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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  college counseling position in Providence, RI.  While I am no longer an ... me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... think of MIT, I think of an incredible place where amazing people do

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  , Bunker HIll monument, and more. (and more that I can't think of in my current I-can't-believe-I'm-graduating-this-year state of distress) O.O It ... I can't believe I'm a senior. Seriously, I can't believe it. I have

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At ... belonged at MIT. I think that at some point in every college student

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  AP's are not the only way in which to challenge oneself. (I can ... even looked at? What ever happened to going the extra little bit? I can ... factor in my deferral from EA, so yes, I think writing could and should be

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and Cognition," known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I'll describe my ... 's [annotation note="and nicest, in my opinion"]newest[/annotation] major. How I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  happiness springs, songs, sheep

  

  being in school, where all your work is on your own 'becoming,' that I ... cream with toons. it was a rare occasion where i didn't feel drained by ... 'm doing good work that i can be proud of, and like i'm contributing a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 24, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6 ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  olympiads about which I can write in my app and which were in no way less ... A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... won't be in place until 2006 at the earliest. "Also I know you stated

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  how can you possibly go on. I think, in contrast to Kate, my self ... going. She passed away, finally, in our house on a hill in Kafa. I can ... , I am shameless to say, on my period, where my sad emotions in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  After 8 months, I was finally in. In the Edgerton Center Student Shop ... means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can ... light! I didn't take picture of the whole process, but I can walk you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  spare time, but enough time that I should, in principle, be able to post ... first time I've felt burned out in a (metaphorically) clinical way, so it ... to stop doing, which I'll get to in a bit). One thing I've learned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  where I can predict what they’ll say next because we talk literally ... , as i have done, as i can, as i shouldn't, etc."]“as you should,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  can tell, it’s quite useful :P This is what I've been playing with in ... when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... chemical reactions (reactions that oscillate in time and space), so I had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  , or whatever. what kind of a world do i live in, where i feel like i ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one that felt this bad. here's what i knew other people did: spend time in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  diversions from what is otherwise a never ending trello of things to do

  

  semester. preferably i can fit more in. having fun is important and life ... hosed, where i no longer have 'hell weeks' as often, but there are two ... . in honor of this re-realization, i decided to document all of the fun

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  This is a list I made at the end of my freshman year in the reading room of Hayden Library... one of a very short list of places where I am comfortable enough to actually fall asleep. A fifteen-minute nap in Hayden can

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  email me and I can try to get you in contact ^_^)     ... UROP in the Media Lab where I got to do my own AR art project. One day ... coming up with stories, making worlds that I wish I could live in, or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  these doors to control where the cats go in the house. Like this little ... there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to ... onto your cold-making box. I like to think about sticking-together rocks

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  those desires in a new way. I can confidently say it's one of the most ... major. I can't say I'm 100% confident in declaring Course 20 now, but I ... for this summer being done, I haven't quite settled in yet. In fact, as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  CPW and can’t imagine yourself in the active community from the i3 video ... ” activities like building rollercoasters and fire-spinning. As proof, I can ... . People can be miserable in, say, Next House just as much as in EC. It

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017