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• Blog / Challenges

  Regular-ing Or: Over-justifying how much I eat out

  

  I had a breakthrough the other day. I was sitting in my favorite ... .T.E. In a busy week, I’m there at least once a day: The prices are ... . They know that I order coffee a lot… I think I might finally be a regular

  • by Powers '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  Charge (with capitals!) in high school. I think that this is one facet ... , tbh, since I followed a very typical path. In middle school and freshman ... about them and how they worked. Senior year, I was In Charge: the clubs

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  a challenge anymore. So that's how I know I'm ready to move on. I ... I had a really interesting Reg Day. Okay, yeah, I know, that was ... wanted to through that in there to prove that MIT students do in fact date

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... playwright, who was piling boxes into the back of a truck. I asked him how it ... 's friend. He asked me what we did in Charlottesville, and I explained that we

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  recently coauthored a book on how higher education is failing in America. During that interview Hersh - who I think it is fair to say is somewhat ... besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  , and I know that I won't be happy in the long run if I try to do it all ... that’s how I got here *gestures vaguely*. What frustrates me most, is ... ’ve ever gone through. If you do: I’m so sorry I know what that feels like

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  accepting around 20 students. Obviously with a selection process that rigorous ... know this. And it's not a great feeling. What is a great feeling, is hoping that those 20 students who we did accept are excited and

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  tips are all things that I found to make a difference in my recruiting ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process ... outdated. This is how I went about the college recruiting process for soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  into reality. I'm not sure if I believe in that. What I do believe in is ... : I need to stop throwing all my clothes in the dryer. When I saw that a ... concept but it is harder than it sounds in practice. On that note, I want

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind ... fact that I’m feeling this okay after doing awful on that test (not a ... Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  ’s just what I do, don’t worry about it), but that is what these blogs are ... honest, I could try to write about everything that has happened in this ... started landing that I realized I was going to be leaving home to start a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  ? How is that humanly possible? The pumpkins are so intricate – surely it ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... . Thanks, generative AI![/caption] Thankfully, we do not need a pumpkin

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  space for someone. That's how I got my first UROP!) The experience is ... . But how can this be? This is an unallowable paradigm shift! I'm a ... satellites on the International Space Station! How cool is that?! Just a

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had a vague idea that egg salad was egg plus mayonnaise plus maybe other stuff, but I'm not a huge fan of mayonnaise so I figured I could

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  passionless had a crisis, got a tattoo

  

  every pset is a day wasted when I could be doing something greater. This ... matter what I do or how people view me? I must be less of a pessimist than ... . I’ll write in a passing note in the introduction how “my childhood

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 7, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer ... making the final cut. This is not how my college applications went. I was

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  [annotation note="a long story that i feel is not necessarily mine to tell ... how to portray emotions like loss and worry in a genuine way. doing this ... naturally, i don’t believe in authorial intent, for to do so implies that the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  wind up skipping a day or two, which is why I never plan in breaks; I ... ://open.spotify.com/playlist/3EGKKO6m7WI5iA1Z7eHb40?si=6c3b4351813f4ae0 Monday My general plan is ... time? — but I love the process of writing a first draft. The world is as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  first weekend in a while that I felt like I didn’t do anything. Friday ... ’m taking. And I think this is pretty clearly a sign that I’m doing a lot. I ... break. And I enjoy all the things that I’m doing, which is great! I find

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  that perfectionism is purely evil, because I do believe there are cases ... belt all at once. I straight-up failed a class in my fall semester that ... " is a common buzzword nowadays, but it's a good way to describe how I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023