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• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  school?" "No, I just have a lot of feelings.") The future is terrifying ... case the last three years of blogging and my recent distress over ... goals have clearly shifted quite a bit. This is partially due to a year of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x ... of February and classes began, I wrote a summary about my adventures

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  school ended and spent the rest of my schooling in the Twin Cities area ... away, helping out around the house. We were doing a lot of renovations in hopes of selling it later this year, which included repainting the doors

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  week of classes, especially in high school. I hated how boring it was ... feels like) the first three days of school. [annotation note="to repeat a ... school, with a graphic visual of an [annotation note="Not that I use Google

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Highlight Reel Parents! A cappella! Thesis! Superheroes! Film class! And generally hanging in there @ MIT

  

  different mediums offer different experiences A study in the rise of zombie ... little has happened, and I’ve been trying to write blog posts about both of ... extremely quickly. Here is a list of blog posts I meant to finish, to no

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  conviction I kind of came into MIT knowing, especially after growing up in Texas, where the concept of a fraternity (especially at a state school ... loooong list of reasons for that, which we can go into some other time, or

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  basement computer lab that had serious middle school vibes in and of itself ... [/caption] I <3 MIT: I got this shirt on the very first day of school! It came ... At MIT, one inevitably collects a lot of shirts. Like...a lot. There

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  learning how to drive and other matters of identification

  

  high school and you're still shy about pictures of yourself. Spend half ... group of other people and wait. You chat with the high school kid in front ... STEP 1: FAIL TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN HIGH SCHOOL. This requires

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  school. It was part of an anthology assigned in English class. That single ... probably be higher if I felt capable of Actually Understanding Poetry, but I ... letters, and a list of all the books. S: will reread again and again

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  number of girls in scientific high schools and boys in classical ones ... day in Bologna, especially after chancing upon a fellow group of ... , accented by sightseeing of seven of the city’s “secrets” from an Argentinian

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  lot of afterschool programs at local high schools that I would like to ... sort. In high school, I really loved tutoring and the idea of helping ... As I write this on the final day of the year, I cannot help but think

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... overenrollment of previous years) and thus it is more likely that this year will

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  , really, but back in middle school, I used to read a lot of popular science ... time. As a result, though, I feel an obligation of sorts to my middle-school ... of great importance. I wrote: I think my being a physics major has

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~...[/caption] “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always dreamt of growing out the afro, I never had the opportunity until I moved

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  Well, it's been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically ... on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... visited my old high school and was the "guest speaker" in the AP Physics C

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meeting FAQ The answers to the FAQs at our Central Meetings.

  

  High School Auditorium, 2200 E. Dorothy Lane, Fullerton, CA 92831Los ... : Saturday, October 1, 2:00pm; High Tech High School Auditorium, 2861 Womble Rd ... handful of questions I'm almost always asked. So, what I'm going to do is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  of coming into a tough school and finding your place, and that's why we ... morning, and strolls through rows of dark offices. And there are the "crust" -- graduates of years past that still hang around the hall -- which reveal all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  of Cows![/caption] Winter in Wyoming—a symphony of snowflakes and ice ... of rugged beauty, where Carhartts are more a necessity than a fashion statement, and the sharp crack of ice breaking in the horse trough signals the

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  for the fall semester. i decided to do this for a lot of different ... for myself because schools in the UK apparently often don't have dining ... about how much i miss MIT. i spent junior fall in a very weird state of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024