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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  ’m finally back in a place where I need scarves and hats, and now I can make ... plenty of things I did in high school that brought me joy, fulfillment, and ... frequency in get-to-know-you questionnaires), so I was still a little

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  that if I ever buy a half acre of land, I will build a deck on it à la JD ... Wonderfriends in Walker. Go go gadget radio! Hanna and I play obscure music with ... admissions office, just because I can. (Hi, Nance.) 2 PM - 18.03 lecture. 3

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  myself, but relative to my peers. I begin to imagine where I fall in the ... yes, I'm still doing really well for where I'm at. But I can't help but ... . Not only am I insecure about where I am in my major, but I'm jealous and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  I wake up at 9 AM, and it's the first time in a while that I've been ... where I went into my old room and found it completely empty." "Huh. Maybe ... placing it in the drying rack, I head back upstairs and grab my laptop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  their MIT application. In my three years of reading applications, I can ... I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my fall meetings this Sunday in Plainview, NY. Yesterday, I went fishing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  I was graduating, my emotions revolved in a pretty binary fashion ... bathroom or living in a 115 sq ft brick oven coffin (Macgregor <3). I ... things in college (missed)   Let’s say I want to learn how to do Pogo

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  whoever was being Tim the Beaver in the picture I took during the chaotic ... smiling if he tried!). In true presidential fashion, I even got to take a ... either side of me, so I had to kind of guess where people were while trying

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  can. In the moments where I am not hit by anxiety, I am trying my best ... live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that ... playing in the background and all. Every time I tried writing this post, my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  folder called "Old." Eek. In "Old," I found a folder named after my high ... interview. So here goes. In my senior year of high school, I was living in ... apartment complex. With that in mind: To schedule my interview, I got in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... working at Capital IQ in NYC this summer. We write software that can be used

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I play football at MIT?

  The 2014 Engineers were the winningest (real word!) MIT football team ever! In front of an enthusiastic home crowd on Senior Night, the MIT ... -game undefeated regular season in MIT history. The Engineers captured their first
• Blog / Events

  [Joint Post] Avoiding Sunstroke Solar Cars, Solar Stories, Solar Blogs

  

  , when I’m sitting in the solar car, I can’t see behind me. There is no ... fiction,’ I can assure you it is not :) Background Info (Not really a story ... ,[/annotation] Mcpherson, KS, Dodge City, KS, [annotation note="Nimby, I don't think we're in

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  -foot-tall letters thoroughly ingrained the structure of cyclobutane in my mind, and I ... an unsuspecting victim in STS.001. But I the single most memorable moment this video that I watched, oh, I guess about five years ago today in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure ... crisis. Literally. I know it's only freshmen fall, but I can't help but ... , with a minor in biomedical engineering. Then, that changed when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  . Hoping for favorable Internet conditions in China so I can blog there ... Last year, I spent the entire summer working at ETS in Princeton, New ... languages I’m really interested in are Chinese and French. Since I ultimately

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  Regrade" button and a little text box appears where they can write a note to ... it out, I had to make regrade requests. In this blog post, I ... regrade requests and responses like? I took two classes in Fall 2019 for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sticker stories adorned on my water bottles

  

  . I've made it a point to never buy a sticker for my bottles. I just use ... cover other things, like fridges or laptops, but I like them all in one ... note='i must note i was into the Owalas back in 2020, way before they

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  can't tell you honestly where I'm headed. I don't know that much. I do ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2019 everything from autobiographies to magic the gathering blog posts

  

  dedicate my life to something so important when i’m in a place where i can ... original, and I’m not sure I can convince you to read Homestuck in two ... . Instead, it seems, I can eat. I've always liked food, but now I'm bent on

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 30, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  So here I am (still) in sunny southern California where people are mourning the loss of the crystal football ie The Rose Bowl. While I can't say ... hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006