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• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  Rockwell Cage. I see a friend in the crowd. I tell him that I'm trying to ... have is a mouthful of dust that I am trying to breathe, breathe out. ... campus that I no longer remembered. The Python bee happens, and it is as

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can ... ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... perhaps make me sad. Or unemployed. How will I do everything that I want to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another ... school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school ... information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  , like my minor, is in writing. I’ve been getting a lot of emails reminding ... cat figurine from my grandmother, I think bought in Moscow. A frog I ... her REX. We live in a 5-room, which means we have separate rooms that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  some clever trick, but the truth is that I just invested a lot of time ... math. I never felt at any point that I was doing work; in fact, I used to ... to do with all that power?  I can't answer that question for

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  of that, thank you. I'm 2A-CIR. Now, what in the hell does that mean ... answers that the thing you do for the pleasure of it is learn a lot, and it ... blogging again. Maybe I'll even try to match how prolific I was as a freshman

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  alone MIT. Which is why my first blog post in a million years is about me doing the unforeseeable and Going Outside! (It's also because I took a ... cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  that you should read.) A week later, I received an email from the Music ... ."]multi-instrumentalist[/annotation]/educator known for basically being a modern-day Mozart. That is to say, he’s an ... … special surprise… for us that day. I will say nothing more.” I was very

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  do about it. I understand how grind culture is harmful, but I love what ... back in it. I’d better be back in it for something that matters, a tech ... communities and art. I sought that out at MIT, found it in East Campus, Burton

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  envisioned. But what I want to tell you, is that you didn't do anything wrong ... Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I ... notion that people exist through time in the same way we do in space (for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  : NERDY AND AWKWARD??? Is that it? Rohan: ...I didn't want to say it, but ... think that's weird, every once in a while, my (course 12) GRT will burst ... revelation: I pictured myself, 30 years old and alone in a dingy apartment

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  . What I like about Boston (or rather Cambridge) is that the message there ... extremely wealthy? i wouldn’t mind, but it’s not a goal that motivates me day ... influential? that actually resonates a lot more, but i’ve also realized i care

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... all that are feeling a bit nervous. Hopefully, I’ve addressed most ... offensive; that is of course not my intention, and last I checked they were

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and ... .) We'll see how it all goes, but all in all I am very happy to be done ... summer means I get to do research! About a week ago, I officially confirmed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... that your time and your story have been wasted if you do not receive an affirmative decision tomorrow. Please fight those thoughts. A decision is not a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  of in awe of the fact that I'd apparently survived almost a full year ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... philosophy, my friends, is why I live in a single. 20. Nothing is more

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  interesting place? Or to how much I do compared to those around me? I feel that ... anything in any of them. It's too much. I feel bad that I do none of this ... convince myself that I shouldn't feel guilty for not doing the same. This is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Lazy Day Today is one of them

  

  ; Yep, no need to do anything serious. I did a bunch of these things in ... early. I turn a little bit in my bed before...contemplating going back to sleep. (I nearly slept again after that, but hey, it was also 1 in the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Learned This Week notes and lessons from new classes

  

  ridiculously long way in a way that I am super excited about and kinda proud of ... work that I've never tried.   Welp, I have to go do a 10.213 pset ... : Harder! 🏋️ Faster! 💨 Longer! 🕙 I'm in more advanced classes that

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  their work and explain things that I was unfamiliar with. IAP is a great ... after that, it's all up in the air. I spent a lot of time on https ... preference really. How many classes should I take? Do I want to take a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015