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• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  questions correctly. I felt like I lost sight of the forest for the trees, and ... , much less use one. Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin on the Pond for ... to check out a book for the first time (as it turns out, they exist for

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  format the post so that he posts, so be it. look, dan, cj has a duty. he ... make plans, right? i kept trying to look forward to the future, tried to ... — cj: and it was good! things were good! i ran away, and for the first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  Experiences to enjoy outside of this box. I also have some options for the way I ... for the undergrad. ii. I started writing this blog in the fall, when ... I resorted back to work-as-a-coping-mechanism for the spring.  

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was right for me—the one where I am unafraid to experiment, where I can always ... in. I would’ve gone to the “right” college for the wrong reasons. So

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  up for the Fall Career Fair and are interviewing with companies ... sweater and got my photo taken for the yearbook. For my senior quote, I ... for free (as opposed to the Student Art Association classes which, while

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

   Gary Wang’s newly-created Wikipedia page. Gary Wang, for the uninitiated, is ... "] what the page looked like when I found it[/caption] The last time I ... . Anyway, I scoured the internet for reliable sources on Gary Wang’s life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  say magic, but we actually had to go through the proof for this and I ... failing miserably. Parents just sat there, looking at the board, pretending ... just seeing the faces of young students and old professors, you start to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ) is looking for submissions (due October 10th) for our Fall ... have your work published for all to see!!! I'm on the editorial board and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  for its front desk, it was only one of the packages I had ordered, and ... replacement for no charge. The replacement was scheduled to arrive that weekend ... was able to charge my phone for two days. And then the charger broke

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  could just go for the next best thing (and probably the more realistic ... to make it look appealing. So I eventually settled for a 16 gallon ... Strips Food for the little guys Live Plants Salvinia minima Java

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  A Visitor In My Own Hometown Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the better portion of…

  

  getting up for the 10am class! I also had a UROP meeting -- I'm developing a new Web project for the BE department with my friend (and fellow ... it's gone Yeah, so it was boring. But it's still where I spent the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  really liked the I Did Something Bad, Look What You Made Me Do and Don’t Blame Me vibe of songs. The live performances for these songs were ... beauty in happiness, sometimes in the most mundane of things, for being

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both ... for calculus) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that an applicant is admitted without calculus and physics at the college level
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  looks like a very flat baby sloth is hugging the underside of your chin ... a ghost, white with shock at how good looking the ground from which ... physically ill after I asked him to take a closer look. Like the end of Raiders

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  ’ theme last year too, same as the year before. I've only been here for a ... Society has a reinforced door, so that, when it’s closed, the wall looks ... -registration sometime soon. For probably the first time ever in blog history, I can give

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  read. I read guidebooks for each stage of development the stage before I ... 't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens before I reached twelve, and Elaine St ... 't really have much to offer. I was looking around me and realizing that the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  to be done for comedy, or to emphasize the sad; rather, there is an ... all of those at the forefront of my mind for three straight nights of ... [annotation note="where we went for the combined bday for me and a friend, and

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  . (Only 23 hundredths of a year for the same time to come around already ... flags to mark their position. When I was looking for my color (blue!), I ... side of the room to look something like this: Week 4/5: These weeks I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... that I got exactly what I was looking for. Amongst adjacent adventures, I ... holding out for Baker Breakfast, leaned against the railing as Bruno Mars

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  means to me, both because I am ultimately responsible for the makeup of ... . I remember standing there, seeing the Great Dome for the first time ... — a dorm known even in the eighties for its multicultural community

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024