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• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  only got in because you're (blank)." And you know what, it really hurt ... essays, filled out the forms. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but ... mean, I think we all do. No one wants to get on a stage and forget their

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  State program), tech companies, and the UN, all of which is pretty neat ... seventeen and a half years.[/caption] Hello, blog readers! This is Jessie (they/them or she/her), class of 2007 and one of the earliest MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  to trial and error. we can turn in our psets barefoot and then binge Netflix for eight hours and it's completely acceptable because, hey, at least we actually did the pset!!!! and when we're living in this strange

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  .   * * *   Raphael and I left Charlottesville after work on Friday. We rolled down the windows, rolled back the sunroof, and cruised along I-81S past a flurry of state forests. We made a quick stop in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  University. I am currently working on a number of blog posts that will be ... and I really want to give you guys everything I can, as far as the past ... am a course 20 (biological engineering), and I am in my 3rd year at MIT

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  C’est la Vie In which I describe my summer in words, without photos (yet).

  

  to rigorous AP or university-level classes in our Junction and Delve ... , 2008 Right after school ended, I hopped on a plane and embarked again on ... Taiwan), and eating great, cheap, awesome Taiwanese food again. I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman will be taking their General Institute Requirements (GIR), Freshman ... and learn in an environment that better suits your style. The problem ... with large lectures, numerous recitations, and shared suffering (I joke

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  "]A[/annotation] few days ago, my Google Calendar returned to its pre-exile state, aka ... more intensive and test-prep-oriented. 12 - 1 I had a meeting with my ... presented my findings to her and worked with her to figure out the next steps

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way ... "I'll just get by this semester and be more organized next semester ... remaining due dates and to start studying right now." Now that I have my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that there’s a way to balance the three as long as you're organized and realize ... research in CSAIL; I joined a club on campus; and I’m leaving time to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  and its surrounding forest into a state reservation, complete with ... 30 days, which comes with various, non-specific benefits, and lot of street cred. Sometimes I flip through my contact list and wonder, “what

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  additional information about life at the Institute and it also helps the adcoms ... ) understood. That was my big :( moment of the week, but the trees and the ... in Taiwan that we only have two seasons in a year - "wet and hot" and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  mental state. It felt fragile and unstable, ready to just let go at any ... computer science class you take at MIT and it features weekly labs (they ... about them during the week."]009, 009, and more 009.[/annotation] Endless

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  universe, aced both classes, and decided to major in Course 18." This story ... thekeri said: And to Laura: update? Please? I'm suffering over Spring ... 18.02 (Multivariable Calculus) and 18.03 (Differential Equations

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  -school and was asking to be improved. [caption id="attachment_106486" align ... Blender for everyone because it's 100% free and can really help you create and visualize pretty much whatever you want in 3D regardless of what you

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  walk around taking 48 units. This doesn't cover everyone, though, and ... ? But So-and-so is taking five! And that kid down the hall is taking six ... all. Above, below, or exactly four per term is your own choice, and you

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  roommate (from freshman year, mind you) and I lived in the same room freshman and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep ... oatmeal+banana+yogurt and peanut butter+toast+honey+banana for breakfast

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  state of human existence--and that's fine. I don't feel the same ... “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired ... and opportunities I've been given, and am very grateful for, by

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  the summer to sit down and write them out. Two semesters in, and the ... and Cognitive Sciences. Having lost interest in economics, I figured I ... , I feel fairly confident in my declaration of Brain and Cognitive

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  Whether you blog for a job and get paid by the hour, or you ... writing good ones! Follow these top tips and you'll be writing formulaic ... trouble following these tips, I recommend reading CMU / Parallel Universe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023