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• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where ... further until I was eventually in the deep end. When I jumped in, I remember ... forth underneath me while I tried to propel myself up. Keep in mind that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  EC and I walked back to MacGregor, where I pecked at work in my room ... .004 and my UROP code. I spent a lot of time in MacGregor last weekend ... study break for the potential GRTs. I can’t wait to play poker and meet

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into ... sororities are directly in Boston, in Kenmore Square) - and so I bring you ... today, so let's see if I can do a little bit better here: organic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  decided that I didn't want to play the HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU USE THE WORD CURIOUS IN A BLOG POST? game) I will write up an explanation below. In the ... I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  letters, I can try to address them in the comments below. But my main point ... , because I still think in Python-influenced data structures, years after 6 ... teachers know me much better in person, so I was thinking of asking teachers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  odds of me getting in panned out, and in some wild reality I actually ... can imagine, this was super unsustainable. It was the first time that I ... realized that I have finite time as a student, and in as much as I would like

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  post.   Can I interest you in some background information for the ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it ... . In high school (and middle school, and elementary... and college), I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  be in a space where I could see my impressions of my peers’ work ... where I drove six miles to school in 15 minutes, the long commute felt ... of Ireland. I love this type of legend cycle, where there are many

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

   did manage to fit it in my schedule. I didn’t really read the description that ... projects in the makerspace, and were [annotation note="“I didn’t know you ... cool. I don’t think I particularly want to work in any kind of wet lab

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  I'll be gone from MIT forever (?) in five months ... have been floating around in my head for several months while I stressed ... only way I can experience catharsis is by putting my whole self out there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who ... : My Mom mom and I in Shanghai! Yesterday was Mother’s Day, so I thought ... I from preschool all the way through AP Physics C in high school

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  the nearest major research university to where I grew up, for some of ... , and my opinion of it has drastically changed. I saw physics labs where undergraduates where heavily involved in research. The student body had tremendous

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  December – and 2010 – I was briefly back in the UK, now my second home, where ... interned in the city, I simply revisited the street where I lived and took in ... chaotic in India (as expected), but I guess you can't have everything. And

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  Period, where MIT people can do "whatever they want."']IAP[/annotation] has been fantastic in a lot of different ways. I'm back in Cambridge, I did a ... called the "externship" program. i did an externship last IAP, and you can

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  in the world and being in an environment where people are always ... $11,000. Now they're holding a social media contest where you can people ... undetected concussions has become too prevalent in young athletes, and Ben, as

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  Even in classical mechanics, physics tells us about relativity, where ... - even easier - than before. With that in mind, I invite you to ... earliest memories, I'm climbing the steps to where I used to live and heading

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  one particularly nasty hell week can instill in you, something I thought ... taking better care of myself. I can’t control the unexpected things in ... please, bear with me). What I can control is how I handle myself in every

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  (including this character), which will be detailed in the entry where I explain ... Two days ago, Sophia '10 drove Kathy '10 and I to Cape Cod, where we ... think it's true. ----- Five days ago, I was tucked away in a lounge on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  MIT's study abroad program in Japan. "I've always been interested in ... I've been meeting." The Morikami is one of many places where Kubber ... said. "A scientist using one sample at a time in a petri dish can take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  in 4 months as a real, live MIT student. As a high school senior, I ... assigned to Next House (I still run into my host, and I ended up living in ... had a nickel for every time I’ve heard this happen, I could at least buy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007