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  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  . I’ll write in a passing note in the introduction how “my childhood ... believe in what Lorde has said about how people don't change day-to-day or ... never seem too far but four years can feel like a lifetime. But I digress

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  In my first blog post ever, I wrote about my first three weeks at MIT ... feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how much everything around me has. How do I begin? I found myself

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  , how'd it go?" "I just found out we did our entire economic analysis wrong. Can you come over and help?" Yeah, I can come over. We worked for ... other team member, Joe. I'm not sure why I was on the floor, or how I got

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... most days - occasionally two meals and/or no dessert - but when I'm in ... ) - Reread lots of books that I haven't read in a long time - Attended my dad

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  then can be expressed in terms of tau: [latex]e^{i\tau} = 1[/latex ... In honor of blog post number [latex]6283 \approx 1000\tau[/latex], I ... ’[/latex]. So, we can add up each of these areas ([latex]\tau r'_i \, dr

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  ! On more than one occasion, I was the only person in the theatre during ... ." ArtBeat can feel slightly awkward for a poor college student, and I have ... Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  (and can still find) in these pages. Now that I have seen so many more ... you all. When I left MIT in 2018, I "graduated" with the first class I helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm pretty sure they don't actually see me at all in our room since I've been ... firehose? Well, this semester I can definitely attest to that. My course load ... content of the class. But you should probably ask me how I feel about it

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... some video up in this blog. Joe ‘12, Kevin ‘11, and I met up to talk ... very appealing. Maggie: I actually had a phase in high school where I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  . I could tell that they just did it so I could stop squaking about how ... time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I've already heard" in my mind. But it wasn't until this semester that I realized

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  how to play the piano. I can't say I like it more than any of my physics ... Hi Everyone! It's been quite a while since I last blogged. MIT can be ... . After my abysmal performance in ICE back in the fall, I decided to put my

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with ... to do it in high school, but I was afraid I'd get homesick and wasn ... . Since I hadn't taken any lab classes or worked in any labs, I wrote about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  about MIT for me is definitely how hard I’ve fallen in love with it. Sure ... entries, read some books, watched some episodes of How I Met Your Mother (I ... how weird would that be? Instead it died in the much more subtle Bso

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  be an imperfect fit. I was more interested in how the models being used ... of grad school: how crazy is it that I can just keep studying, keep ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  wonder: how can i support and motivate myself in the same way my friend was ... dedication of the self, and this naruto battle… well, i suppose you can ... explained that i was extremely spiky in high school and had been transitioning

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  ? Chelsea: Um, well, I’m Chelsea. I’m a junior in course 21E. 21E is something ... , computer science. I am in your house because you, uh, invited me here ... games. What I’m interested in is fan cultures, Internet studies, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  have fun! With this reality in mind, I went to Princeton University with ... th street) to the eyeglass store where I wanted to buy some new frames ... ,000. It is the fourth oldest university, chartered in 1746, compared to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  photo of my food. 8:55 AM - Arrive in lab, unload my stuff at desk. I ... modelling of a new version of the device I'm working on in lab. 10:05 - 10 ... to Shaw's to buy sorbet On a side note, I am very excited to add this

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in ... , social atmosphere, religious opportunities, etc. I also thought about how ... admitted to all of the colleges on my list. I was also really lucky in that

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005