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• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  . And this brings me to the point about "mediocrity". At points, you would ... -to-shoulder with the sun, The world is waiting on me for change. I am never scared of ... believe in hope I believe I can touch the sky if I try. With you beside me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  ), and this mentality is what landed me in Taiwan instead of MIT three ... ). Wait, did I just say that? Pretend I didn't. Let me be a bit more ... be optomistic); it didn't work for me. This is in no way trying to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  to have)? Let me ask you something else: if you had an entire year to ... a time before itchy feet got me moving). Taking a gap year is a ... free to write me if you need more information about taking a gap year, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  chemistry) study material, I believe. (I'm not a chem person, don't ask me ... totally cracked me up. I really thought this was hilarious. Rick was also ... rotisserie penguin are kosher. Don't ask me, I wasn't there, and I mean it when

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  taught me 101 reasons not to be a math major, while Sarah Tabacco and 5.12 showed me that I really could do organic chemistry, if I just believed in ... out once you get here. And then you can tell me, because I still only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  Unfortunately for me, I've been hit with what's hopefully some sort ... single. I've absolutely loved it -- Macgregor is the right dorm for me ... . Granted, I didn't care (I've never been one to let other people tell me how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  making me despair of the state of humanity on the rare occasions that I do ... , fighting admins who told me I was biting off more than I could chew. Why ... miles apart, and to me, summer was time for spending with Dad. Going to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vast Oral Tradition Bela Bartok, a fluorescent rabbit, and Helen Keller walk into a bar. Stop me if…

  

  . Monday: Sam's Mom stuck around long enough to take me grocery shopping at ... send to him. Luckily, JF agreed with me in my assessment that "this ... entry, because it was you guys that inspired me to go out and find

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... and is titled: "I have the will, show me the way"? Use Photoshop ... .) There is no way to convince me that the Designated Hitter rule is good for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  ." Michael helped me out by answering, "MIT sent you a letter after you ... major asset for me in the admission process." In the admissions process ... .. Is it possible for me to somehow update my application?" Yes. You can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  whole thing? Should I strive to make my posts shorter? Please let me know ... The beginning of the end The final runaround Help me because I don ... be wrong and wait for someone to correct you. Please correct me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  's photos stalkers took of me this year:   [carousel image1

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  Every IAP, I travel. I can't help it. There's this wanderlust gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global experiences is one of the reasons I chose this MIT, especially because I didn

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  ’ve actually noticed they help me regulate my emotions a bit better."]I want to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  ) soda I drank with dinner[/annotation] that powered me through editing

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  can be a difficult decision to receive, but trust me: it works out okay

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  ! Giving me hope that {REDACTED} Family Dinners were a growing niche

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Summer

  a year of counting fish the shape of real work

  

  not being right for me in the long term."][/annotation] Nothing else I ... . One policy class and then another showed me that I liked learning about ... will use its results—to me that’s the real work: real not as in physical

  • by Kai V. '25
  • September 11, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  ’t clear, let me know in the comments or by email, and I'm happy to help!

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I painted a mural for Borderline! bird-erline mural

  

  that's been fine with me—this is my first academic year where I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 5, 2024