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• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  do again. I used to feel that to myself, at least, I was a predictable ... really mean to exist in this world as an adult” and “what do I owe to the ... ’s what I’ve been thinking, I guess: In high school I had a few clubs I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  figured a simulator is a good place to do it.  Until I saw a shiny, shiny ... its engine. "Okay, we'll have you do a landing." ^ That's me, an ... agenda is now decorated... As I grabbed some freebies, I noticed that

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... to drive up to a meeting in a few hours, and I've got a sprint

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

  next to normal on mental health

  

  to preface this with my opinion that i don’t think this is a ... myself, and i only do want to speak for myself, when i say that my experience has been positive. i guess i lucked out, in a sense, when i have a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  families since this process is a tough one for them too. I took that to heart and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... go live. If this is the message that your student receives I hope you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  , among other things, means that I now have a Broad email address! Right now ... a day, Monday through Friday, I'm taking 6.189 - a crash course in ... here's a look at what I'll be doing for the next three weeks: More

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  out and protest in a rally (and I have done so), but that my action was ... do things that will make a real difference. When I first wrote this, I ... -President. By the time this is published, I will no longer be in that office, and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  is to pay to sit for four hours on a bus (more on that to come). I ... grateful; on top of that, I found a voucher for $50 in my rain coat pocket ... home (MIT, that is; home would've been 10 minutes further in a different

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  topic that I think is worthy of discussion. Normally I don't enter this ... discuss them. So what I'm asking you to discuss is not in regards to the ... smartest and most thoughtful high school students in the world, I'm really

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... 's friend. He asked me what we did in Charlottesville, and I explained that we ... " is an awesome analogy. Hey everyone, my name is Anna. I'm a radio

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  is there a more desirable middle ground? (Keep in mind that I lack the ... portrayed. "MIT student?" But Anthony is so much more than that. So how do I ... in a term that I didn't elect. Choosing a major with few requirements

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... definitely way faster in IAP, and having only one class is a weird feeling -- I ... 'm 100% that nerd in the front row, excitedly texting my parents I am now a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... ...or taking a nap. Keep in mind, this is just my take on things. I ... fun?" I think this is a very interesting question to pursue. So one

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... 've achieved and what you'll do in the next few years, I'm awed.  Every day I can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  sell myself short in interviews- I freak out over things that I’ve seen ... would be inevitable if I dwelled too much on her story. In that moment ... for a black woman- me- to say that she mattered- that I mattered

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  a soccer field with my buddies, or just doing the simple things that I ... I could have handled things. Senior year is a rough one. With a full workload, afterschool clubs, and varsity sports, the amount that is on a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i am taking in spring 26 because i'm stuck at the airport right now. NOT ranked in terms of edibility (sorry)

  

  ="as in, i drank a matcha this morning that i'm somehow reacting to right ... dump about my classes that I'm taking this semester. This is a pretty low ... . One big regret for me back in freshman year is that I over-indexed on

  • by Janet G. '27
  • February 8, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  CourseWare version of the same lecture that I witnessed on Friday: In ... to Random after class, I took a picture for the Internet. What else is ... resonant and in-tune than any Walmart greeter that I have ever encountered

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  /No Record is a great time to do this – to adopt the “I want to be busy, but ... -changing opportunity. I think, however, that a decision is only the “wrong” one if I don ... finding a balance between activities I did in High School, and new ones. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... accessible at this point in time. it's crazy that i'm having such a good time, but i think this summer is a testament to the fact that you can have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020