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• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  I had expected to adopt MIT terminology into my own vocabulary ... going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for ... extent to which I ended up adopting my friend’s terminology into my own

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  My boyfriend and I made an impromptu trip to Montana over the weekend ... who loves hiking, I was stoked. I coerced my boyfriend to wake up at 3 AM so we could get to the parking lot by 6:45 to ensure a spot because

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  happened: Sometime in November, we got an email sent to the Art Scholars ... , but it said it will involve AI and art! That was enough to sell us, so we both applied! We both got to the phone interview stage. A couple

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  mostly like to talk about MIT as a physical entity. “Look at this cool ... the back of my mind. It started as snippits and sentences that came to me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  I took this internship to figure out whether or not I wanted to pursue ... ultimately came to the conclusion that I really liked product management and wanted to work on it in the future. I'm writing this post because I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel ... station, and to our surprise and delight, there were 4 other MIT ‘12s there

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  easily to the strangers i pass on my way home. it's finally warm enough ... windowsill. recently, most people i've talked to have been high-strung and uncertain. recently, it has been hard to see the good in the world. recently

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  he likes it that way! If I ever write my autobiography, I’m going to ... moved to South Carolina (where they were from originally) and I left my community of friends behind. I plan on going back to Panama this year. We are

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... that this may be more challenging for some students due to their ... thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do
• Blog / Uncategorized

  tote bag tour i have so many things to carry

  

  floppy rectangle of yellow there. I tried my best to retreat under the guise of functionality: this one’s dark enough to hold tubes of paint, and that one’s foldable enough to take on the go, I cried silently. I need

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 2, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  ever fall into the Charles River that borders MIT campus, you can swim to one of the shores. The river is 200 yards wide, so you would need to ... ![/annotation] You are required to swim 4 laps in the pool without stopping, with 3

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them ... what to expect. While the information I learned was useful, it couldn ... to the humanities, but I’ve quickly learned that this just isn’t true

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  The more I try to push it I realize gonna let go of control In my AP ... ; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the ... identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  January"]IAP[/annotation] when I was just about to prep materials for my spring classes, I got a positive test last Wednesday and had to quarantine in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  myself to different perspectives and value systems was incredibly ... who has been raised to mythical proportions. We also dipped into the ... of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  Have you ever wanted to be a performer but can’t sing or dance? Why ... screen or talk to one of our personnel after the show. LSC – it doesn ... the LSC intro before Jojo Rabbit gave me the urge to become a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... style, ranging from "Hesitation" to "Tactile" to "Spoonerisms". We ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  subway to and from work. I spend most of my free time wandering around the streets of NYC. I’ve made two weekend trips to and from Boston via the Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  you want it to be. That most people don't actually take six classes a ... 't that bad. That was one of my last reservations about committing to MIT ... of junior fall, I lied to my advisor for the first time. He looked at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a ... ” was, anyways, but it was easier to pretend I just misunderstood the ... to put on a human mask every few hours, but I’d grow out of it. There

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021