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• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  for me.” At this point in the blog, I would be stopping myself, because ... , especially something about how we lead our lives, I can be very stubborn in ... that choosing to be in one would make my life any better. I spent two

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  enough challenges in life or in academics and would cave the first time I ... for the last four years. I came in as a premed, somewhat intimidated by the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  I spent the last few days thinking about how I felt about the murder ... even in my quiet quarantined home. Tears, anger, frustration… I had been ... ” violence that would ensue had these men been anything but white. I couldn

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  second spiel about how I’m majoring in math and really interested in ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want to purely engage in small talk– and that’s okay! If I introduce myself

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  asked in the last post how I got this job. Actually, I Googled ... I did something today that I had previously sworn I would never do. I joined College Confidential. I finally decided that, no matter how

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  figure out how I would constrain the balloon. I tried thin strips of duct ... , I would provide shelter or food for them, resulting in a symbiotic ... the chocolate, imagining how the ants would create paths and patches in

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  am. I don't know how I did this 2 months ago, how do you pack up ... -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... francisco in the middle of the Nevada desert which would be my first time out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  research on what the VR trends would be in 2017 and found out that a lot VR ... to spend the money. I didn't realize how big of a deal CES was. Then I ... January 5th, I was in Vegas.     Vegas was like a dream

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'd gone to MIT I totally would have lived in EC. I'm not saying it's the ... explanations... The Beard. As you've probably noticed in the picture above, I ... first name is Edward. When I got to MIT, Edmund and I thought it would be

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in ... without the commitment, but then if I like it, would the MEng be a wasted degree since I would have a PhD as well? Right now, I think the answer is

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... freshman-- How are you doing in your intro classes? How much sleep are you ... learned? How will I make the most of the (million and one) opportunities

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 2 Many more of your questions and my answers.

  

  , as I am uncertain whether he would. Therefore I would like to ask how ... faults and he knows how I work. I think it would help me more to get his ... . Emilia wrote, "I live in Ecuador, am about to enter senior year and am very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  there, that is. My January looked a little differently. In fact, I’d say ... year, I wanted to spend my three months back in Texas. I looked forward ... worry came in not finding anything to do back home. I didn’t exactly want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  welcome to new york went to nyc & all i got was this blog post

  

  . I had some romantic notion that my life would kickstart if I lived in ... , I felt like a pebble in a never-ending stream of people. It would be ... it was the one I could relate to the most. In ninth grade, my dream

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 12, 2022
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  Reflections from the STARS@MIT Fly-In a 15-author guest blog, featuring the small town/rural students that visited us this october!

  

  a minority. I asked him how being in the city does to one’s mental ... for fun! What made you want to come to the MIT fly-in? “I live in a ... is home. I wanted to come to the MIT fly-in program because I wanted to

  • by Sara N. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  in an art classroom. To get the straight edges for the background, I ... (I was born in Atlanta). Lineart It was weird to do color first and lineart second, since that's the opposite of how I usually draw. Doing it

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  embarrassment that I haven't blogged in a while, BUT in my defense there has been ... blogpost was 3) I am happy and loving living in the Delta Phi Epsilon house ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Complementary in Kinetic Typography Posted with permission from the author. Meet Rishi '14!

  

  When I saw this video back in late April, it was instantly copied to ... never realistically go. In fact, if I had not visited the University in August and completely fell in love with it, I wouldn't have even applied

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 23, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  I'm in Washington, D.C. today for a work trip, so I write this blog ... the D.C. area. In retrospect, I should have just flown in last night and ... what it is about yet. In a Harvard class I took years ago, the lecturer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  even in the cool loner way, regardless of how I played it off. It took ... post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018