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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be ... member, this year i had the great opportunity to help write for the hunt ... program continues year to year. i'm also teaching for hssp this year. first

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

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

  

  that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I ... MIT in anticipation to leave for Spain (after spending one night in my ... Amsterdam. For me, this was my first time in Europe, and I was eager to see

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  22 to 28 will pass in the blink of an eye, and so on. thank you for ... first three weeks each felt blissfully long, as if i’d found a way to ... has more to do with an inability to retrieve information than a problem

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  gratification isn't the single thing to strive for, but it sure is exciting. I ... [/annotation], where I have to debug every program and circuit I make for two ... The first quarter comes to a close at MIT. I am crocheting winter

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  . Accuweather says it's supposed to be 40s-50s and mostly sunny for the rest of ... Line bus ($1.25) to South Station, where you should follow the signs for ... the next place you ought to go. As for computers... MIT is, as you

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  wherever that might be. Not just to be more for the sake of being more, but ... for people like me to occupy the spaces that I’ve found myself in. I want to make the world a better place for my kid to live in. I want to

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Embracing the Penguin Snowboarding Trip ft. Jayden

  

  slept for the whole trip).   Once we got to Wachusett, they had ... skiers every ten seconds, which probably made it harder for me to reach him ... Thrones and 2. somehow managing to traverse what feels like a tundra of a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 31, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  for us. I was talking to two pre-frosh who I would come to know and ... I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and drabs.   This is for people on the fence, for those who aren’t sure

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... and it’s something i struggle to understand. the claim is something like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  -epic REX disaster, I’ve decided to offer you people some advice for when your ... to bear the weight of a tough situation, even on only one leg. Ask for ... known before. I move to attack a Simmons resident. As he swings his pool

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  serve us our 6.006 exam." (credit for pic goes to FB user Loneoceans Ggy ... perfect 100% of the time. (3) It's easy to feel sad and miserable about ... 's possible to be inundated with work yet happy at the same time. (5) It's my

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  . Now pardon me, I'm going to play with the iPhone 3G for a few minutes ... mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  2: art One thing I'm very grateful to MIT for is that it has really ... theater, I want you to imagine boldly who you could be. For the prefrosh ... a pit orchestra, or writing a show for people to see, I’d have told

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  looking all over for you, kid!" booms Satan. "Let's get you back to hell ... , smiling very uncomfortably and waiting for the scene to play out. The man ... choosing to make Khan Academy non-profit: "What's a home run in the for

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  's going to be difficult for a given student to stand out among his or her ... class, and you have to learn for you, not for the grades. My new ... for me both in terms of the way I was taught to be a first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  spring to see who's the best fit for the entry. I am pretty sure this ... a hard question for me to answer, because I tend to have an internal ... . I got to hear stories about my UROP professor as a graduate student (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  lifetime is about to come true for one of America's best and brightest high ... ultimate American prize. For the chance at a full ride to the college of ... opportunity. For what it's worth, none of the "scholars" applied to MIT. What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  Thomas Jefferson. I felt the need to jump out of my seat for Hamilton. I ... something for others. And every day is a new shot. A new chance to wake up ... for it, consider reading it out loud. I'd love to hear all about it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  was a fair benchmark for which course to declare, so Brain and Cog it is ... application to Cataldo EMS, a private ambulance service for which many MIT ... they'd hire me. They asked me to come in for pre-employment testing

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

  Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.

  

  should be plenty to feed the 14-person floor for the next week or so. Paul ... neighboring floors who longed for the remembered taste of home-cooked meals. One spoonful of corn chowder was allotted to each resident, provided

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 21, 2009