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  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  post. But now I'm going through these photos and it's making me miss my ... 's how Commencement went for me. Because I wasn't graduating this year, I ... while making this post and it's making me type sad things, so I'm going to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  teach me and learn from me. People are often surprised that students as ... opportunities as well. It's just one of the many things that make me so grateful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  a place to me over the past semester/several months: even though it is ... staircases everywhere make me feel like a first year at Hogwarts. Everything ... see the magic of this place going away for me. This is the place I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  out into the world, the small ritual of slipping it on reminds me to be ... .   This is still true for me; I hope it will be true for the Class of ... . And they are, to me, our best hope. Congratulations, graduates. I look

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday on learning to balance growth and recovery

  

  , and what each taught me about the other. One hard lesson I've learned ... happened to me: overuse injuries in my knees and hips that never got any ... ;       If you're like me -- if you're like a lot of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  inspired me to then start sorority rush in the fall of freshman year ... wonderful conversations I had during my first MIT encounter convinced me to go to CPW, which in turn convinced me to go to MIT. Also, the experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  freshman spring in which today is the first day of spring

  

  -so-slightly-bulging firehose for so long that this fact surprises me. It's almost like I hadn ... -taking, lecture-style classes. But this class has grown on me, and the material that ... would let me do that >_< i would love to though!) Related to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Realidad Aumentada en Acción un paso antes de los hologramas

  

  objeto. Me emociona mucho pensar en la forma en que esto podría ser ... aumentada. El tenía que irse apresuradamente, pero me dio uno para de tatuajes ... ponía mi cámara sobre mi brazo. Me sentí triste cuando el tatuaje

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  simmer with hatred for me now, but hear me out). Okay, I’ll admit that the ... created through a lot of people smarter than me experimenting with it. But

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... these people all around me creating things, and it pushes me forward

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Invitation to Cross-Register Guest post by Katherine W. '17 :D

  

  who is course 20 like me and has aspirations of owning two Australian ... public transportation frustrates me to no end. Thankfully, I have a bike ... bubble, and cross-registering has given me exposure to a different style

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  ride up the elevator makes me think about how I'm "rising" through the ... 've known for a while get bigger and smarter, which makes me even more excited ... putting this event together and letting me know about it and to Bullhorn for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  ! The Church pews filled quickly with other McCann fans, who, like me ... the man behind my favorite books. His work could make me cry at a happy ... with his artistic scarf, me with my children’s literature crown. Claire

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  /or struggles, email me! Thing Two I wrote it on Odyssey, an online publication ... antithetical to my personal/political views. It makes me feel like I'm complicit ... writing things weekly over the summer/during the semester, email me or apply

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  represented me. Then, I forged those essays out of myself. Never before had I ... was a setup for heartbreak. What bothered me the most was that I wasn ... just vanished in front of me. Gone. Ultimately, I didn’t make it into

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  School of the Museum of Fine Arts) appealed to me when I applied here, and ... the eggs. One rolls to and from me in a breeze I don’t feel, like a boat ... they may take me far away from the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  stopped climbing the firepole when I realized it gave me lots of bruises ... in a good way. What I Actually Read Between the World and Me, Ta ... Time, James Baldwin Free Food for Millionaires, Min Jin Lee Love Me Back

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  policies that make me both happy and sad. For every excellent teacher and ... . Professors who interpret it later in class amaze me. My favorite readings are ... does not make me the life of the party. One other class I’m taking is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  . So if, like me ~10 years ago, this is the first you've heard of the ... something else entirely. Everyone has to find their path - me included. Last month, mine took me Almaty; I am grateful for the opportunity, and for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home Sweet College Surviving first semester.

  

  there for me. But the idea of growing up and changing and moving out ... ” has always been a very fluid concept for me. My extended family has always lived very far from me, in China on my mother’s side, and Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 29, 2015