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• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  MIT I consider “successful” and the semesters during which I accepted the most help from and collaboration with others. Freshman spring: I ... and recitations consistently. Junior spring: I took the experimental

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Senior Fall Classes Better late than never

  

  place was just to work our way up to this class. And after taking it, we ... , physically based simulation, ray tracing, and real-time rendering. There is a two-week pset associated with each of these topics, and an open

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... negative decision does not negate your abilities, accomplishments, and dreams ... awesome things anywhere. And from a “50 Reflections” post from

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  Hello everybody! My name is Katy and I’m a senior studying electrical ... a cabin in New Hampshire, and skiing all day every day. Yeah, I ... extracurriculars, and the ones I did attempt didn’t really feel right. Desperate for

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  event through The Tech, the MIT News Office and the Alumni Association ... perspective on how this initiative developed and the people who helped make it happen. I included videos of the talks in this entry, and I highly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the opportunities, resources, and culture on campus. In particular, programs like CPW and Ebony Affair helped me find friends and communities that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  are holding cool events and workshops. IAP is my favorite time of year. It’s cold and dark and quiet outside; the river has frozen over; some ... means the sunlight feels so bright (when it’s there) and hotpot with

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  This is my favorite poem. Ladies and Gentlemen in Outer Space By ... and I shall have no end: the beam of light stretches out before and behind and I cook the vegetables for a few minutes only, the fewer the

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  quick thoughts to keep up my new years resolution

  

  wanted to update with some thoughts and things since the spring semester's started. 1. I dropped 6.009. So, after much deliberation and consideration and talking with people, I made the ultimate decision to drop 6.009. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ... , returning to my dorm, and sleeping, but a desire to commit to the events on my ... that shrouds me—am i doing the right by trading new endeavors and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  My breakfast last Thursday: a Red Bull and an antibiotic. That's the ... , or October 31. Three weeks ago, it was October 10, and I was in Houston ... that turned out to consist mostly of resume workshops and recruiters from

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  , however, NOT my last blog. That is coming, and (I promise!) it will be still ... 15th (Harlem and Washington Heights) and NY 16th (Bronx) :P ... traditional boundary between East Harlem and the Upper East Side is East 96th St

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  major reunion and I've been spending much of the time recently, when I ... our fate, in fact, everyone got a letter and you pretty much knew if you ... envelope, the better the news. My envelope from MIT was very big and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  from my class, who is a double biological engineering (20) and music (21M) major at MIT. (and premed! muahaha) Jenn '11 has played at venues such as ... accomplishments at MIT include being an Emerson Piano Scholar and winner of the MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  % Awake, and Why: 1.Sin City: Honestly, this film's cinematography and ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black-and-white-and ... something to do with magnetic monopoles and/or the Freemasons. (As a point of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  : "Living and learning at MIT is not a spectator sport." 9:24am: President ... ." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and ... by the freshman year, and what support do you give to help make that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  transition. And in one sentence, I've completely ruined your hope of being surprised at what this entry was about and where it came from. Er.. let ... -30. There was a club for everyone, and if there wasn't you could start it - we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  corner, the international team weBabble reloaded their batteries and tested ... rounds). If they lost this match, they would be out of the tournament and ... formed an unusally tight bond, joking around and making fun of their mentor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  one. So, you get two blog entries tonight, one of them all text and one ... a dialup connection and your computer is powered by, like, a hamster ... restaurants, and the prices were a little high. Still, this establishment did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  I: Just One Look and I Can Hear a Bell Ring I live on a fairly musical wing of Next House, and every semester, we put up an extensive list ... immediately before the trip, so he decided to go with his dad and record this

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022