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• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  I can more clearly see when and where the show succeeds and fails, his ... September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Little Rectangles Thoughts from Junior spring

  

  that. “How can I be so stupid?” is common. “Why can’t I get this? Everyone else can”, makes an appearance. Or maybe the fun one, “Why do I even ... me when I was walking to class or sorting books in the library. Then I

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  We Really Aren’t Kids Anymore avoiding the part where it all has to end

  

  makes me feel Old. I can only imagine how it makes y'all feel. I've just ... very well." And even though I'm an [academic] year older, I can ... . And yet, I think it's the most honest sentiment I can offer at this time

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 9, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  it, which is just as well because I don't know what was going to be in ... . So what's been up with me? I passed my finals, and I can even tell all ... am dancing. I'm also back in Florida, having moved out of Senior House

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  one of the chosen 5? Does anyone know where I can get a used Viper ... Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  is the picture i have in mind: i was so preoccupied during undergrad ... where to live and who to spend time with and career choices and so on. i ... set in stone as i imagined: i’ve already switched jobs and roles, signed

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students, faculty, and staff can go hang out and create beautiful glassware and ... for the holidays at MIT. I'm on their mailing list, and this morning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  had a moment in this set where i slid on my stomach across the stage ... if i'll be trampled and shoved in a giant sweaty mass of college ... in a setting where no one knows you is indescribable. one of my

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... you, far beyond where you currently stand. For the longest time I ... you can pass their classes. Instead, a college is interested in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  with the shop guys in Pappalardo (where we build out 2.007 robots.) I ... challenge was to come up with a team name, we decided on “I Can’t Believe I ... ://getfit.mit.edu/) has a function where you can enter your minutes and see other teams

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... really the glamorous part of the job, you know? The ten foot pool. Where I ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  missing my family intolerable. But then I arrived in Cambridge, walked past ... , and fell in love. I sit now between the columns that support the mighty ... either. I still have not unearthed a pattern in the numbering of its

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... , in my graduation speech, with strangers I met at conferences. After I ... -wrapped dates, while various professors trickled in; I recognized a Medievalist, a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  whole other kind of culture shock, where I was in most settings the ... . I found myself in a lot of situations where I had to take a deep ... the market or anywhere else I found myself at some point in the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  . I hate the disparities in its student population. I hate the way I can ... Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day ... in journals. I'm approximately four weeks into my second semester, and

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  last carefree summer in Cape Coma. After a week of I-95 mayhem, I walked into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in ... crashing down… right in the lobby, making the scene I had so dreaded. It was

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... lean into the activities where I can naturally succeed. Cross-posted on ... someone. I can go to lectures and do my homework and pass my classes, but at

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  were points in the semester where I was just like “lol class is so not ... where I get excited about stuff, and then distracted, and then ... regret doing the in-between stuff that I really shouldn’t have, such as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak ... in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet ... convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  in my junior year of high school, hated it, and swore I'd never return ... truth in the matter was that I didn't really hate compsci, I just found it ... 've talked about this in past blogposts, but I'm definitely growing out of this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020