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• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  blah blah"]big ol' biotech company,[/annotation] and I've somewhat adjusted to the lack of actionable emails. My new thing is going to work and ... and shapeable. Fence cannot stop her; Fence can only extrude her. My Cat

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  network that’s frighteningly good at writing, on my old blog posts. And then ... past, and how much of it was just luck. It’s even picked up the impostor ... ’t find the time. I’ve been working on a new project, and I’m writing a

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

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  unemployed college freshman."  And the best part of being a prufesssional riter - besides the multi-dozen dollar salary, and the luxurious corner office dorm room, and the stubborn ExpressionEngine blogging platform with which I am

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  vegetative state as I fantasize about the geese in Central Park and the cr ... and breaking like bones on the trash-encrusted sidewalk. Jess Lin and I ... 've bought cursory custard buns and huddled in a cafeteria-style bakery under a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  lawyer, judge, social philosopher, and author as well as Lord Chancellor to ... the Church of England (and acknowledge the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon), More was convicted of treason and executed in

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ever[/annotation], and I thought the weekly labs were even cooler than ... using light sensors and wheels that scurries away from light. I named my

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  and THIS IS THE UNIVERSE TELLING ME NOT TO BE A PHYSICIST and WHY DO I ... sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and ... . And embarrassing. One of the worst parts is when people who believe in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  an airport wearing a facemark, gloves, and only black clothes (major apocalypse vibes) Driven 24+ hours and 1000+ miles over the course of three ... for about two weeks, dealing with different waves of grief and gratitude

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

   "the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything." It ... finances, health, lifestyle, and academics have been my responsibility since ... months, and I can cross the catastrophes off my record. Next semester

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Communication Intensive Jumping on the semester-in-review blog train

  

  , not about the “at MIT” part.) As part of MIT’s general institute ... during their time at MIT. Two are humanities classes, and the others relate ... writers and orators. A large part of that comes from exposing us to new

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 4, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  please, from literally everything (and potentially find themselves burnt out before the semester even starts) to absolutely nothing (and suffer ... internship; the world would be my oyster. And I was right about those things

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  foundation for the confidence you carry. And your low points remind you to take every step forward with humility. And while all of those moments and ... International Science and Engineering Fair. 1800 kids with deep passions and big

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation ... Galaxy Well, I'm not your mother (thank you Captain Obvious) and you ... you. Yes, that means you, pre-froshes! And I will be very sad if you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  , and open as possible. That's why I tend to believe that most of the so ... amazing advice and assistance: my parents. From August until December, my ... deadlines, boosted my spirits and my confidence when I felt overwhelmed. She

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  out of the semester or a weak ideology with which I choose classes and activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I ... and because I had a lot on my plate. dropping a class definitely helped

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  respective universities, and didn't want to look back at graduation as ... , green, has mountains and an ocean, open spaces, and people who obey ... drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  pleasant waters. It had its several current peaks and rocky outbursts ... school’s ultra-small math olympiad class, and spent a significant number of ... invariants, number theory and unruly combinatorics problems. In eleventh grade

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  ="alignright" width="225"] quogs in a 'metastable state'[/caption] spent more time with my wing  at next house, each floor is divided into two wings, and each wing has multiple lounges, where people come to hang out and study

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  28th - July 29th: Camden Hills State Park - My friend and I basically ... student, because I’m not really sure where it started and where it ends. Did it start on the last day of finals and does it end on the first day of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Fifty Shades of Break or things to do other than pressing F5

  

  It's that time of the year where everything winds down and you might have little control over how things turn out. It's rough. More and more towards the end of high school, my friends and I would religiously check the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012