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• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... high school community. As a result, I didn't fit in with the other people in my class and I consistently felt like my priorities were at odds

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  freshmen to cook with them, or to be in a food co-op with them. (yes, I ... should be; if you think something would look good, you should try it. And I ... taught “Don't give in to peer pressure!”--an oversimplification of a

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  most stylish professor I've had in my life. Not to mention his academic ... interesting solution would shed light on many of the mysteries surrounding the distribution of prime numbers. Or if you saved a penny every hour, it would take

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  while, I felt I would just major in something that was “pure” science ... would do. In a sense, I craved something more tangible to me than these ... eventually felt that engineering was what I would want to major in the most. It

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again. in may, as many things dawned upon us all, i realized i wouldn't be. as ... home situation and fast wifi, there was no way i would make it on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... reasons. A lot of the families I knew were deeply set in family traditions

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for 4 years now. I'll be honest, I used to know a whole lot more about it, back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  since I started this awful, misguided experiment in temporary ... closely in 21L.009 Shakespeare my Freshman year, so I was I excited to ... fear that I would take a terrible picture and then post it on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  available. I waited in line for 20 minutes. Normally, irritation would itch ... year, I've felt a decided shift in the air. I've mentioned it before ... and truthful (although in writing it comes across as sarcastic). I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  general, I would recommend putting this in the Question 14 (" ... wasn't sure he would get to it in time, so I gave it to another ... .   I will check back in a few times over the weekend -- but not all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  this moment about what my aspiration is in life, I would tell you ... totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester ... also like reading about various political philosophies. In the past I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Walking the Kerry Way journal of my fourth day in Ireland

  

  being welcomed in. I would never feel safe on private property like that ... It’s cold down here, and dark, so I’ll keep this one brief. I'm in ... when others are in the room. She has finally gone to sleep, and I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  , I would actually have to go to someone’s home who lived in the area ... officer, I think that I would have had fun trying to be a journalist. I like ... interview. I know that you are really busy and involved in a bunch of things

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  much as I expected I would in high school, but I do go into the city ... disclaimer in case the title doesn't show this, I am writing this ... concept since last summer, in Denmark, when I realized that every mechanical

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got 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 / Academics & Research

  I have such cool friends! A guest post by a good friend of mine from my undergrad days.

  

  yours, in fact! But I did want to write briefly about something really ... freshman hopped up on idealism and tech-romanticism does: I got a UROP. In ... LEDs would declare it alive, I was researching communications protocols

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a ... 're probably trying to jam it in. Slide it in." "I AM sliding it!" "Do you see

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  :05 PM. I was really nervous that I would really struggle in the class, but ... , meaning I dropped that immediately because there was no way my grade would ... and I actually dropped it a week after being in it. Real nervous to take

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  get an idea:   In fact, that's the source I used to find my job 3 ... and the walk-ins area. (Normally there are people around, but I took ... to log into the phone system, and wait for calls to come in. While I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008