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• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  a university full of former valedictorians, all I can hope for is to ... with the notion of “half”, I did a zig-zag that still partitioned the ... relationship with schooling as “unconventional” nor do I think of myself as an

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  them. so i can’t help but wonder - what if none of these prophecies are ... ? of course faith alone does not accomplish anything - i don’t believe in ... of what they did, and then they were placed in the same environment as

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  abstract. If I were to major in any of those fields, I couldn’t see what I ... Course 10. I liked the opening act, but some of the material in it left me ... -level description of Course 3, but I digress. My interests in the other 2 majors

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  skilled in the art of hip-hop dancing; math is my absolute worst subject; I ... of me, I can’t imagine anywhere else I’d rather be. With regards to ... in the hopes of securing a game buddy. “Nah,” he said, shaking his

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• 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 degree from MIT within 90 days of each other, really, what can I not do ... 111-year history, in 1918. That was because of World War 1. So it's not

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

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ;    You can log in using the same username and password that you use ... difficult: it has been truly painful. If you are among them, then all I can ... . Congratulations to the Class of 2020. I wish all of our applicants well. No matter

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  psyched about brains. When I was in 8th grade, my mom brought home a copy of ... her junior year. I was the captain of the 40-member color guard in a ... had almost straight As, I was ranked 11 in a class of 530 because some

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  dorm. On arrival, I saw my name on the big screen in the Foo Lounge of ... , bubbling, overwhelmed. Those things were a big part of me when I sent in my ... stories I learn about in 7.012, of Mendel’s experiment with the peas, of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  . they exist, definitely, but not in a way that i can say. nine. of course ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my ... whatever time i have left, because it can just take an arbitrary amount of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I ... , hazy sort of fondness that I usually reserve for Dali paintings and ... lovingly wiled away in pre-orientation activities of mostly inconsequential

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  basically is looking for? And how can I actually get to catch the eye of the ... has had me in junior or senior year. Is this true, or can I submit a ... classes I took. Should I just fill them in other spaces?" You can simply add

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  general rituals of the clan in 5W. I am to expect four-legged beasts roaming ... i can usually stave this feeling off and it only manifests itself in ... made up of chocolate, potato chips, and a bag of grapes in the fridge. (I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this ... Cognitive Sciences; specifically, he was interested in the neural basis of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I ... occupied by tasks of these sorts, so that's good. I haven’t blogged in ... . This was extra funny because I was in the UK and was made fun of all day

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  the Charles River, recently covered in snow, I can't help but feel ... 's a feeling that I haven't felt in a long time—even the most exciting of events in past semesters have been tempered by the ongoing gloom of our

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  people in general. I’m not sure how to avoid this flavor of ire. I’m not ... Recently, one of my friends relayed that she grew up in an ... . It’s a story I’ve heard from plenty of people. I needed to be careful

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  baddest guy in the college communications business. Of all the pictures I ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  it because I was running 3 miles on a treadmill in the Burton ... last time I used it) but, thanks in part to the Undergraduate Association, MIT now gets Comedy Central! Do you know what that means? I can watch

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  “Hala’s Escape from Groundhog Day” season 18 episode 98

  

  the kind of work I’ve always wanted to do. But - as in every Groundhog ... through lecture after lecture until I can finally squeeze in lunch at ... more hours of studying, watching the clock strike midnight so I can go to

  • by Hala K. '29
  • October 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I encourage you to participate in all of it as Jessie and Mollie have both also said. I can say this from experience. It's a lot of fun; don't miss out.

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005