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• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  This past September, I started my master’s of engineering. At MIT, the computer science MEng is often seen as an extension of undergrad ... I was in an independent living group (sort of like a sorority or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful ... even say that, to suggest that other people might be envious of me

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  Charles River, and even after so many years here, the beauty of Cambridge in ... how "black box" some of it was. Maybe this is how I feel about computer science classes in general; as a math major, I feel like a lot of concepts

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  lots of fancy art supples. we brainbarfed at each other for a bit and ... of how there are so many dimensions to MIT. Angela: what is this work ... slide of said powerpoint: [caption id="attachment_73362" align

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  A couple updates: I quit two of my jobs I'm taking 4 classes and two of them are technicals and two of them are not, but one of the not-technical classes are still a lot of work I am good, I am okay But I am very tired

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  , maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... (tennis)"]organized sports teams/clubs.[/annotation] This hope of exploring ... sports to be canceled, and in the weeks before the start of the fall

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  ... Like most MIT students, at the start of every semester I make my trip ... passing thought. One of my new housemates lives west of me, within the US; she was also hoping to drive to Boston instead of fly. "Hey Mom, wouldn

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  lives of many people around the world, including our prospective students ... public interest, the educational trajectories of our prospective students ... moment for many of the students who have been looking forward to visiting

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  introduced myself as a freshman one too many times. Now, I take on the task of ... beloved members of my living group who have now [annotation note="I miss you Annie:((("]graduated.[/annotation] This and the influx of new faces have

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ’m laughing, I’m relishing a new, intoxicating sense of freedom that I’ve never ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different ... probably a lot of prospective MIT students), that’s a hard pill to swallow

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal - MIT is a constant whirlwind of PSETs, exams, lectures, and the occasional puppy labs. For several of us, there’s so much more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... length you need. Most of the time, these are cute. They fall into the category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  sentences with commas, always thinking of replacements for semicolons, etc. I ... calculated, slower, reasoning System 2. I feel when I type in this kind of ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with ... and lacks the permanent feeling of a full-time job offer. Right now, I ... dorm showers—their water pressure, the speed of them heating up. It hit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  recreates a rough version of an Iron Man suit using parts "borrowed" from campus. Presumably, she spent a lot of time at the Stata Loading Dock ... rendition of Simmons Hall is to the real one. ArchNewsNow   But do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now ... snippets from the past month. (I've kind of been following my own schedule and not doing many student-life related things because of the time

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  my dorm (East Campus). I've spent a lot of time living by my own agenda ... or to sleep. I seem to value the pursuit of my own goals a lot more ... about image and reputation. Many of my best friends are pretty uninhibited

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015