Search

Search Results

• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future ... for me. With that, I started to think about other [annotation note ... was unheard of for me to struggle, or be wrong, or, even worse, fail

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Daniel Guillen Our football coach gets a surprise in Daniel Guillen '10.

  

  Guillen taking advantage of chance to attend MIT, play football By ... lies ahead for St. Joseph Academy senior Daniel Guillen is one of the best a student-athlete could ever hope to receive. Guillen, a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  everyone's... but mine. In mathspeak, for all MIT students not equal to Kate ... in 32-123? Thanks to Uncle Jim and Aunt Maura for the super-cute video. ... people who were on campus for Family Weekend last weekend. And not only

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... forget what) that got us both called to the front for "punishment" at the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  lecture for worldbuilding, Junot Díaz talked about how people need to escape ... . I've been sitting in bed trying to read notes for 6.867--the class I ... 'm excited to see how our paths cross after college. But that can wait, and for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Value of Creativity Sí, se puede.

  

  (not for the first time) in my inbox requesting me to submit my old ... Spanish essay due tomorrow and 5.12 to study for, but I feel I must get this ... officers would like to look for diversity in the applicant pool. To put it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  , being unable to make good on all of the dreams I had chosen for myself. I ... for the next few weeks, so, after every shower, while I attempt to scrub ... , despite having bleached it myself repeatedly!). I forgot to bring my book

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you ... of New York, credit to Yuliya for the idea and inspiration) “Door ... ] stayed up for 7 hrs to make a cardboard cutout and hung it from my bed in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  can help you with number one, but I have a place to start for number two ... bake for people 17) Find ways to divert all the sugar into cups (http ... results of a semester, year, or life's worth of effort. It boiled down to a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for ... schedule to take a physics course! But the metaphor holds for so many MIT ... was found to be the optimal position for seven people, and, given the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore accumulations because i miss show and tell

  

  This week, as classes began to die down, I told a friend: "the only thing I gained this year was academic hardship." Sophomore year tends to ... myself working harder than I ever have to keep up. But there's much more

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Night at da Opera A Jolly Splendid Time!!

  

  sets the groundwork and frame for who I want to become and be.  Looking ... or the guy who set the world record for marathon, I just have to keep ... . One of my big pulls for the class, though, were the field trips. That

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 1, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  (alternatively, civil dusk to civil dawn)  to be awake continuously for 24 hours ... , and, for the most part, I have been[annotation note='I promise that a ... [/annotation]at[annotation note='the actual result from psychology is much more specific to pedagogy

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point ... students for the Class of 2019, not even Leeroy Jenkins. We have seen all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  powerfully beautiful to me. Thanks Kevin, for this :D I think there’s a point ... , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to ... friend and I were taking the same Intro to Java class this IAP, and spent

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  Weird and/or neat things I saw around campus this week, brought to ... pictures: As I was leaving East Campus for class, a squirrel with a full, lustrous, white beard waddled across my path and stared me down for a full

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  , fax the missing documents to 617.687.9184. Please allow for five days ... Hi y'all - Quick update for our Regular Action applicants. As Matt ... prospective member of the Class of 2016, this would be a mighty good time to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  arranged by Professor Lindgren of the Music Faculty for us to all attend a Yo ... , Professor Lindgren arranged a "back-stage visit" for us to see Yo-Yo Ma, and ... a brief for the importance of attending to thoughts principally

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  thought after signing up for a 10 pm trip last Thursday to Wallace ... of Helvetica not only gave aesthetic purity to subway signs but also ... masterpiece of breathlessly-paced storytelling, trying to scan in every color

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

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  could take your mind off of things for a while? Just in time, the blogs shall provide. This list is not intended to be comprehensive by any means ... -drawn dystopia set in post-apocalyptic England. Penny Arcade For, by, and about

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008