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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  defining “Home”. It’s something I didn’t really know I would have to do. It ... has been both easier and more fun than I thought it would be. I enjoyed ... just live there and farm. You’d be surprised how nice that would be. The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  was scheduled to arrive Monday, and while I knew I would miss my ... productive all semester -- and perhaps ever. How naïve. I was able to ... time to the project as I would like, and this weekend РI had vowed

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  would find my niche. Yet I had lingering worries of how it would be like ... Personally, I have always found it ironic how universities tout their ... .[/annotation] Was it an experience I could be fine with? Of course. I would probably

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  One of the biggest things that bugged me about MIT before I got here is not knowing what things looked like. I kept hearing about "Athena" but had never seen it. I knew MIT students had e-mail accounts but who

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  I would know when I really knew the meaning of this saying. Thinking ... non-technical fields, too. I know how to write a specification for a project. I know how to follow one.  I know what to do if I have an idea for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  too hosed. We talked about how information is represented digitally. I ... It is term, and now I have classes! Five of them, right now. I hope to be able to keep all five, but if it is too much work then I will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  's something that my family members would poke fun at and point out and I think ... found a metric that determined how acceptably fit I was and stuck with it: how close to last am I for PE team picks? Physical education was, to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  blockchain ledger. So what is “Blockchain”? I appreciate how Hassan recognizes ... before. I was so inspired by Chi because I saw how he was already plugged ... and African communities on campus, and would also be a big part of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  helicopter driver, though that would be a pretty amazing job). And I think ... looks wonderfully meticulous and I know I would never be able to pull ... thought it was something that I would want on my bookshelf :) Basically

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  .009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long ... again, I remember how much I love it and I don't feel like I'm making the ... I texted my friend, "I feel like my frustration with 6.009 over the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly ... I wanted to go, I convinced myself I would miss most of my shots so ... ’re crazy.” “Those are the odds I think are against me.” “How much you got

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  [/annotation] and also confused about how it would work logistically. Memes ensued ... excited for my friends, but didn't think I would personally get one. Then, I ... idea how to make one. Finally, I got the [annotation note="more to come

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  not caring as much. I don’t know if it’s the word I would use to describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... thing, though, it’s more just an observation. One way to describe how I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  I think it was Snively who called this the "freebie" entry: describing the classes you're taking in a given semester. Well, now that I'm a ... ...well, now you have. I chose to do my concentration in Theater Arts. This will

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  , and I'm buying shoes, filling my amazon wishlist with gear, and climbing ... impacted you though, and following a recent trip (we'll get to that) I'm reminded about the discovery of an entirely unacademic (and some would argue

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  social media before I panic blocked, thinking it would get rid of the ... realize how much of myself I had given to him, how much he remembered, and ... looked up to me, how frosh would message me and tell me that my blogposts

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  the past few days, I've been wondering about what I would blog about today, asking myself what I would have wanted to hear last year. I'm not ... they would admit every single one of you. I don't know if this will be

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  I thought I would be okay a whole three weeks out, but even during ... love for the arts. I NEVER thought I would go to a STEM-heavy school ... high schoolers don’t consider MIT because of that. I knew I would

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  events i'm interested in. there's talks and outings i would've liked to go ... movie screenings, parties and mixers and other dinners—i'm sure i would've enjoyed these things, and if getting there wasn't so hard maybe i would

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... alarming amount of sound, and I begin to oscillate between my desk and my ... extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020