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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint liveblog] finding the BALANCE with 2.009 watching the 2.009 annual showcase (with Kayode D. '27)

  

  completely sleeping through ticket launch, I'm here to liveblog our reaction to the event. It's my first time, the vibes are immaculate, and I'm SO ... disagrees kayode: I'm trying to pay attention but all I can think about is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 9, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If I had a nickel for every class I was taking this semester… I’d have 4.5 nickels.

  

  I'm a crusty senior now, so I have no fun and sparkly adventures to ... fulfilling major requirements. I love talking about the classes I'm taking because they contribute so much to my enjoyment of MIT, so here's what I'm

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  updates cook or get cooked - summer boston edition

  

  physics at some point, even if I'm not a physics major. But I felt like ... started doing research in the Isola lab this semester, and that's what I'm ... I'm working on is quite interesting. It's pretty hard for me to

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  answer.  I’m happy. It sounds kind of silly that I even had to analyze my ... . But now I’m here. Only a couple months in, but here. And I am happy.  In fact, I think I’m happier in all the metrics that I use to measure my own

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  transitions memories of first snow

  

  [annotation note="what some people might call a work ethic. but, I'm still not sure I ... —maybe an inch, maybe half an inch—and I finally thought, "Hey. I'm home here ... 't really know what I'm doing; or, at least, I don't feel like I'm making

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 1, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  opening plays memorized, but to be entirely clear, I’m not one of them. My ... he (very patiently) coached me through a game. It took an hour - I’m kind of painfully bad at chess right now. I’m also incredibly sucky at

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  good possible; that’s why i’m not an effective altruist of course there ... say about me? i’m reminded of a poem i enjoyed recently: “They aim to ... response to the question, but i’m pretty sure it was a combination of “not

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  . And, uh, I'm not sure I would cite any of the 24.903 readings here. I'm kinda ashamed that I'm faking my way through the humanities requirement by ... of screens and metal. This world of gas and lights. I'm leaving this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  of watering the backyard and suddenly I'm remembering how Kepler recruited Jacobi to the SI-5. I walk past the side of the house and I'm thinking about Lovelace's crew. I go in through the front door and I'm

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  show for it but stagnation. I’m bitter. I’m sad. I’m angry. There were ... .  I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m staying in Cambridge for the summer and ... cold, but I do it anyway when I’m down bad, which is, unfortunately, a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  Year Plans I'm incredibly excited for my gap year. Coming into college, I ... constrained living at home during the pandemic. I'm enjoying the increased ... I struggle to balance when I'm a full-time student. By "struggle to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted ... to study in the coffee shop. Because I’m walking again I decide to take

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  to go up after the talk to say hi, and I'm sure a small part of myself ... just a weird nostalgia trip for me. I'm even surprised I'm managing to ... provided a lot of guidance. I'm just gonna list these nuggets of wisdom

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  , but I’m of the opinion that across dorms this experience generally ... have just lost theirs. I’m concerned that the aftershocks of the Senior ... tensions between the student body and the administration. I’m concerned that

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  ...fun) Unfortunately, not only am/was I sick. I was really, really sick. I’m still not ... ’s a midterm next week in that class. I’m incredibly thankful, though ... sleeping had led to the situation I was in that night. I remember thinking, I’m

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  , I’m just so glad, happy, elated, delighted to be here with people I’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... new half means a feeling of freshness added to old experiences. I’m

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  to exercise. Hooray! Hooray for bicycles! I'm also very risk averse ... ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre ... front of me, and I'm going to hit it.     I tried to brake

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  airport in approximately 30 minutes. In a moment I'm all too familiar with ... attic- I'm unprepared. It's not entirely my fault though, I've been up all night reading and looking at pictures of the most amazing place I'm going

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  I'm going through my in-box today, taking care of some long ... their MIT experiences. I'm sure some of you will be able to relate to the ... ... and I'm a bit worried that I'm not as bright and shiny as the others

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I'm suffering over Spring ... subject- homework! As I've mentioned before, this semester I'm taking both ... because there were more letters and less numbers. I'm not sure exactly what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006