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• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then ... . light pollution should have taught me that hope demands hurt to be seen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  [i think i need to drop another class] Hey gang, it’s your favorite failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a ... happening to OTHER people, but no, it truly got to me. Now I’m feeling good

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  us how to solve problems using Matlab- the lectures provide the ... fifth time since I’ve gotten to MIT).  [carousel image1="105487" image2 ... recitation. For the week I’ve decided to share, we were using angular momentum

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Events

  4 comfort songs for your first day shake those jitters!!!

  

  my head. Nerves tightened. I couldn't quite get myself to bed. The ... accompany excitement. When I'm wrapped up in feelings, I turn to two things ... chair, talking with myself to work through some thoughts. Moments of

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 3, 2024
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... no closer to achieving it, I realized that I would need some ... signed up for the course this fall. I also wanted to take this class

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to ... students at MIT here.  Instead, I wanted to highlight just how quickly students began to act. Within a couple of days, mailing lists and discords

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  entirely, I'm taking this time to recap what I did for the past several months and reflect on what it meant to me. Living in Boston I spent most ... -size loft beds, which were a pain to climb onto, especially at night, with the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play ... , blinking into the mid-afternoon sunshine, trying to recall how I got here ... other days, except my boyfriend flew up from Georgia to see me. Later, I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  It's never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, around decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  and the admissions office comes to fruition. Breathing is hard right ... overthinking. You end up having to sleep due to fatigue and most likely will wake up with a clear mind and higher spirits, ready to face the day. I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last ... exams looming the following week, I did have something to look forward to: I was to spend Christmas at home for the first time since I left for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who collaborated to make this post a reality- hair’s to you! (ha, ha) [intro ... , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the ... also frantically looked for stuff to do) that said, "Keep Calm and if All Else Fails, UROP." Good news--I did find things to do. I applied for a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  MIT is, at the very least, interesting when it comes to biology. You ... a mix of anxious premeds and kids trying to convince their parents that going to grad school can be just as rewarding as going to med school

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place

  

  neighborhood. In regards to the latter, it is the exact opposite here at MIT. From my FPOP (Freshman Pre-Orientation Program) to Orientation to the first week of classes, I don't think I've ever taken a day off to relax

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 12, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  overwhelming than I thought it was going to be - a confusing whirlwind of psets ... finals week rolled around, I was desperate to be done. I stumbled through 1 final presentation, 2 final projects, and 2 final exams then flew home to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Final-ly! now that finals are over, a few academic highlights ... and perhaps a few surprise…

  

  Oh how the months have passed- from fall season to finals season to ... 's never too late to check the IAP listings by today's date and attend an impromptu event you didn't have to register for. The dark matter lecture I

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • January 12, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  for admissions officers and current students to share their stories. It's also a place for y'all to carry on a conversation with us and amongst ... people to append notes to each comment. What they're not terribly well

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... the familiar faces you have grown accustomed to? Most importantly, would ... with some high school counselors who wanted to change parents

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application: August 19 In a few short weeks, the MIT 2012 Freshman Application will be posted.

  

  universities to which you'll be applying (including the financial aid ... less likely to make an error down the road. Identifying your ... would like to write on your behalf, it is a good idea to have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2011