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• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  else contained in so many past and future blogs*. I don’t want to talk ... ’ve found myself in amongst my MIT group of friends: Namely, I am the “dumb ... being the “dumb” friend. In fact, I kind of love it, because there’s a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  in 2009, I was part of the blogging crew. You can’t find my older posts ... start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore ... my birth has become an accident of human history. See, I was born in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  hating it because it just becomes work. I can't just be in a play, I have ... . What follows is the very long and detailed crisis I had in picking my major, organized by what I considered, in a roughly chronological order

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  , with the pig farm in the distant top. The area where water collects ... Nobody can. We can mobilize and make this happen! Help eradicate the most prevalent and preventable problem in developing areas around the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  at us but before she can say anything I chime in. "We're over 18 ... said "Can I let these two in? They look young." Luckily the guy wasn't as ... bus stopped it was 6 AM and nothing was in English. I took this to mean

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my ... much in that position.  But it’s weird though. It’s not like I have just ... was a solid period of time where I felt pretty set on my major. I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  somewhere I felt comfortable. Suddenly, I was in this place where there were ... ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure ... , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  job where I can cry publicly on the front page of a globally renowned ... so genuinely happy about where I was in life and where I'm headed. I ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  , where i know if i put in enough hours, i can do it. if i ask the right people for help, i can do it. it's not like homework where people actively ... these things, nor can i participate in them. it's always been easier not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  been someone that has traveled in a pack. In high school, I had a group ... ="A little brave to post this on a public platform where any of them can read ... myself in having the best friends in the world. This semester, I felt a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I ... picture. For a person who grew up in very arid parts of the west coast, I ... more convenient in a classroom on campus? Well sometimes I have to leave

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  water war weapons. I have sporks on my shirts. I chip in to buy our ... of paper. I can only guess what happens to those lists of names, but I ... solution. I spent all of my time at a particular fraternity in hopes of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  , under tech! MIT is a place where I can play a heated bout of Super Smash ... students from across the social spectrum. I can’t imagine anywhere else that can so seamlessly make me feel at home in my comfort zone and challenge

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  Road. There are campfires in driveways, where you can stand by strangers ... lively murmur and a beat in the background. IAP is one week in. I spent ... passed. In the beginning, it was like a full-blown middle-school crush. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  (which are actually in June. Silly Cambridge). I can't wait! ... . Yeah... But I was lucky and only had 5 exams since I came in during the ... did I realize... In true Cambridge fashion, projects have turned out

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  can today. In Marsha’s memory, I will continue to advocate for the ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where ... markers of excellence in their application and I will understand that their

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  high school. In fact I loved my high school. No matter where I went or ... early morning emails telling me where I might have potential flaws in my ... getting into MIT, but I think having a little faith in yourself can

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  . To be completely honest, I can’t see a future where that’s true for me ... better. In the two years I was gone, I[annotation note="unless you count ... a pre-lifting state. But, I’m doing it. Again. My first day back, in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  tryharding but still not enough

  

  friends I can reach out to. And people probably think more highly of me in ... . Apparently it was even worse last semester, to the point where when I was ... warned me against ever taking it in the fall. I think the course staff

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 20, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance, in the morning. Except that I won’t see it in the morning light ... after. From her balcony window, I can see the bright lights of the town

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020