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• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  of who I am then all the big philosophies I can compose in my head. And ... say this all the time to the people in my life, but I am truly in awe of ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  'm only doing all of these things in the first place is because i care about ... some excellent puzzles. it's written by teammate, and i know lots of ... looking forward too, after all! but… but it was difficult. i lost all of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stocking Up Completely random but fun.

  

  considering what you save by buying massive amounts of the stuff you use anyway ... Charles River, just adjacent to East Campus. Now, I'm not much of a swimmer, and even if I were, I doubt I'd want to take a dip in the Charles

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  lot of first impressions, both good and bad. here they are: this city was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in boston, but in the past few day i've missed an uber because i couldn't find

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  that rejection can bother me: if I ask a question in a group chat and ... /sad/etc.") creates an inaccurate portrayal of the risks. Instead, I factor them in, but ... fun of by everyone in the grade. You'd exposed your own vulnerability

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  the right path. After a year of trying to find that path, I can't tell ... , Oberlin Vice President of Communications. (I'll repost this one in its ... never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I tell

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  minute. Either the ounce of fluff in its jaws was somehow dulling its survival instincts, or it was wondering if I was made of the same material. I ... from Lobby 7, as if the bridge of Khazad-dûm had been bathed in the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted ... ! Students can apply to up to three externships in the middle of Fall semester ... to the Midwest, so I was expecting the Windy City to greet me like this

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  . Round two came around 11pm in the form of steak tips. I can’t tell you ... sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... , Mexico, Naples, Vienna, Belfast, and Lisbon are all names of towns in the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  , programming, and video games. I can't wait to see what they do in the future ... every single concept we taught over the course of CodeIt. I remember in ... roommates or buying Hades, this was the peak of my semester. I had such a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  ?!? 8. Lastly, taking in the beauty of Boston On one of my many runs, I ... Fear Of Missing Out or FOMO. I think that's the best way to describe ... breaking my screen... At that point, I literally stormed out of my house

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... to get back to one of my favorite hobbies, movies. Just as I got ready ... opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  compassion as I can. You share so much of yourselves with us in the application ... of migrating around Cambridge in search of cardio and cold brew, I now ... matter of a few bars before I’m conducting along in my seat, fully

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  , restoring fear in the hearts and minds of children. I didn’t even think I ... Stephen Colbert. More important, though, given I live just outside the city ... for the record that this is the first time in my four years I’ve been

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  , wishing I could constantly be in the in-between of here and not quite there ... to do. I doze off in class dreaming of endless T rides. Of sitting on ... 've always liked just sitting in whatever vehicle it may be. I loved being in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm ... of the internship If things fall in place nicely on both sides, I would ... comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  sixth year of German, whereas I'm in my sixth week of German. He had a very pleasant and fluent conversation with Frau Bittner of which I ... me, not that he took my exam and then handed it in. Of course, that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  city planning movements like New Urbanism. I think this is one of those ... constraints (needing to get all my units in so I can graduate)!! Some stats ... "]careening series of events[/annotation], I took an ill-advised courseload of 8

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  of me. I'm sure my mom said some encouraging words, like she always ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... "You're good to submit!". I was kind of doubtful seeing as how quickly I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  one of those rare UROPs in the humanities. I am helping design a new ... for the dorm, I'm on call in case of emergency, and I get free housing ... (Course 20, of Simmons): "This summer, I’m participating in a new Thai

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008