Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  and spent hours daily daydreaming up new stories for the characters in ... these for a class I took spring semester, CMS.840 (Literature and Film). I actually had signed up for another class, CMS.339 (Virtual Reality and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  want to work on satellite and spacecraft controls for NASA, and I ... for the rest of my life? What hopes and lingering doubts do I have about ... about the same"]3U CubeSat[/annotation] designed for climate science and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)

  

  put up with me, and it would be an even bigger miracle for a full ... looking for pictures to use in a Father's Day card) and came across pictures ... other for four years. I shared a bathroom with guys and I shared a kitchen

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 24, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  This post has spoilers for the theme and structure of MIT Mystery ... . Thanks to ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ for reading and giving comments on drafts of this post, and Alan for editing. What it's all about Team

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  neighbors couldn’t hear us and mistake our four person party for a 1AM rager ... both proud of myself for finishing and like I’ve been done ages ago. MIT ... parents will cheer for me in my Cambridge apartment, and my life will move

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  something they care deeply about, and have cared deeply about for their entire ... AeroAstro department was propelled less by a love for propellers and more ... challenges. So when my turn came to introduce myself and share my reasons for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  about... 6. Talks and symposia Sign up for mailing lists, read posters ... , waiting for an explanation of who I was and what I was doing there. I said ... currently traveling, but that another post doc was looking for a UROP, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even ... as wonderful outlets for frustration, concern, complaining, and any ... lecture and went to the library for 3 hours I could read the chapter out of

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Advice From The Elderly My last blog entry, at least from this chapter.

  

  with bated breath for an entry that never came. And by tens of tens of ... !) Like for example, you're surprisingly resourceful! And you can meet ... casting agents for the next season of Game of Thrones and just happen to be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  thank you enough. You brought my dad and my brother with you too, and for ... to help nudge me along on adventures and help find warm food for my ... lurker at heart and have loved keeping up with the other bloggers' summers

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  tissues, waited for the sniffles to subside, and said kindly, reassuring me ... went home for winter break and thought the depression would go away. It didn’t. Came back for spring, went home for the summer and started

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  It's been one week since decisions were released for the 2023s, and ... by its dictionary definition and so for the sake of this post deserves ... ! It's because I suck as a human being and am destined for the trash life

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  level used their platforms to advocate for others and to make sure as many ... been working non stop to advocate for students, demanding flexibility and ... have been organizing food drives and donation collections for the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  crowd. I know that this is difficult to reconcile for many students (and ... to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of ... out to be woefully short on substance.  I want to revisit and elaborate

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  , and once again, I felt dumb for swapping. And THEN once again I realized ... except for the number keys, which only let me use 5 and 6. So I had to do ... quite a bit this summer and I think I wrote a few drafts but none of them

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  This post is written by the beautiful and talented Christina '10 ... is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  November Rule. it only ends badly for you, and all the upperclassmen will ... swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the ... you and around others. Fighting for the right to be yourself can help

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of ... auditorium. And just for you guys, I got some footage of his talk. Sorry in ... pass through the 'tute - Obama, Bill Gates, will.i.am, and Lady Gaga

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  0.125 not a course 0 class, but a fraction complete

  

  lot about what I learned this semester and what I'd like to work on for ... goals for next semester and 2019, I will admit. I think these are the ... for a given day and decide that it's not for me. And if it turns out

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  CHI PLAY 2020, an "international and interdisciplinary conference for ... ! Writing the Paper For a paper like this one, where you create something and ... pretty psyched to get in). The reviewers leave comments and suggestions for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020