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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  Calculus: I can't mention 18.02 without describing Professor Poonen, an ... 's conjecture sums up the year nicely, as of right now. I came in, as countless other MIT undergrads probably have, relatively sure of how smart I was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  and buries me underneath it. How I struggle to find oxygen in this ... '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

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... thinking.    In the past few months, I’ve found myself thinking about ... ’ve started to realize that I tend to trap myself in this view of the world

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  want to reread Marilee's recent post. [But MIT is my dream school, I can ... .] Should I send in extra materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report. You can download one off of the MyMIT website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its warmth. "I finished the GIRS, am in a super romantic relationship with economics, and am ready to embark on the next adventure: an internship in New

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Re-halloween Reuse, reduce, recycle, remember not to leave junk outside your door.

  

  machine in Random Hall's basement, so I couldn't wear it. Thus, my intent ... episode in which I spotted a motorcycle rearview mirror lying by a parking ... during orientation, I staunchly refused to buy any edible matter, to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Road Trip—sort of.

  

  Sorry I haven't posted in so long! My friend Rose '05 came to visit ... family attraction in the country. The MB aquarium reminded me of the New ... -- can you explain how The Mystery Spot works?!

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  ."]compromising.[/annotation] When I think of the future now, I see cushy New York apartments in the ... possibilities when I know that only one can exist in this reality and I begin to ... here, I realized that I was wrong. That there are ways in which I can do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... can. In the moments where I am not hit by anxiety, I am trying my best ... playing in the background and all. Every time I tried writing this post, my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  how to handle fucking up in a more real-world sense than I ever could ... others' voices and reflect on how their experiences can help fill in areas ... come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  NIGHTMARISH THOUGHTS fear of technology

  

  should have an idea.) And then I dwell on the fact that you can soon ... become obsolete like a floppy disk. I can hold my reservations about said ... can only keep going, or we wouldn’t be where we are today. IN

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  ever changing. As I learn to believe in that with all of my heart, I ... based on the circumstances of the day, I find comfort in knowing that ... Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening ... Yesterday's New York Times had another article about the new SAT, and ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  . 3. Minh and Lizzy asked how I found my UROP position. In the middle of ... virtue at MIT. In fact, I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said hard ... schools. MIT is a very good place... I was just in love with it. It has

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  Four days after I returned to my home in New Hampshire after the ... . In retrospect, this might just have been because I didn't know how to ... season in New England. I maybe ran about two times in the next three weeks

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Designing a Calculator with FSM Logic A web dev lesson from an MIT sophomore!

  

  in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I hope you enjoy his post as much as I did!    As far as I can tell, making a ... for most operations, and noticing the imperfections in it can be subtle

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 25, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  : Psh, that's not so many stairs! I'm in good shape, I can do that no ... About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... would be an alternate way across the river. Nope. I skated back. How about

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  It rains a lot in Boston. There’s not much more you can say about ... that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had ... ’t work. I have had many umbrellas destroyed by the wind in Cambridge and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  blogs Kate excels at sharing how math enters her life in new and ... , in this case Chris Su - met to choose new bloggers who will be joining ... our new bloggers! Class of 2014 Anna Ho was born in Singapore but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  , framing myself in a movie, I realized just how crazy it all is. That I go to MIT, that I can wander to the Charles river at the three in the morning ... back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021