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• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  fEw yEaRs... and they're right -_- And I'm sure a lot could be said ... just accepted it. So, now I think I’m in a relatively stable phase with a ... without any expectations.     I’m writing this because I have confided this

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  classmates had learned and done. I’m still intimidated sometimes, now, but I’m ... and counting, and I’m not dead yet. Here are the sweet deets: The ... . So now it's noon and I'm kinda hungry and we're... not even at this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  tea for that matter) is an absolute no for me, perhaps because I’m ... a bus (I promise I’m not making this up). We had an extremely witty ... this point, it’s safe to say that I’m at the honeymoon phase. I’m still

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... translator, “I’m happy because I’m learning to memorize the Qur’an.” He then ... . But in writing this (and trying my best to keep it short I’m sorry!), I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  of women who were confined to domestic life. But (for once) I’m ... their way into whatever sadness I’m feeling that day, even if they have nothing to do with why I’m sad in that moment. It feels a little more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  . This year it involved running across town to Harvard, where I’m taking a ... Requirements (GIRs) I wasn’t very passionate about them. Senior year, I’m only ... akin to “thou” and “wherefore art”, except I’m not even that fluent in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  I'm taking a somewhat lighter course load this semester. I signed up ... for and everything else. And yet...or maybe because of that, I'm ... comparison...apparently they didn't agree ;) ). But I'm learning that making

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  positively absolutely should be asleep right now, I’m not. I know that classes ... how terrible I’m going to feel tomorrow due to sleep deprivation, and ... . Maybe I’m not ready to say goodnight because I’m not quite ready to say

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but ... conference hosted at The Hague. I'm a fellow at the National Center for ... different sides of the glass     Week of THE IMMEDIATE NOW I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  , with the speed of sound being the usual  = 340 m/s and gravitational constant, g, being 10 m/s^2. Question: roughly how deep is the well? Answer options: a) 20 m, b) 100 m, c) 500 m. Formal Model: Let

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  pleasure, don't you just become completely apathetic? i'm thinking of my ... , and I'm in regular contact with my friends, sending out dispatches about ... no one to mention it to. Only then does it get lonely. "n.m

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 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 ... it I’m just getting now, like Linear Algebra concepts from 18.06 that ... allegedy within biking distance, but I’m far too lazy to even purchase a bike

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

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  bad? I’ll give you an analogy: MIT is, as I’m sure you know, hard. A ... it’s not you..” “I know!! I mean, sorry, but I know I’m less ... I want to submit this by the deadline, and it feels horrible, and I’m

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  week. (Your mileage may vary: I'm looking at you, 6.115.) The ... count. The result has been really quite nice for me. I'm easily ... , really easy to fall into this trap of "Oh well I'm not doing as

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  is Chris - I graduated MIT in 2011, and now I'm a 4th year (!) med ... ? Mmm, I'm applying to Internal Medicine residency this year - we'll see where I end up. I'm couples-matching (basically this thing where two med

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  promise you, I'm actually a black female immigrant scientist. Please don ... Adulthood. Don't quote me on that, as I'm only halfway through the decade. I ... experience was similar to Laura's, only I haven't yet Made It and I'm still not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  disbelief. He’s about going to bed right now, and I’m typing up this blog post ... her every day, and I’m really excited about the prospect of drawing her ... moment. I do know I’m excited for the summer—not just for the nice respite

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  Pasadena in order to begin pursuing my astronomy PhD at Caltech. When I'm ... astronomy and doing astronomy research, but I’m a little nervous about ... risk forgetting that as we become more technologically advanced. I’m not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  (turns out I'm That Person Who Cries For The Entire Ceremony), eight of ... Hilbert Spaces are, period. In sum: she's the best ever, and I'm glad I got ... was awesome. The zipline tour group - I'm kneeling in the front

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  I'm in a cool HASS (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) class this ... letter's intended audience is (President Obama). I'm not really looking for ... updates, if you fancy). I'm basically crowd-sourcing my rewrite (but don

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011