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• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  , money earned and spent (mostly spent). In fact, I often conflate progress ... is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from ... . . . Don't get me wrong. Quantifying can be useful. (How else would I keep

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... I can't wait to tell you why 9.24 and 9.26 are awesome, so here goes ... —who knows if I’ll also have to critique a speaker's paper in front of them

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  crisis. "I don't have a choice in this; I can't seriously pursue a career ... . In fact, I had to look at my blog posts to check that I’ve never written these before. I’ve been thinking about the things I’ve done in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Bridge Finalist that did not rank MIT, you can still use our supplement along with ... you must let us know in advance by emailing questbridgeinfo
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... , but I like to consider myself a IllGeoTexMaryGeorgian (In order of my ... every morning or arguing over whether Maryland is in the south or not, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  sometimes when it rains I feel seventeen and seventy all at once

  

  sticky buns are really good, and all I want in life is to sit here and ... class in the morning. Part of me still feels like I’m seventeen and back ... graduation will be in two months; that I’d get to have one gloriously carefree

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  In my very first blog post, I laid out a list of the goals that I ... limited on campus semester in which I really didn't walk through the 30s at ... fall, so I found myself with a sports shaped hole in my heart. There were

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  ? Especially since I'm still in undergrad and so much of my life is ahead of me ... 't really remember if I had any resolutions in 2022, but in retrospect, I grew a lot in the previous year, and I feel much more grounded and clear

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my way to a 7.03 (genetics) exam in the morning. After the exam, I headed ... head in, and asked the (slightly confused) occupant, "I'm really sorry to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I said of course, even though I can't stand because I absolutely love doing ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I ... case I did something stupid and you can't see the picture, basically, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  can reasonably expect of myself.  I like, have to lay in bed for some ... holy of days), Leo and Athena were sitting in ML. I don’t remember all ... ’t due for 2 whole days (!!), so I was in no particular rush to finish

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Sophomore Stupid It’s morbin’ time

  

  classes too. I want to learn as much as I can in as little a time frame as ... in the two weeks after classes ended. I got distracted as little as ... would have been unproductive. In hindsight though, maybe I could have

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  the first day of work lessons i'm learning

  

  one. it's nice to have slack in your schedule. and by slack, i don ... .033, we finished 6.036 grading in four hours, and i fit everything in my ... haven't seen in a while was visiting boston. since i had nothing scheduled

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... enough in lecture so I have a question to ask them after class. I ... 'm also making an effort to camp out in office hours more. I'm 500% more

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  ) in late September, and that I was outside from 2PM-5PM, I'm pretty sure ... , sunburn I did. Anyway. This entry is a PSA for the Overnight Program, in ... this term can be found here; it might be best to sit in on freshman

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Miscellania I'm (b)ready to go back to MIT al(b)ready.

  

  parents' computer to mine-detonators in remote Third World countries. When I ... the Midwest or whatever. If I cleared one of the smaller minefields in ... mean, I interject on behalf of you since you can't leave a comment on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  around in college. I guess I have to recognize that things can't always ... ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school ... , which i participated in from eighth to tenth grade. it was a good program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  even broader. If I can get into some of the top schools in the nation ... Earlier this summer, sitting at a bar in Berlin, a friend and I made ... made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  had hoped that taking the 6 boxes I stored in the Burton-Conner trunk ... that I'm a senior and I can take pretty much whatever I want. The first ... course catalog, but pleasantly surprised to find that I can actually speak

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006