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• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... about these for now. I still don't quite understand how these kinds of ... to each other. Remember how each rock has a force that points in one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just some potpourri Zoo! New computer! Cooking! Books! Spine-crushingly tedious work at the lab!

  

  computer in grad school. I suppose I should mention, in case it wasn ... Like Laura, I also read up a storm in the summer. I (re-)read Robert ... Monkeyluv last week, and I am currently in the middle of a book I've been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  stuff in the back, and we drove home. I was home for a week, during which ... would cook, and I would do the dishes. (Note: If somebody who is an ... stuff back to Ohio. I stayed in Ohio for a week and a half, then my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  remember how I was feeling last year when the deadline was coming up…and then I remembered that I submitted my application in January. Last spring I ... . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dance dance dance! a weekend of trying to try everything

  

  everything. I’m in clubs and choirs, running events, and starting (and ... school, I danced at home for fun, twirling through my kitchen in socks and pulling so many pique turns and pirouettes in my backyard that I wore holes

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  perspectives (OHMYGOSH how am I gonna represent myself well in 30 seconds and ... rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... . Phew. Okay. Now to launch into specifics. I live in MacGregor (I think

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  to? good question. right now, i'm sitting on my chair in a weird ... , "please love yourself," and i'm like, "well, i'm in it already and i feel ... in a 70s band or something. it's just that the exams suck. i'm also

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my ... later, I am now pursuing a minor in Theatre Arts at MIT. I, like many ... , but that isn’t to say it is all accomplished alone. In fact, I had an

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  prophylactics. After being handed said item, I quickly hid it in my pocket. My ... Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from... Tuesday, I was ... ) was promoting an energy campaign titled "Do It In The Dark." As part of

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  focus. I looked at many programs, but in the end decided that IHP would ... program I am applying to is called “Cities in the 21st Century”, which looks ... that affect cities. I had always expected to study abroad in college

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... should I attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... ? how far could i get? thus, began the journey to the end of the world

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  supervisions are setup within your college (another system I'll talk about in a ... have a story of how given 20 more minutes they would've given a solution ... ; Major Trait: It doesn't matter how early you hand in your work, they still

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  primary means by which I stay in touch with the language today. Given how ... ="a volleyball anime lol i'm not even interested in sports ... 've started to think about how my relationship to it has changed. Guys, I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  just a little bit; still can't get over how exotic edamame sounds. I ... -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to ... prioritizing at the right times could be critical. If 18.02A was a fail, I would

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT ... surprise, and I expected it to be all better when I take classes in my major

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I asked people at MIT what they were doing for Pi Day 2025 something is rising... 3/14/25 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  't know about. So, I went around campus to get the scoop on how students and ... . Even then, I underestimated how excited students were about this “Blood ... today. BEATRICE: (laughs) I’ve been drowning in sooo many math psets that

  • by Jebby B. '25
  • March 7, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... got locked into a narrow tunnel vision in which I only valued the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... Getting a bad grade, but still realizing how much I’ve learned to get to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017