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• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it. similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look ... too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  ’s right, MIT requires you to graduate with a strong mind and body, while ... You can get a perfect GPA and lead every extracurricular activity on campus, but if you don’t pass a swim test and complete 8 Physical Education

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  did not read them all in the hours between 12 am and 3 -- feeling ... struggling through Zoom, right? And I drafted a long thing about having chronic ... week we’ll be happy, and then we can write a blog about how scheduled and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... Klein '08, armed with black lights, techno music and a specially designed ... try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  -based class tomorrow that i haven't read yet, and i have a quiz for my other ... (a popular website for sharing fiber arts patterns and creations). in ... them look all shy, and i had to learn how to perform transplant surgeries

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  ? If you make a "b" with your left hand and a "d" with your right hand ... ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae without ending up with my food on my face. It's almost been a decade since

  • by Bryan
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  had the distinct privilege of chatting with her last week and we had a ... $50000 grand prize in the search for hidden figures contest. i've been a ... coding, or "incoding". she's a fulbright fellow and a rhodes scholar, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  and was immediately confronted by a colossal display for the Twilight ... 's got a main character who absolutely fawns over this guy and sets ... opposite way." A woman on the other side of the display chimes in with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I ... have obnoxiously oversized appendages, and it would leave a greasy trail ... because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  , except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the ... to Boston on a red-eye flight and was feeling quite removed from my body for the first 30 minutes of the exam. I read the questions and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Anthony Rindone A local first generation college student.

  

  during high school but to not look too far away from Revere for a college ... with their families. Differences in background and national origin did ... Revere's top grad bound for MIT By Thor Jourgensen / The Daily Item

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  , and working with you if you have to miss an exam due to a game, race or ... alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up what seems ridiculously early for MIT students to go and exercise for 2

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  identical copies of one nurse, and shut them again. The room spun for a while ... in the dentist chair and looked at the window, trying to concentrate on ... into the room with a cheery "hello!", pulling on a pair of gloves

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  chatted with us students about literature, science, and our summer plans. I ... , is reproduced as a high-quality wall-sized print and displayed on the ... , the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Writing and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high ... attention poured into a single thing. i helped run a program for two thousand

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... 'm away, Ben will be posting for me a number of blog entries I've pre ... including questions & comments both pre- and post-vacation, so feel free

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  alumni, and even folks who aren't affiliated with MIT but who have had a ... diagnosed with cancer before I came to MIT. I did not think for a moment that ... where he was in the hospital to spend time with him for a week. It was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Candies and Costumes and Pumpkins and CATS Princess Leia and Orphan Annie ran around with laser guns and threw candy at people.…

  

  . And the next day we got the chance to celebrate a belated Halloween with ... wearing a firefighter costume I bought off Amazon for a separate occasion, but I covered it with my favorite flannel shirt because I felt a little

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  . On Valentine's Day, I got a message saying that I'd been accepted, and ... to know your group Schedule meetings with your senators and representatives My group consists of myself, a PhD student from Georgia, and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Culture Shock

  

  ...so there have definitely been a few moments of searching my brain for English ... to mention that I'm attempting to paint my room and plan for REX and ... So I'm back in the US, and it's weird. The first thing I noticed as I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 21, 2008