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• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  ambiguous goal of being a college student not just anywhere, but at a very ... classes with the same demographics of people that I would at almost any ... I'll cut to the chase: it's November, which means that a lot of the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  since freshman year of high school, easily looking at my 6.006 psets and ... clue. Really all I know is that at the end of the day, I want to be ... of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  capsule at this point in my post-yet-kind-of-not-post-MIT journey. Also, as ... never-ending busy season of reading applications! So it's not like I don't have a lot of other work to do right now. But as I've been chatting with

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  They Call Me Yankee The stars at night are big and bright - deep in the heart of Texas!

  

  service, Artisan News.  Kiara put together this nice montage of our time at ... before I moved to Houston, Texas this summer to start my internship at TMK ... student. Whatever that terrifying cluster of words means.  Basically, many

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  slew of internships I applied for, a strange idea popped into my mind ... , researching, among other commitments. I was not ready to take on the idea of ... every Thursday and Friday this summer, I hop on a bus to work at WGBH, the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  of their program. A company representative at a career fair came to MIT ... After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... , and otherwise fulfill me. So far, I've met a *ton* of companies. I can

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  are not above a little glee at the magic of science. 18.01, Calculus ... '05 (now a first-year grad student in bioengineering at Stanford) always used to keep track of the funny and/or ridiculous things our group of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before ... 're the director of a math/science academy? I know the spelling's not a ... included discussions on everything from admissions to the point at which

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  I've always been a little bit of a hypochondriac, and while that is probably connected to a lot of deeper things than this blog can go into, there is one clear trend: I hate being sick. I hate the idea of not being

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  profanities at him until he’s in the bus and out of sight. I turn around, and people are staring at me. Their expressions are variations of a theme ... calm and I’m thinking of their kid in the back seat. And I’m staring at

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  existentialist crisis at the end of sophomore year, when I realized that I hadn' ... gave a decade-by-decade look at the history of the Institvte, and helped ... historian of my undergraduate dormitory East Campus, here at the Massachusetts

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  !!!! I’ve had a lot of fun WINNING at Red Fox Escapes, an escape room ... Official Actual First Date here at MIT. Because I’m sentimental, here’s a list of fun Ellie-tried-and-tested things to do with one or more people

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  pointless, but not so hard that most of the class couldn't do it. 'Twas I who ... walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I present to you a list of things to do if and/or when you find yourself in a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  at MIT, my mom couldn’t contain her tears. Holding my hand, she was the only one of us truly overcome with sadness. She’d squeeze tighter and ... her?”   “Of course I’m going to miss her, but why would I be sad

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... and decided to give us a bag of things she no longer needed, but thought

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... to even realize…ways that will be a part of them when their time at MIT ... I’ve found myself being reflective recently about a lot of things. A

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in touch with one of my favorite English teachers - indeed, one of the best teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  ! One of my classes, 2.008, focuses on manufacturing and machining ... fair share of building since I've gotten here (plastic bottle pirate ship, 4 robots, an Olmec, etc) but all of that used skills that I really

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  night. Saw the Fourth of July fireworks LIVE at Boston's Hatch Shell ... , relaxing after a year of MIT. Took a short family vacation to Nagoya, Japan ... dealing with the genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic nematode

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  MIT, being at the forefront of a lot of things, is a very neat place ... there is high voltage on the other sides of those signs, right? That ... thick, they also have another type of sign for high voltages: If you

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008