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• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  computer shop party in a parking building. I took a lot of pictures, but it ... me and my friends have to do some food making. Here is some food that ... rock: Last week-end, I went with some friends to a boring little town in

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  fact, I wasn’t particularly interested in doing a whole lot of anything ... it a chance to succeed is better than doing nothing. Lucky for me in ... until recently how powerful of a tool that actually is. This week I get a

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  most important of which is the Great Court. That's the place I head ... I was very young my family started a tradition of doing jigsaw puzzles ... 'll go bed after I put in just one more piece, I promise." It's not a

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a moment that I've constantly been replaying in my head in ... part of me that doesn’t feel like I’m in a new place though. That in some ... in South Africa is really defined by the conversations that I had. And

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  that'd be the last time we'd see each other in-person, for a long time. i ... in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the ... 't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  etiquette. Yet, I also suspect that true closure is, in some sense, a myth ... doing whatever my part is, and then, in a blink of an eye, whether three ... just a bigger version of that. I still keep doing shows, even though

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  -recently-visited-by-Quentin-McArthur emailed me a laundry list of excellent questions that I could answer in less ... in a while! See you on the Internet sometime,” and then I figured that ... started running out of work to do after one semester, so I adopted a second

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  their work and explain things that I was unfamiliar with. IAP is a great ... after that, it's all up in the air. I spent a lot of time on https ... could become a member of MIT-EMS. I think there is some pressure to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  think I often forget that the world is a lot bigger than my intimate ten ... considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  11 Reasons Why Senior Haus is Awesome Twelve, if you count me once living there. That's pretty awesome, right?

  

  post on dyslexia!). As a student, I lived in Senior Haus. Matt once said that I was Senior Haus; I was president in 2008, ran Steer Roast in 2009 ... , I’m a freshman from Binghamton in upstate New York, interested in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  angry, there is a part of me that is relieved that I have the capacity to ... I’ve been hesitant to write a blog -- especially one that pertains to ... that would decrease one’s happiness (think living in a pandemic, taking

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  So where have I been? Short answer: doing work. Or just at work. I just got a UROP doing chemistry and molecular biology-related stuff in ... have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  living in a dorm on campus. I was in this program for two summers (I took ... I was in 10th grade (and since that was only three years ago, you can ... a few things I did). Okay. You've gotten two posts from me in one day

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Hospital Trips and Dance Parties MIT campus is where it's at over the summer.

  

  first time that I genuinely felt like I lived in Cambridge: that this is ... 'm laughing with a friend, in his/her room, and not because I'm moping over an unfinished p-set, in my room. Finally, I have time: to do the things I always

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will ... , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair ... selected during Regular Action. Nevertheless, The Nance Effect is a great

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  to do: catch up. I needed to bridge the gap that was created by a ... everything that matters is in a blind spot and you compare just the shallow ... ; i look smaller in all the mirrors  that make you better    if

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  'll attempt to do him justice in a few lines.  He is: a prediction wizard and ... say that Nate Silver is as close to a rock star as you can get in the ... currently wrestling - is the freedom to work in my underpants. I'm living the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] This is Junior Lab, not Junior Theory By Jorian B. '25

  

  equilibrium and how to cope with that.” In a similar vein, JLab is “systems aren ... . It is a class that people hear about before they even declare physics ... classes in the physics curriculum. I’m here to tell you why this class is

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  three years, I learned that MIT has a climbing wall. Now, in any other ... this thing existed (I live under a rock, apparently... so much so that I ... conversation: (Minus the fact that I DO NOT HAVE STEVE AUSTIN'S ARMS

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking ... best. 2. Get a good night's sleep. Every night. I've been in lab as late ... Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011