work. I also know

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  8.021 and my favorite moments the class that taught me to love physics

  

  One of my most favorite classes I've ever taken this semester is 8.021, Physics E&M. I failed the regular version of 8.02 in the spring, so I took a special version of 8.02 known as 8.021, specifically designed for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SOFT HOUSE five college students doing burpees on gravel at 1 am vibes

  

  Guys, in spite of everything that's happened, I'm having a college ... , well, "soft" sounds like "soph." IT'S SO GREAT. Living with six of my ... four of us working in the kitchen at all times, with others joining now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  -decent way of introducing myself to the world (and give a decent overview of ... decisions I've made over the past few weeks across all sorts of areas in my life. In [annotation note='i don’t wanna order this by order of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  of the only nearby places open until 11:00 PM. This place is freakin ... one of the guys working there comes up to me and says. “Caroline, right ... accidentally made this extra cup of coffee, and you order coffee a lot so I

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... host of other things i’m anxious about, many of which aren’t even my own ... about how i feel a general sense of unease at how not-together my life is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark ... think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is inspired by a line from the Amber Spyglass, as the ghost of an old woman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  hated science at the back of every one of my classes?" And, well... he ... increasingly became one of few Black/Puerto Rican students in those classes ... paired up with one student in the nerd herd for a quiz, the rest of the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one year left and a whole lot of stuff to do. And whether you choose to ... scary. You’ve cried. No, SOBBED you’re way to sleep. You’re terrified of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... !!), but if you don’t then I hope this post sufficiently informs you of our

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... (and this might make a lot of people mad), whether you are an INTJ or an Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  figuring your life out and your employers will never know. All of these marks ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity ... feeling of competence and belonging. This place is my jam. I'm writing from ... .320 (Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems) and 7.18 (Topics in

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... of goals for this semester: Be less lazy. Yes, it's freezing cold ... a lot of work that was half done but due later that day. The buses

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  Reflecting on the lessons of last semester, I knew I was going to ... all of Monday night from 8pm to 2am studying. I woke up promptly at 7 ... through all of my other commitments, I studied from 10pm to 2:30am. Then on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  pause and take in everything around you. Some of you have already gotten in places, some of you have plans for gap years or work or a year at community college, some of you will very soon begin to get into places

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  Dear Applicant to the Class of 2019, The long awaited season of ... most formative (and simply the best) years of your academic path. With ... ’t Procrastinate. Enjoy.You are among the oldest generation of students in your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014