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• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my ... hours in rain or shine (or the occasional snowstorm), but I wouldn’t have ... clothes are kept, where I spend 2-3 hours every morning and some afternoons

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  summer I'm in the IAP program Ohhhhh You plan to do misti after graduating ... ']weeb[/annotation] 🤭 I’ll probably be in DC or cali this summer Depends on what program ... semester. long story that i dont feel like telling in full right now. tldr

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... . What I mean is, if, hypothetically speaking, everyone in a class got an A

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  't decided yet where I'm going -- I still have five interviews in front of me! ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with ... me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• 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