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• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these ... felt like I was in love and similarly the many times that I was wrong ... relationship ends, you tend to look back on your experience and think about the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who ... got me to fall in love with the idea of being an MIT student. 4 years ... students seemed like the kind of people I most wanted to be. As it turned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  day but to different music. In fact, most of our job is constantly ... , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... ). In reality, only one college (King's) manages to do it every day, but

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  ones I managed to bootleg off the PowerPoint display from my seat in the ... a poetic is). Like chocolate, winter break melts under the hot ... the fact that the reference frame of this sentence is accelerating

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work ... especially, the motto is, "work hard, play hard." How much of each is enough

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... of your college choices. The deadline to complete the form is April 18 ... ? Here are some things you should not do: Fly to campus to make the case in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  situation in the most gracious way. Does it still feel bad not to get an A ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... only weekend mostly everyone was free was the weekend I was gone. To make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  own jargon, too, though it doesn’t seem to have as much. On the first ... four novels, to be read in the first four weeks, with additional craft ... Harvard it is societally easier to major in a humanities field. For example

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... all stayed in the right order. Not a single thing was ever explained to ... more efficient way and tries to change it in the middle. (Trust me, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  UROPs in his lab that he's actually just one of the most hardworking and ... most versatile words in the MIT vernacular, if not in the recorded ... DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  02139. My flight was set to leave in the morning from the B terminal of ... . Coincidentally, the room I was placed in (I later moved up to the 8th floor in C ... groceries to rot in the lobby, and I turned around to get my ID from Killian

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... Center. And since my postdoc is an MD/PhD and goes to the hospital on ... was cool in the first place, to sit and listen to Professor Sheng talk

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  Berkeley: The number one thing is to be yourself. Take it seriously, but not ... they are meaningful to you. In general, what is meaningful to you ... I looked my interviewer in the eye, blinking away sweat from my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  close to the chapel (currently under construction). In fact, Maseeh is ... as the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center) is home to the varsity weight ... 't in the photo. The tiny robot is currently sitting on my desk unopened

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2018 Diaries what the weekend was like for me

  

  is, and it reminded me how grateful I am to live in a community where everyone is so happy to live also. Next up was soundcheck for the CPW ... composed the speech mostly in the shower, where inspiration often strikes. I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 17, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  sentence is to be interpreted literally in the context of “there's so many blog readers in this picture that the probability of your inclusion is ... , however, accurately reflect the views of the author. Much to my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Part 1 here. *     *     * Rush Holt is in the room, but most ... scientist's role in advocacy is in the first place. Eventually, Dan has to go ... most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  class every student has to take"]GIR[/annotation], and it is (from the ... hands-on lab sections where we got to see the theory in action, and I had ... °, cold air has to be pumped in. But how much, and for how long? Too much

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  drive to be doing the most I possibly could be in any given moment. In ... crazy, no overtime, plenty of time in the evenings and on weekends to ... projects was that I was still exploring what I wanted to do in the long run

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022