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• Blog / Challenges

  work-life balance (without a life)

  

  weekends, there'd always be events: a competition i'm helping run, a program for high school students i'm teaching for, a party i'm attending. there ... and whatever grownups do after work? two. at the company i'm interning

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  hinged on me really enjoying physics classes, and I’m just not sure how ... listen that I'm studying black holes in class, and we're doing math, and ... gone insane, when just a week beforehand I had been talking about how I'm

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  I realistically choose one?  Well, the truth is, I’m still pretty ... physics freshman year, so that worried me a bit too. Like actually, I’m not ... approaches to how students here study/approach learning stuff, so while I’m not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  follow. I think to myself, as I'm hunched over my laptop and holed up in ... this? What if that? I've realized, lately, that I'm afraid of falling. I ... . "I'm afraid of failure," I say. Well, yes, they reply, we know. "I can

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  game, and I'm glad that I played it, and now I'm going to shower praise ... or different art. The game's incredibly fluid. I'm not sure I can ... the game, I'm still giving a strong recommendation to listen to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  , though I’m not really sure why. I was grateful for it, though, because I ... godsend. Now, I’m going to do my best to not sound like I’m being paid by the Procreate team for this, because I’m not, I’m just really excited

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  conference I actually have a ticket to WECode 2020 and I'm simultaneously very ... unacceptable. I'm planning to go to New York sometime this year so!!! hopefully I ... blogs yet (?) but I'm really into fashion, makeup, and style. I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  I'm surprised it actually happened this late into my freshmen year. I ... psetted for 18.01 (because I'm a dumb bitch that procrastinates far too much ... alternate reason, but I'm not sure if I will ever feel that traditional

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  're going to spend more time on data analysis and psetty science stuff! I'm ... much formal training, so I'm pretty excited to learn some stuffs. (Note ... I'm a little nervous. But that said, I looooove math and differential

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  Hello, my name is Taylor. I’m still alive, although my lack of ... mysterious and magical beings. (Context: I’m working as a developer at an autonomous vehicle company) I’m learning how to skateboard. 98% for the a e

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  mom’s cooking Boat Folks - I’m on the varsity sailing team at MIT, and you can bet I’m keeping sharp over the summer by racing sailboats with ... figuring out how exactly to word the spec I’m writing. It’s easy to get in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  ’ve found it. So instead I’m going to write about that. Last semester was ... stagnating. I’m writing about this because I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. I’m pretty sure everyone goes through something similar at

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  support at MIT. I'm very grateful that she blogged it. A few weeks ago, The ... me; it was so lovely. I wrote a blog post titled “Meltdown” saying I’m ... ’t think I will ever get over those things. I’m okay with that. I certainly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  before I fly back to Cambridge tomorrow morning. I’m on my own for now; my ... man was his friend. I turned to him and smiled brightly. “I’m Natasha ... “I guess.” “You should be careful sometimes,” Rob told me softly. “I’m

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  Expectation: There is no way I’m getting into MIT, let alone becoming ... better. Hi, I’m Michelle, and it’s super nice to meet you! If you didn’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... own room at home, though familiar, is also odd because I'm finding ... because of the somewhat disappointing fact that I'm not actually able to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! Classes! Classes! Classes!

  

  about the Red Sox. Because had it not been for the MIT Blogs, I'm not ... named than they should be. I'm sure there are still plenty of people to ... was long time ago. You know why? 'Cause I took a gap year! And I'm so

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  feeling pretty stressed and mentally out of it for a few weeks so I’m hoping ... I’m anxious to finish it on time so I can get started on my work for next week. 2:45 p.m. It’s hard to tell whether I’m making progress on

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i will meet zendaya even if it’s the death of me a wide-ranging rant written while feverish

  

  one. I'm talking Shake It Up days. I'm talking KC Undercover. I'm ... I'm not sick and just go about my normal things because I would rather ... a dorm is (drumroll, please)...even worse! Now I'm afraid of both

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things ... will figure out about me is that I’m a [annotation note="the colloquial name for a New Zealander"]Kiwi.[/annotation] I’m sure you’ve noticed the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024