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  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer ... ’t have done coming from a small town. It took me time to realize this wasn ... moving away to a big city, this actually wasn’t one I expected. I figured

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  took me no less than a week to fall in love with. Austin is on top of an ... up the slopes to read a [annotation note="some favorites I read this ... , microwave-dependent college student to a burgeoning rival to Gordon Ramsay. My

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the ... held on to the idea that they wanted to make a difference. They inspired

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  ? what if there is too much work? what if i want to just be a crazy college ... friends: 1) sleep—if you don't sleep you will cease to function as a human ... hour to eat, go to the gym and take a fabulous shower, run an errand or

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  'm saying to comfort myself.☺ Since graduating, I’ve been thinking a lot ... a zillion clubs (it would be indecent to say just how many) and ... required a lot of trial and error. In order to figure out what could go

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  We were asked to write an entry for the anniversary of the blogs, a reflection on what the blogs meant to us, or a life update since graduating ... never have experienced otherwise. Because I was a blogger, I was hired to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  ’s shelters, and how this inspired her to start her organization. As a result ... of a permanent house[annotation note="To be very clear, I do not want ... same time, I think it's incredibly dishonest to hide behind a blanket

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  commentary! I really wanted to give a deep dive into an MIT class and I hope ... up the stairs to get a higher seat since sitting in the front scares me ... to learn. Lab 1 The next day, I had my 2 and a half hour lab session in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  a tree. in my freshman year, i aimed to get my [annotation note ... “there are so many ways to be a spider”.[annotation note="adam told me ... compared to the classes in my major that i would take later on. but i saw a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  could be so vivid as to touch it. When I "visualize" a banana, well, I ... actually seeing a banana. But it's not at all similar to looking at a banana; it's just bringing to mind what a banana looks like. I have never

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  . When the questions began, I will admit to being a little perplexed by what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall ... , once put it, “If you have to pause, for more than a second or two, to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to find your way around MIT mit building numbers are logical, but weirdly

  

  campus is a group of buildings, not to be confused with the building that ... is, it’s usually easy to locate where a specific room is. So once you ... from what we call MIT north, which is a little off from actual north, to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 11, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Do I have a story for you… *SPOILER* I do

  

  . I attribute a statistically significant portion of this to a mismatch ... ?). But then when you pop up and think back to just a few months or weeks ... deciding to let graduation happen without me and start a company based off of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  up there because I'd attended a couple other sections and found his to ... tuned me even more to the subtleties of what makes a good TA, though I ... come college life: trying to pick a school, a living group, a major - you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start ... night, I get to put on pants*, step back from a crazy work-filled day, and ... sense) At MIT, all freshmen have the option to apply for a "freshman

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  here and quadruple-major, put your nose to grindstone, and crank out a ... , being able to just switch your brain on for a few minutes and crank out ... academic workflow to pieces. It's a tough blow to absorb to not be able to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  I’ve decided to continue a long chain of poor decisions by starting ... and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and ... mind, and suspending disbelief to experience a cinema masterpiece has

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes ... be living in such a beautiful place, and I tried to appreciate it while ... opportunity to be a researcher there and surpass my own wildest dreams. Blue

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... dozen people spring to mind, and I laugh and tell her, “A lot.” We share a ... Kornbluth trained as a cancer biologist, which has led her to be passionate

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  to deny just how much of a curmudgeon I have become. I’m pretty sure ... journalists appreciate. I have the luxury of being able to be a purist in this ... a distinction between submitting an application and trying to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011