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• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  other life-related struggles on top of school still sucks. On Monday of ... Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am ... full weeks of class at MIT (rather than three weeks earlier before we

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  missions (whatever; I am familiar via a number of my high school friends ... This is part three of a series, consisting of a lightly-edited compilation of notes from my cross-country train trip from Boston to San

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  blogger wrapped 2025 and taking part in tradition

  

  myself as the 8th scribe of the stored and iconic series in which the blogging community admits to our crimes of media over the past year via a synthesis of our Spotify Wrappeds/Apple Music Replays/YouTube Recaps for, as

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  This year, MIT learned that two beloved members of our community would be leaving the institute at the end of the year. Professor Peter ... supported the education of physics at MIT in a myriad of ways. From developing

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’s a college thing but part of me feels like I’ve gotten away with ... ’m in Cambridge, reeling with a move cross-country and the start of the ... whirlwind of finding an apartment in Boston. No free-food events, but plenty

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  alumni work at! There is a huge list of companies to choose from, and since ... opportunities is much smaller. The program lasts a relatively short amount of time ... of 9 externs at Brain Power, 3 in Web Development, 3 in Product

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  -long activity of its own, called "Deliver!" The goal of "Deliver!" is to build a bridge out of paper, paper clips, and pencils under tight time ... the school year. So, how did the Open House visitors' performance stack

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  ...with programming languages. A few of us have some programming background, but for the rest of us (me!) it’s like … I don’t know, catching up with the rest of ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  't explain (the likes of which you won't see again until prom) and bandwidth-crippling refreshes of https://decisions.mit.edu/verify.php. If this sounds like you ... I love being at the most (a good thing since I spend most of my waking

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  't be summed up on a few sheets of paper. And I get to meet lots of young ... interview, and would like to prepare. Here is my advice: You of course know ... discovery (assisted of course by the double major you'll finish in three years

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  will Alex go to school? -- the will, chutzpah, and bodacious craft of the ... of the votes from making it into the poll. The idea of outing the main ... on the updated version of his hack site, "only keep one instance of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  to MIT certain of one thing: I would never be an engineer. In eighth ... the frustration of attempting engineering drawings. We would draw boxes ... paper covered in layers of faded pencil marks as I erased and redrew

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  field? My boyfriend's been coding since his freshman year of high school ... out of place with recent events. I've tried a lot to figure out how to ... exactly pinpoint my feelings, tired of repeating the same old "I don't feel

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  new city, away from many of my friends from high school, and I just got ... trailers are right in front of Medical, and the line went in front of and ... long all day. Maybe it's because the tests of the five thousand or so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  only one of those I ever learned in school- you use it for everything. I ... on some of colloquialisms that you are learning? That would be awesome. :]" Yeah, sooooo, I'd love to, but see, most of the words that my new Spanish

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  that, if you’re done with high school, probably around 90% of the time ... tw: mentions of substance abuse, various diseases, death i have been much more productive over the past few weeks than i usually am. of course

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sleep is for the Strong getting through finals week

  

  incredibly difficult school is a necessary part of the character of this campus ... geniuses, most of us are struggling just as much you are. And, as much as I ... de-stress. Avoid the junky finals food and eat well. Take care of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  to [annotation note="what sounds like an incredibly draining week of ... and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... Charles River on the north and the glittery high rises of Back Bay Boston on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  In the middle of 5.12 (Organic Chemistry) lecture, 16 men dressed in ... remember) here?" A brunette near the front of the room slowly stood up, and ... , they sprinted out of the room to thunderous applause. These charming men

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  school Spanish class wasn't of the greatest calibre either. What would I ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing a study abroad is kind of like matchmaking. For one month (or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008