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• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  nothing is impossible (and in some ways, it did that for me), for the most ... because of it, and for the most part, our conversations were sanitized of ... came out feeling a lot more hopeful for the future. I learned a lot and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  world. I struggled and flailed and had no idea what I was doing for most ... . And that was very motivating for me personally - granted, it was because my mentor and manager chose a very fitting project for me to work on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  own Canadian format, called Reach for the Top, so I didn't (and still ... meeting and find some truly awesome people; that holds true for quizbowl ... games, we went out for dinner and got delicious Greek food (while

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  , took our wrench, and loosened the lugnuts for us. "oh my god," i said ... wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel ... collecting vinyl for a while, but i've only ever bought one record. it was

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  feeling so grateful for all of the wonderful professors and instructors i ... ). she has a penchant for sending wonderfully hilarious and informative ... five years, and only now do i feel comfortable dusting off the little box

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT campus lost power! Updates from a blacked-out physics colloquium.

  

  and Their Implications for Electronic Order." Don't know what those are ... Wolfgang Ketterle, who works in the Center for Ultracold Atoms and won the ... of people grabbed their coats and headed for the exits. Professor Moore

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... NECESSARY for being an Interesting Person™. But they’re definitely fun, and ... engagement, and for simple patterns I can even look up most of the time

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  jockeying for social status and acceptance in teenage hormone land, otherwise ... topics around in my head and wait for inspiration. That's the thing about ... good fit for MIT and if an application gets you accepted but doesn

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Joy of Building a chronicle of my failed attempts to create things that work

  

  hours and pestered people for help.” I felt so proud of my (veritably not ... type thing) purely for demonstration purposes and stuck a Benjamin ... barely enough room to walk in the hallways, let alone room for much

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 3, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  , we all received certificates and gifts (frisbees! and bags!) for our ... since my excursion to Sachsenhausen, and I want desperately for those ... sing a song for those who endured such pain, for those who lived and died

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  cheer for her super loudly. Grace M. '24 and I trekked over to Kresge ... held a formal for us back in november"]Twenty Fourmal[/annotation] and ... ways and bad ways, and I have no idea what the next two have in store for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  who made this, but thank you, and thank you to my friend Eren for ... my career as an influencer by making unboxing videos for the iPad and ... plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  Tim and his avatar functional and comfortable. For instance, I bet you ... question!   When I got an email last week from Chris asking for ... down enough to send a coherent response and spent the next twenty

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  .tumblr.com if you’re interested), and raised over $11,100 for Juvenile Diabetes ... challenging. I clambered over rocks, roots, hills and mountains for 20-30 miles ... , and necessary, to get away for short breaks. But four months is a long

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  actually pretty astounding. He’d lost the ability to speak and, for that week ... very loved and cherished and that probably does wonders for fighting cancer. Anyway, I had brought a stack of papers for a job and I was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  really valuable and people find the best ways for them to spend their time ... Covid and was already taking some time off for squash twice a week so I ... motivation discipline" for, and that is pretty cool B-) Giuliana C. '25: For

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  note="and couple of ways to get to know other 2026s"]what’s next,[/annotation] so be on the look out for that. In meantime, enjoy the moment and celebrate with your friends an and family!!

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... MIT MRSEC - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center ... Science and Engineering Fair Siemens Competition ISWEEEP I hope this

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  used for conferences and fraternity/sorority semiformals, etc. Our structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and ... . And for good reason, because who knew that the night before we were

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  big deal; we're not sticklers for that type of stuff (and hey, nobody ... most often noticed and/or most common pet peeves for our staff): The ... applications. Last year, it was 17,909 to be exact. And we don't just see them

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011