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• Blog / Challenges

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and ... me into adventures that would make for great stories in front of a ... mom is actually trying to tell me. A wave of guilt washed over me for

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  know you’ve put in a lot. Here is my deep life advice, for the next week ... : my favorite Star Trek episode; for you, hopefully a gateway to more ... manifested itself academically. I had a close relationship with my parents, and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two ... ever a Bad Idea. Bad Ideas is a weekend festival thrown by East Campus for the celebration and creation of very bad ideas. But since it was the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  -100 like a gazelle in a WWF mask). Fortunately for me, he was already two ... TA. The same goes for professors. I mean, sure. There's a certain ... . So I look for a couple things when I'm TA-hunting (not in a Elmer Fudd

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  sellout’s conundrum i am a lost child

  

  could be exchanged for a backpack; a thousand dollars’ worth meant Air ... had just lost a game of Pac-Man. For a fleeting second, it was all I ... in my math class—how to compute a probability density function, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • June 21, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  class, the less of a need there is for a group chat. The harder the class ... felt about the class. For example, I had a ton of negative reacts in 6 ... group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... over four years ago, for example, he told me that he wanted to be a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  ," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all ... building a class and a community. You don't need to apologize for what you ... The new MIT Class of 2018 Facebook group is a warm, fuzzy place

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  to look like a chic tiny home. For further reading: Stephi Lee on ... let me shower. I’d heard a crow call in person for the first time. I ... victory, three a cause for celebration. So on a day with no driving, I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  bootcamp and lived alone for ~3 months with a job and a nasty commute - my ... close friends if they're concerned, it's probably for a good reason. 18 ... that you've been through a lot and people are asking for your advice for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  already makes for a memorable life event, just because the next one won ... hour wait, which was no problem for a group of excited young frosh like ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... pressure, in front of a large audience – a recipe for success! I'm planning on competing next year for sure. To start, competitors had to define a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  home for my 4 years at MIT. It was a cool experience starting classes the ... for registration, a booklet that talks about the recruitment week ... with how this decision of joining a sorority has turned out for me. I am

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer ... a sort of home, too. For me that’s the Mock Trial Team. I have ... away. That made for a four hour round trip any time I wanted to go to a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.08: Intro to EECS via Interconnected Embedded Systems aka: the class that convinced me i belong at mit

  

  offered frequently throughout the week for multiple hours at a time, as well ... exercise before, but for those who don't know, we had to develop a system ... [/embed] For this project, I implemented a menu highlighting system, where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  analytical theory for a moment and ground what I'm saying in some concrete ... , one complaint in the comments on those entries was about a lack of data ... 'm a huge fan of statistics. I read 538 and Football Outsiders every day

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  being a senior at MIT, and I think that was enough for me to finally ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  hope I can become a sort of liaison for that. I gave a talk earlier this ... ...you'll have to wait a few years, and see! Thank you all so much for following ... Ethiopian-Eritrean Students Association, and a founding member of my sorority

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  is Latin for "Mind and hand". Now, in most cases, a school motto isn't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I ... lock, and take measurements for a new key. I can tie knots. I can design

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  dormspam-the-game (Part 3) parting remarks from no-longer-anonymous gamemasters

  

  ... What do I get for winning? Uh, literally nothing. A sense of pride and ... some soylent that's been sitting around my room for a while. [/visually ... (theres a 31 day free trial for nebula) paolo: also have u seen the golden

  • by Phi A. '21
  • October 6, 2020