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• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  energy would go Black Friday shopping afterwards, and those who did not ... sister and I would provide very little help—we’d work on our schoolwork ... values were taught to me, not by [annotation note="okay, there were some

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  like not wanting to work or procrastinating too much, but if there is ... can't tell if I love or hate. I’ll be working on the problem sets and ... whining at me like "what the heck are you doing, you’ve been working on this

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  works. Not to worry, this is probably something you would deal with in ... “intense” dorm of people with no shoes and dyed hair. But, not everyone who ... assure you that I am definitely not hardc0r3, nor even an average builder

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  . But what you might not see, is that there is also a lot of positivity ... statistical concepts.) So here's what I think is going on: 1.) Not ... following the laws of physics, not the laws of, "I saw number 28 in a dream

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How to Foil a UFO Abduction 1. Control your thoughts.

  

  . 1. Control your thoughts. Do not think of anything violent or ... the message. 4. As a last resort, go for the EBE's eyes - you will not ... a UFO abuction. Oh no, folks, it's not just EBEs that are telepathic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  classes I’ve ever taken. He did not have to put so much work into making the ... after work, the traffic lights looking faintly like glowing eyes, tired but relenting to let me pass. I miss working at Hometown Pizza. I miss

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ILGs at MIT They're independent! (Guest post by Sondy '07/G/awesome.)

  

  Oh, you all thought you were getting a blog post from me? Not today ... term will just have to wait. It's not like I'm leaving you out in the ... . Enjoy. I'm off to study for 7.05. In response to not-so-recent posts by

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 5, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  the car is not working, I often ask myself this question. [caption id ... process, but more importantly, it’s taught me what it takes to work on a ... companies. I’ve heard classmates complain about there not being enough classes

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  Structures] - Amazing and intriguing content, but the lectures didn’t work that ... hardware language, even though we didn’t get to work with hardware :( I ... not be that fun. But was made this class worth it was the discussions

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  end of July so I could spend the month of August working on Ben's couch ... time -- but you do get 6 units of academic credit for them!), but not ... give advice on which classes to take. This works out pretty well, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  really wanted to work for were *not* big tech companies and therefore had ... blog posts, I am a solidly average, if not below average, MIT student ... last year that I was really stressed about not having a job yet, because

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  (someone let me know if the link doesn't work, I'm not sure if you guys will ... , which, it turns out, is probably not as scary as you think it is. So I got ... _ forget it. Not to mention it really _is_ the basis for the beginnings of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  - Accomplished! This past summer I had the great opportunity to work at Microsoft and I'll be working there next summer as well! Read at least 5 books ... : Zoolander Sausage Party Blades of Glory Notting Hill Parasite Frozen

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  :30 HASS lecture. Part of me feels guilty for not doing more work during the ... since not doing it on Sunday will throw off my work flow for the rest of ... . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  met I would likely not ever see again. But I didn't want that to stop me ... internship at Microsoft in Seattle. Worked with incredibly talented engineers ... 've been hard at work at the rink training with my coaches and getting in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  on in the code. This one also had a README_IF_IT_WAS_WORKING_AND_IT_DOES_NOT ... mysterious and magical beings. (Context: I’m working as a developer at an ... album, but summer is not for feeling feels. Summer is for banging bangers

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  're not entirely comfortable turning on, part choices, and Arduinos, maybe ... receiver on it.  It's not pretty, but it drives. At the end of lab, my ... 's not a trivial problem to solve.  Because of the steepness of the hill

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  human-written; they’re all machine-generated. I’m not sure if I want to be happy or not. I'm low-key grateful for being alive. I’m sorry that I’m not ... ’m not doing enough. i hate the thought that if i tell them i have this

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  still have not seen and will probably never see. life lacks closure like ... have more school ahead of me, but it just will not be the same. although ... . this is probably not an isolated feeling, and probably why some people go

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  to, very objectively, determine whether or not you’re overcommitted. It ... spring, not because I actually dislike theoretical computer science. The ... atrocious, I rolled my eyes, thinking it was a him thing. It was not a him

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023