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• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  . I hung around the Infinite today and caught Ben and Matt as they were ... telling you not to worry, to think about other things, to just trust that it will all work out -- yeah, right! I know you're going to be thinking

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall ... to enjoy these various snow photos taken by MIT students

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these! First, we headed over to the U.S.S. Constitution. The U ... recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... case. That morning, I woke up to the hotel room phone ringing. Me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  ?! I want to address this from two angles: First off, I believe that for ... places a key emphasis on trying not to perpetuate this bitter feeling, and ... were the key "battleground" states. He also introduced me to the world of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  it. We think it would have helped middle school Allan and Danny to read ... want to write today.  It started when we moved from Brooklyn, New York to Miami, Florida when we were 10. We started 5th grade in Miami at a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  desperate for sun. there was nothing to eat that wasn’t smothered in grease never will I force myself to  live that way again. Or so I said.   ... begging   I think it is too soon to be counting the months. I think

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to use college as an opportunity to expand my horizons and meet other kinds

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam's Mom wanted to name me Ishmael, but somebody managed to talk her out of that one ... OF KETCHUP PACKETS, 33-541!) I'm going to be getting free food five

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  early evenings throughout the Infinite Corridor as I head to different ... me, "Isn't MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first trip to this campus which I think really changed the way I’ve viewed my ... would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  is currently 2025. i'd firstly like to say that i ACTUALLY started it ... that you wanted to be more academic and rigorous, and failing your first ... I write two letters to myself at [annotation note="the keen-eyed will

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  first week back. #nofilter.[/caption] Returning back to the 'Tute “After a ... to keep up the first week. This semester, I'm taking 6.046, 6.810, 7 ... between. #tbt to my first career fair. I still need to figure out what I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps your first academic love." As for teaching science at the precollege

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... . For most students, college will be their first experience largely handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  [/annotation]at[annotation note='the actual result from psychology is much more specific to pedagogy ... .[/annotation]In contrast to Mel's remarkable recovery of her sleep schedule, however, my ... this is not very impressive to most high school students but it is very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you listen closely you should be able to hear the laughter coming from 3-107 at

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  I'm currently dealing with writer's block, to be honest, and I ... month, and maybe this'll inspire me to write more. A new laptop. I got a ... of eBay. I've been wanting to replace my laptop since at least the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  , "AfroShake" When I first sat down to talk to Emmanuel, that feeling of ... first-generation Nigerian-American’s efforts to help his father ... event gave Emmanuel some insight. Most importantly, it led to a key

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018