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• Blog / People & Identities

  Picture Yourself as a Worm if it helps, make it four-dimensional.

  

  to see if I would like who I become if I stop putting in the effort to ... [annotation note="It's important to note how I am defining dimension here. By ... concept that also comes up in [annotation note="I'd like to thank Ana

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  Hi blogosphere! I've wracked my brain wondering how to introduce ... . In my bio, I mentioned that MIT wasn't on my radar when I was applying ... athletics, gym classes, and other non-academic activities. I was reading in

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  Hey everyone! My name's Allison.Well, I officially arrived in Boston ... thing I must mention is how infinitely cooler it is to visit the East ... Providence to Boston (I'm actually from San Diego, but our plane landed in

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  intrigued. When I came to MIT, I knew there would be lots of famous ... appropriate moment I yelled "LSC!" and got a reply from somewhere in the large ... ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ’s shoulders throw up in the port-a-potty toilets get in the mosh pit I ... expected none of this and took it in with glee. I ran into the first shop I saw, pawed through band shirts that I’d usually find only in the back of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  because I’m wearing all black in the Florida sun). Right now, all I have for ... , chaotic joy.  But I think there might be something to pick apart in those ... graph, I guess I can explain some things about my semester in a way that

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Arma virumque cano: a guest post by Quynh N. ‘15 Why you should take Old English at MIT

  

  about to leave MIT in less than a month. I want to thank Connie for ... would revolve around science and engineering. I’ve definitely found it—I ... and will continue to be for a long time—I’m about to start an MD-PhD in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • May 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  explain how I chose mine. How Anna Chose Her Major Once upon a time, in a ... would-like-to-graduate-in-four-years thing: if you took zero aero ... Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene. I read it in eighth grade, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  how much I did not want to fucking drop this class. In the five weeks I ... In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... , ethnicity, and sexuality in both critical and creative work. Limited to 13. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  counsel that I would have most appreciated when I was attempting to navigate ... .  How am I supposed to know what is most important? Me:  You decide what ... admissions.  Even though I have observed many changes, including the transition

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  irresponsible spending by writing a blog. i was in new york over the past few ... ’t awful, but considering how much all of my friends raved about this city i ... .  for context, i deactivated my accounts sometime in the fall semester

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  investment. Better yet I had to make my decision in a week. Everyone deals ... internship, I even used a decision matrix in which you rate criteria and ... functioned as a more systemic method to organize how I felt about each option

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friends, and other things memories that come rushing back to me

  

  ... i would i could show you how much my first year at mit has changed me ... 's been in years. i made so many good friends this year: from 5W, from toons ... cabin we stayed in, or the toons final concert, or that one time i aced my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 25, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  Hi, hello. How are you doing? I haven't been in the writing mood as ... 'm really unsure how to deal with it. I think part of it is because I'm a ... there's such a spark and pep in my voice when I write, a passion and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I ... Tuesday evening with a breakdown in Walker Memorial, and when I got back, I ... Tuesday night was fading, and though I knew logically in my head, that I had

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  that two people both ordered food for the event. I was worried we would ... you mean?" "Well," he said, "in college, I always thought of hours and ... in six weeks. On Wednesday I had an appointment with my therapist. The

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  for two weeks I fed myself in a couple of different ways this IAP. For one, I would sometimes go to Trader Joe’s to pick up some oatmeal, fruit ... last me about a week. Additionally, every time I was on shift in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... ? I am doing an internship at Institut Néel, learning how to simulate ... is my second summer doing an internship in France, and so far I am

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  on Discord would one day come in handy for something as important as ... questions in my DMs and asked publicly and on the IG live that I really wanted ... read and understand. I would give you all a big, big hug if I could. Dear

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  crazy party weekend from 2019 to now

  

  when i attended cpw as a senior in high school, my favorite events ... perform for around ten minutes each in high school i watched the ohms sing ... i’d ever heard, and the chords in the climax of permanent some three

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 18, 2023