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• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Bill Gates It looks like you're trying to inspire philanthropy...

  

  examples of how MIT students are already involved in making the world a better place. You can watch the presentation online: Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference. Sadly I was unable to get him to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  the following: 1. Analyzing data and writing as much as I can on the rough draft of my paper. This is my last week in the lab, and I'm trying ... around in Excel so much that my hands hurt, and when I close my eyes I see

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  it can be donated to charity. In addition to the student volunteers I ... : it can be tedious and time-consuming, but you've gotta do it. And in ... , since I'm finally moving into my fraternity's house in Boston. Of course

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  How and what would I write in the utter absence of the ever ... carnivorous appetite. 1:00 PM I've gained entrance to the club, and can ... want, but not how to get there." For them, I weep frozen tears of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  Commons has a cute little pond in the middle which you can ice skate on ... me this email about a talk titled "Let Me Punch Your Robot (or How I ...  which creates these massive mechanical/robotic machines which can be used in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  based on how familiar with the person I am, how much I know about the topic of conversation, and how much sleep I got the previous night. Not ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  by vibes. I avoid listings IN ALL CAPS because they seem [annotation ... laundry list of things going on in my life that can possibly make me tired ... of stairs, but I can’t hold my breath for the entire time it takes for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Turning on the Light A note to the MIT community.

  

  .Take some time today to reach out to people in your dorm. Check on how they ... about these things can be comforting in times like these. You never have ... better than what I've seen in the wake of these events that have happened

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  selected idea and how we would move forward.  Right after that, I went ... hangers on it. My teammate Remi and I went together, and we were taught how ... team that never gives up. Also, I got some good news today… Remember how

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  And tomorrow brings a new day

  

  in other outlets. I hope you can sit down and pet a dog. Or paint a ... senior year and I know how scary it is to package your identity up into ... across the world. I know how frustrating it is to hear "It gets better" or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  you & i will always be back then time is an illusion that helps things make sense

  

  shows like Adventure Time, I'm learning how to deal with change in healthy ... me. I started watching it with my high school boyfriend in junior year ... . I loved how colorful it was. I loved how it seemed to subvert

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  my free time. I can’t thank Marjorie enough for how kindly she guided ... workshop, and, even though I can’t speak for anyone but myself, it felt like ... to happiness and (dare I even hope) success someday in doing something

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  campus. ACF or Asian Christian Fellowship, how I ended up in that club as ... (Hopefully I can write a blog about it sometime soon). Either way, in joining ... what's going on both in my life and in MIT at general! (and one day I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  a word without using it in the definition, I can only gesture at it ... ." I could get all linguisticy about how meaning is not conveyed just ... day on campus, when I[annotation note="listen, it's my floor, I know how

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  both undergrad and grad like 4.440. I learn Rhinoscript so I can code ... this semester. In Course 4 I'm much more used to having some 3-hour long ... because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  like I can live two lives in parallel, and only make the decision after ... 't think the silence between us Means that I can't care less I'm careless, in ... person who can't live in the present. I don't want to be the person who

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in ... minor in Ancient & Medieval Studies (AMS). When I tell people about

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  reflection that I was, in fact, fairly curious as to how I actually spend my ... can reasonably expect of myself.  I like, have to lay in bed for some ... holy of days), Leo and Athena were sitting in ML. I don’t remember all

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  item in your hands and say, I know how this was made, or so you can look ... by the end, you can sit back in your chair and understand how the world ... swimming in the back of my mind as I scootered across the bridge to my test

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024