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• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  sometimes hard to maintain, and I live in perpetual fear of messing it up even ... out of my comfort zone in this sense by forcing me to deal with my fear ... right now, so I'll leave that for later. For now, I want to make a list of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  commonalities coming together to bounce ideas around and inspire each other to new ... Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  opportunity to receive guidance and support from great role models, and I wanted to show the same generosity and kindness to others in helping them ... mission to return the favor but knew that I could not do it alone. I wished

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  time we also just go get food together or go to the movies, but all in ... Hey guys, I first want to start off by apologizing for not being around recently. However, I will make it up to you guys over this summer

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  bring all these ideas, pieces, people together. And built them up to be ... What does a number do when it wants to be a picture? I acted in my first class play in 2nd grade. Science was a way to explore the universe

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  then proceeded to rub the metal rings all over himself, tap them together ... my life (fun)^-1. The only thing worse than being sick and wanting to die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  , to sit together leaning softly on each other’s tired bodies, to keep ... since high school. I expected to feel annoyed: in an objective sense, I ... wanted this to be recognized. Instead I just felt relieved that there was

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  college? what?? Like many I’ve talked to, I’m still stuck a couple ... that I graduated from grade school. Ironically, it’s really starting to ... clubs and classes to do, I also have to figure out how to balance that

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  the same day as the dreaded first 8.01 exam in addition to a 3.091 quiz ... and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... , study for the exam, and/or go to Career Fair. "Is it worth?" I ask

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

    Friday night I went down the river to the annual MIT- Harvard men’s basketball game. Harvard is an NCAA Division I program and we are ... comes to mind when think of MIT... I don’t blame you. In some ways, it

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  This Is How I Read productivity hacks, but for reading applications

  

  one, but it's a bit different for me right now, because we've started to ... late October, when QuestBridge applications become available, and extends ... night/weekend work is expected from October to April. In return, your job

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  to the Freshman Pre-Orientation Program called Discover History and ... letters for saying that a group of us pre-frosh got to go tour some really ... had the gumption and self-reliance to strike out as their own

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  love so much, come together to help me ensure this event had enough ... ≧◡≦ , my name is River. Just like most people, I had dreamed of coming to this university since childhood. And now I am about to enter my sophomore

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  Before I get to the point of this entry, I'll answer a couple of questions. Karen asks: "This is a bit random and irrelevant to your entry ... /visiting the dorms?" I found the official policy here. Students are allowed to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are ... information yet and I wanted to know before I decided." Anon, and everyone else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  together: i was in the lab learning how to use a platereader, run fluorescent ... wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register to go to it with them. It was described to me as a showroom-type thing where companies set up booths to display the latest gadgets they are

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... (here are a couple). And every new year, I find his musings to be just as

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  the bible to free food, free stuff, parties, meetings, and other activities that spanned the course of the four days. Have nothing to do? Look ... out about the MIT sororities before going to CPW, so this was a perfect

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  Yesterday, I went to Six Flags New England with Ling '07, Erica '07 ... not too much. You should see MIT students try to split the bill at a ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005