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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  ]. I tried to argue that I could handle it and the assessment was a fluke ... in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a ... really long outside corridor parallel to the Infinite, a hallway that

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  fascinating, and space exploration is a mission that I believe is meaningful and ... Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life   First ... titled Excellent Sheep, has been mentioned a lot on the blogs, and is

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  gives you a chance to stop and reflect upon the situation yourself. Even ...  worked-- even the supposedly "simple" things. I had no clue how to even board a ... Curious Incidence of a Dog in the Nighttime (one of my favorite books and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  ’t follow me. In Rome, there is a running path along the Tiber river that ... the gridwork of Tucson. There’s a Target with an “Apply now!” sign, and ... , there’s a perfectly flat surface from the hatchback to the front seat

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  tightly-knit my floor culture is and how wonderful it felt to be a part of ... opt to cook for themselves and the drop off in who uses meal plans is so ... living in a better building, considering that other dorms at the same price

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  used as a metaphor for life, and that it's highly unoriginal to come up ... that a snowboarding PE course existed over IAP, I jumped at the chance to ... supposed to, and there are even some people that already *know* how to ski or

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  . What is and isn't common in the lives of a MIT senior and a MIT Alum and ... been really helpful but I have a long way to go.  What is something that ... them to make that a reality takes a lot of energy and thinking for me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  . That’s also why I study for exams the night before, and try to avoid ... ’t get stuck in the bubble, please. I learned the hard way that MIT is a ... is we can all discuss the shows together. And nowadays, there are so

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Colorful a response to “how’s MIT?”

  

  . The one I went to is Discover Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ... what was previously new is now normal; that the wonder and mystery of MIT ... is parang slow-mo, and there are moments that feel particularly slow

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a ... who's a better writer, and I just took the opportunity to razz him about ... , and was captain of the cross-country team his senior year. He was also a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  that there are principles to facilitate their dissolution. At the same ... . While I tend to doubt that the process of designing and building is what I ... ’ve since been informed that that’s a misguided conclusion to make, and I like

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Hardk0re: The Twinned Rise of East Campus and the Hacking Ethos (Guest Entry by Danny Ben-David ’15) How’d that get on the roof?!

  

  ; instead, it suggests that the idea was out there, to be revisited at a later ... physical culture, […] but it is to afford as well a place which shall be the ... outlet to a telephone line, a highly unusual move. Finally, there is much

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  ). One that comes to mind is while replica plating. Replica plating is a ...        “Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement.” “And what

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  eloquent as Ben's, but is certainly in the same vein - and is every bit as ... side, this meant that in addition to the ~12 hours a day I already spend ... feelings, and to let you know that the decisions we make are never easy nor

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  say with confidence that this is a peaceful and loving city. When I ... throughout the night to make sure that everything was fine. There are emergency ... back to Macgregor from the library? MITPD was always there to offer me a

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  was hard to deny that MIT does in fact wipe the hard drives of your high ... : Person A: Pass the salt, please. Person B: Is your request a function of the underseasoning of the fish sticks, or is it a function of the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision fatigue an occupational hazard, and how to manage it

  

  decision fatigue for a few reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that it ... lots of decisions quickly and well is going to decrease. There's no way ... other words, to become cognitively exhausted, in the way that when I was a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  can be important to building a community that is truly welcoming. The ... usually the only Asian student in the classroom, and that was just one in a ... , and that was delicious. It was refreshing to just be normal. On the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends ... catch to the list. We've acquired quite a few big names and cool units

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  -come, first-serve basis, and there are a few that get snatched up right away. i ... and chatted about it with the people there. ("good find! it's a little ... campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024