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• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... - faced with decisions like where to live and to work. I didn’t have values ... quest with friends in Baldur’s Gate 3 fill my heart gauge with energy. I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  i (don’t) want to be alone on loneliness

  

  ? for example: in confronting the self, i discuss how my feelings of ... i am today. in lies in mit, lies about mit, i talk about the duality of ihtfp, how it can both mean "i hate this fucking place" and "i have

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  since I started this awful, misguided experiment in temporary ... closely in 21L.009 Shakespeare my Freshman year, so I was I excited to ... where *SPOILER* everybody else dies. There was also a huge wading pool in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  forces me to get up in the mornings, but I think (with dedication) I can ... totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester ... also like reading about various political philosophies. In the past I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... percentages. But for the time being.. This Semester, I... ...participated in an ... . ...got a job for the first time. In fact, I got two. Having never worked a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... those things where reading the material and knowing the facts can only get ... realize that you’re only going to be as good as you believe you can be. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  I could want and be fulfilled by. I was at the point where, even in my ... times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average ... not pay it any attention. In those ten minutes before I’m scribbling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  email me and I'll get to it when I can. Please put "Question about MIT" in ... talks about fashion guidelines for people interested in that stuff, but I ... next day in sweatpants and a hoodie.....not that I know from experience

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  resolutions I accomplished in this list, as well. 2021 Resolutions Go to a ... History. In Chicago, I visited the Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry. And finally, in Seattle, I visited Museum of Pop Culture

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  hub of Maine's South Coast region. I was in Maine for three days, so I ... I assume to be "Be Cool" on the bus ride up and I saw a brief where ... didn't matter too much in the grand scheme of things, because I was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  slipped through the narrative cracks. - In mid-February, I boarded a bus ... shame all the musicals I've been to, where voices are amplified, and belt ... ' various affairs. In principle, I don't have anything against putting two

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  interview at 3.45 PM. Now do keep in mind that I went to sleep at about 4 am ... 'm starting early so I can have time to make my decision and figure out a number ... So I will elaborate on this entry later this evening, but for now, I

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create your application account, and you can log in now to check your decision

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  not have. i can now say that i've stayed in ec for all four years of ... four months ago i made a post about being back in east campus saying ... . someone lived in this room five decades ago, and i don’t know anything about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  , look ourselves in the mirror and say, 'I'm responsible,"' Jones told her admissions colleagues. "We have to look ourselves in the eye and say, 'Am I an ... of her daughter. "When she was in sixth or seventh grade, I was every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  rink. I used to take ice skating lessons in Indiana, but all I can ... this strange new place home. I feel lucky to be living in a place where ... currently running around giving everyone chilly hugs. I’ve lived in Southern

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... space where I'd fit in could be as big or small as I had energy for. I ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021