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  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  , you all came to mean more than i can say. i graduated in summer 2013 ... into a unified person i could recognize in the mirror. as i grad student ... he would have been happier and i felt guilty i helped make the case why

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  giddy rush I felt in Alaska whenever my family would pull over into a ... Summer in Alaska, I learned this July, is an exuberant, unrestrained ... , if aimless. I re-read all the Newbery-winning books I loved in

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  that spills outward invites warmth with it. Kamoya and I head in, closing ... -up pidgin English, as I take in the apartment. I wish him a happy birthday ... yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  especially in these trying times. A final personal note I would like to share ... When I found out Hank Green would be our commencement speaker, my ... a huge fan of things. Like, I tend to consume content in a way that is

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  responsibilities, would I have the self-discipline to still put in the work? I hope ... in high school, though I think I prefer taking it now, when I'm more ... . They wrote it in this picture book I read in third grade. Turns out that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  concept. If I didn't play sports, I hope I would be in shape-- but competing ... Hi everybody, I play ice hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  was very, very tough. But in retrospect, I would say the sweat, doubt ... “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... ’t define us. In fact, I’m pretty sure this is one of the principles MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer ... completely myself without any pretense of normality, and I was sure that would ... emerged since then: I am twenty-five, not sixteen, and my mucking about in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT operated Wallace Observatory in Westford, MA. Once at the observatory, they studied extrasolar planets (a planet outside of our solar system), which I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  ...they're Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and ... Artists in Residence, and has been bringing artists to Cambridge for more than 40 years. Some of the previous Artists in Residence have included

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  in, just because I wish people in this country would actually vote! I ... . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... yourself rolling your eyes every once in awhile (I know I did), but even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  , I realized that it would probably be in my best interest to take the ... importantly, in one piece. I immediately crashed when I got back. Snow is ... . Kresge Auditorium. Hayden Library.  A quote I found in front of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in ... the other night, I was about to go whitewater rafting in Maine with my ... crisis, I guess. Fearful I would be late for the rafting trip's departure

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... people who does and has known since they were five, i am in awe of you ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to ... prioritizing at the right times could be critical. If 18.02A was a fail, I would ... I’m sure, as busy students with many simultaneous responsibilities

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  childhood and disney world trips

  

  I've written in the past about my love for Disneyland. Growing up a ... in that region."]Japan[/annotation] and getting upset when I saw my ... relationships was a bit skewed and I thought my uncle in close proximity to a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to ... important points in there. A common question I get a lot was articulated by ... : I an interested mother whose son (now 14 in 10), has talked about

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  , your life, and your grades than they would in high school. I actually get ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  secondhand stories an allegory

  

  reviews, and i ended up falling in love with a few of them. then i found out ... time, i've never actually seen an improv show in person, just read about ... months of waiting, i learned that i got the role. in fact, i was lucky

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 22, 2021