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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... beautiful. I would switch from reading it casually to trying to observe and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the yarn intertwines, my heart can mend too. I never realized I would ... . Who would've known that ten years later, I would still be knitting? I ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... of it all. When I strapped on my helmet and pads, in my mind I had the ... friends asked me how I was doing: The passage was so narrow that I had to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  , in second grade. I got a little cup taped to my desk and I would watch ... In late May, I wrapped up my second semester at MIT and moved back ... these days. Adapting.   . . .   I grew up in that house, but

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  walked into a door with my nose in a book. How I didn’t break my neck going ... coming up with stories, making worlds that I wish I could live in, or ... animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  in Fall 2007. It certainly showed me how much I liked physics, though ... opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct ... original. My second UROP I started in Summer 2006, and it was undeniably the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  wondering, how much would a so-so interview hurt chances of admission in the ... . :-) ------------------------------------- If I would like to play for an athletic team, should I contact the coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  where I would be now. And in one short year (come to think of it, I only ... (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with ... , everything looks nicer in lowercase. maybe i'll stop capitalizing now, bwahaha

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  , Chris '06 and Wes '07, allow me to test how obnoxious my flash would be ... auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  reminded me of how much I love media, but I don't really know what that would ... creation and lead the team in very cool directions. But I don't know how? Or ... : Where can I start and how do I know? I've tried my hand in media studies

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... the things that I most enjoy about my work in the admissions office is ... difficult to cultivate in their children. While I did ultimately answer the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  student would: we improvied. By which I mean we measured a shelf, rounded it ... other things to do, and when I got back to the room around 12:30 in the ... So in Burton-Conner, you're allowed to paint your room under several

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  . . . Don't get me wrong. Quantifying can be useful. (How else would I keep ... showcases, meme tags. In the past eight months, I've learned how to manage my ... , money earned and spent (mostly spent). In fact, I often conflate progress

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  in the beginning and I admittedly would just straight up leave meetings ... eat in a cafe and read and everything would be good. I was half ... wholeheartedly that I would love to work at Microsoft in the future. I think the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• 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 ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  of the things that people are also often interested in is how they got their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... liver tissue than in static 2D tissue culture plates. What I spent a lot

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  in this picture too but I couldn't find anyone passing by who would lay ... To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  in person from an applicant when I was working as an EC in the San ... just to feel like he had to impress his interviewer.  In fact, I told him ... : "First, I recognize there is a major difference between people I would want

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  (which I had in June), but I never go to Philadelphia and I won't eat Cheez ... Allison was worth the most because she's a girl and artistic. I was worth in ... Little by DBC Pierre. In this entry, I thought I'd prove to you that MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005