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• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  'll usually respond, in my experience, no matter how famous"]acclaimed author ... 't. One that struck me a lot wasn't even something new, but something that gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  PE classes in high school tend to follow one of two models. Either ... indoor kickball or doing homework. With these experiences in mind, I was ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in ... the station and I must interrupt the quiet peace I've found in transit. Lately I've found myself wishing I could stay in this liminal space

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... Thanksgiving morning in the ER with my 6-month old son, after staying up all ... kids. In the ER, we had an amazing doctor who diagnosed him with a really

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  later find out I had headed in the wrong direction. An hour later, I would be in prison. -- At 12:25pm, Madison ’17 called me. “Where are you ... salvation to arrive in form of Tally ’17, who spotted me from two floors above

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many ... not match up with what she envisions in her mind. It takes her more time ... has taken on a concentration in writing, which requires her to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  Marilee Jones was featured in an online chat on TIME.com, following up on ... joined the admissions staff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, Marilee Jones has been a uniquely moral voice in the college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  and are in town from New Hampshire for the day with their parents. They ... I should probably start out with this: oh hey, guys, I’m living in Boston this summer in my sorority house with a kickass river view of Boston

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  would've done something else with it. And at this point in your year ... 're exhausted. I was. So I suggest two courses of action in no particular order ... next semester and hopefully into the summer. Find an area in the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  face-to-face interactions in the hallways and classrooms. Obviously, this ... compilation of some of my favorite calls/interactions in the last few months. I ... either by the technology used or the reason. In addition, I will only use

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  dream internships and others discover something new in the unfamiliar ... a few different things in my already congested brain. One, things are ... mind had ran thought marathons of all kind. It was in that auditorium

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  travel somewhere in the physical world to obtain information. Information!  Fortunately, you live in more civilized times. Nowadays, when you want to know ... practice in problem-solving and proof-writing.  But I got more than

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art is Everywhere! [by Emma Frank '15] Public Art at MIT

  

  first impression I had). With the Percent for Art program instated in 1968, any new building project or renovation allots up to $250,000 to ... located in the Koch Center and it’s called “Through Layers and

  • by ARTalk
  • October 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  dualism in Western thought (7 pages), 21A.100 paper on cultural relativism ... genetics (15 pages) 39 pages of writing in one week, plus a test worth 20 ... of the new Brain and Cognitive Sciences building, which houses the BCS

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an infinite nine year old and the infinite nineteen year old he became

  

  , New England snow, deep enough to sink in and wet enough to build with ... in Texas. It had snowed before. Anyway.  The first time I walked down ... was in Kentucky. Nonetheless… I’ve been surrounded by travel all my life

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  )weekly recitation + weekly pset class format, this class only meets twice a week in ... help, in addition to regular traditional office hours that are meant for ... in these lab hours, since there’s always someone right there to answer

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be ... how grief manifested itself in me. Instead, it was a tangled balloon of emotions that when released, flew around the room in every which way

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  bouncing around my head for about a week nonetheless.   In the summer ... a few oddball private schools thrown in there. Nothing on the level of ... cringeworthy in the email that caused her to redflag me. She forwarded the email

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  So I woke up before ten today, which is pretty new and probably good ... ’s “bad” in a vague or general sense but I guess I trust whomever is ... consider them in any deliberate construction of a sleep schedule. The social

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  slightly embellished story that is nonetheless true in its essentials. Before ... professional author, and the following was written in about one hour and never ... - carefree, fearless, intoxicated by the New Zealand beauty that surrounded me

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010