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• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... working at the carousel, meaning I was at work 6 of the 7 days of the week ... around MIT, and all sorts of other exciting things, but I wasn't actually

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... enormous amount of work. In fact, this "simplicity follows complexity" idea ... , that last half of the sentence was difficult to type given that I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The home of cool toys the best way to spend a Monday

  

  is by far the coolest toy in the inventory. So when I heard we were getting a fly-in for Marine Week Boston, I had to go see. The weather was ... pun, but I just can't help myself.

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  , but in sophomore/junior/early senior year of high school, I told ... to put me in biotech. I think the lack of math/applied technology is ... mechanics") are interesting to me. As of now, I keep 5-7 as my backup in case

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  heartbreaking, than I imagined back in July when it was spoken of in distant ... admissions veterans were probably speaking in the IHTFP tone: that mix of dread ... 't know that I'm at the "embrace" stage of my MIT evolution (I think I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More on DesigNerds DesigNerds: Product Design TV

  

  actually in the process of pitching the concept to the discovery channel ... enough, I was walking down the Infinite on my way to study for one of my finals when I saw some of the people involved with the project advertising

  • by Bryan
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I ... , keeping that in mind, I pushed forward out of spite. I planned to apply ... . Writing has become a part of my life in ways I haven’t quite expected. At

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Growing Pains And Every Other Type of Ache

  

  bottom of a sigh, when you can feel some structure in your chest actively ... motivated in my classes, I find it hard to care sometimes.  I’m envious of ... science major. I’m in this perpetual three-way tug-of-war between math

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • December 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  few years, I've been in charge of many a thing, between music directing ... , which is kind of generically useful. In other words, I've always felt ... external parties. In many of my positions, I've been paired with another

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  within an arms reach in a year.   I hope that my words can be of some help ... moment in many ways. For one, I’m once again sitting in front of my ... have written better than I can about how proud you should be of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  A few days ago, I called two of my dearest friends, Asia and Daymé ... year’s program and further details here. I will now spend the rest of ... the majority of the people in her area didn’t have college degrees and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... . I love the feel of ink on paper, and there's a sort of thrill in ... how nice ink can be. Now that I've proudly proclaimed one of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  one hour of musings we're so back

  

  . Subsequently, in effort to break that spell, I've set a one hour timer to write ... thought it best to process those in private, in the pages of my paper ... fragile and raw, and I had to protect that. But, the chaos of life has

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  One week down! One of you asked about what I'm doing down here -- I ... , eight hours in an office sort of fly by if you're enjoying what you're doing. So far, I've been gaining a wide overview of how BNSF runs their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  past it like some of the giant ideas in this area. I had no beginning ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and ... intertwined.   I remember high school as a blur of grey; in one word, I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  we got from the audience were some of the most thoughtful I've heard in ... just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel in Florida. Last night began the first of four presentations with my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  , where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... the course of the play. I brought in [annotation note="in playwriting ... other words, I brought in around 30 minutes of dialogue."]30 pages of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  know, I had a rough freshman year (kind of everyone does in a way) in ... people in my dormitory and became close with many of them, I still felt ... , existential crises, and everything in-between, I know I can go back to a group

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of ... anywhere. And I think there's a certain kind of satisfaction you can get from ... . This isn't the kind of thing you can fix in a single day. So if you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your ... ) In conclusion, thanks to all of the prefrosh who I met for: -making me ... experience in all the labs on campus. It's one of the many things that make MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006