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• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT, Part VII in which I realize that I am less wise in person, and also a senior

  

  to do a thesis...also, I'm not ready to be a real person right now. I'll probably be ready to be a real person in a year. Many other nerds seem to ... bump into you on your way to your favorite hipster coffee shop. For the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  dancing to kids' tunes. I like to come for the crafts and get stuck at a ... Sale is a great opportunity to leave the busy world of MIT behind for the ... Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  judged for quoting HMS Pinafore in this person's presence? Would this be a bad time to replace an introduction to this person with just scrunching ... -knit friend group. This timescale felt too long for college: I wanted to meet

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Redesigning a hall logo: 4.500 part 1 4.500 part 1

  

  recommended for this class, and since I was very used to Solidworks and ... , interests, and personalities each contribute to the community.   ... 4.500, Intro to Design Computing, my favorite class this semester, is

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  are as a person and a student. Applicants are expected to contact their ... in MyMIT that they intend to apply EA. For those of you who haven’t told us about your EA plans, or for those who haven’t visited MyMIT to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue ... because I wanted others to think I was smart for going here, but hey ... Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  it's physically impossible for anyone but me to get a sunburn. And yet ... this entry might be a good way to lure people to sign up for overnights ... too -- we're both hosting.) To sign up for an overnight, log into My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  . Well, at least for train routes. Due to the whole bussing deal, I got to ... I would ever see or even want to see for that matter. I saw the leaves ... As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  2.009 LIVE BLOG 2025 w/ Kayode D. '27 and Veronica P. '27

  

  outfits. The vibes are good. Also, while we were waiting for the show to ... 7:24 — HELLO WORLD AND WELCOME TO THE 2.009 LIVE BLOG!!!!!!!! This is ... Year capstone course for Mechanical Engineering. Seniors spend the

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • December 8, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  just need to look like one for the night. Before the first time I went ... the stage to dance three times. I forget what the first time was for ... guard at East Campus and Senior Haus for many years. He was very close to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  funny... During lecture for MAS.863 How To Make (Almost) Anything at the ... responded with "I have some bad news for you..." to which I felt some concern ... a bit since he came in late and was just scrambling for somewhere to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  Cambridge, but I'd have to search for housing in San Francisco. Also, I knew ... contractor work for them. I'm doing everything from content writing to full ... wrong in a house! Studying: I need to get credit for 18.03, Differential

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  With Orientation set to begin for the new MIT freshmen this weekend ... Landers for being accepted to MIT," said Project STEEM director Kerri O ... well. They both seem to have a genuine hunger for math and science that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  Requirement, always provided the empty space and mirrors necessary for us to ... , I want to see who is interested in demo-ing a Fitbit for the remaining duration of this course? We are giving the opportunity to wear them for two

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  unsuspecting children would continue to buy Pokemon cards (the most expensive of ... Armstrong? To be fair, we probably discussed this in recitation for about 20 ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... made. i asked my therapist if we could switch to weekly sessions for the ... -aware sort of person, where i tend to know exactly what’s wrong with me. but

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... ideas related to reincarnation and everyone being the same person, so ... first i said i wanted a system to decide when to do things for myself

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  , i thought i'd have much more time for personal growth. turns out, however, that Zooming for n hours a day kills your will to do much aside ... motivated to do even when i haven't been able to focus on anything for half a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  the first person in their families to go to college, their university ... these topics. Check your CP* guide for the link! This year, to show off ... . For obvious reasons that didn’t happen, but we still wanted to show you

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  39 windows and 2 friends a love letter to simmons's architecture

  

  bed. you take it for granted that you have dozens of options to choose ... that i despise simmons for its architectural irregularities. to the ... last year, i lived in simmons hall. simmons is known for many things

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • December 2, 2025