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• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  , I try to be.” - my blogger bio, circa summer 2023 In one of the ... there are people who are immensely better than I am at math in every ... “betterness” exist? Would such a ranking even be useful for any real purpose? I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  things I was interested in. Well, that would have been a bit of a stretch ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we ... exists, in some scrapbook in the back of the kitchen closet. I don

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  One of the habits I developed in high school is carrying a notebook ... day would be fairly dull to keep up, at least in my opinion. It's really ... you have a smartphone? Understand that I didn't have a smartphone in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... . I'm not sure if the TEAL would help me learn better, but it's an ... left. I got to talk to Ben Jones, who is more awesome in person, if that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Letters from the 2023 decisions threads

  

  journey in the time since. I wanted to blog some wise words shared by prior ... feeling dreadful that I would have to wait another 2 months, and treated it ... years, the sleepless nights. Seek joy in your other opportunities, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  play that game. And even if I did, it would only be in the summers. But ... wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent ... closing,” my advisor said and emphasized that it would be in my best

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  and they’re going to better places lessons learned from a hard summer

  

  it all in as high school Cami would have done, I talked to people about ... connect with people. I have many friends in my work and I'm grateful to ... good. I never know when to shut up, and I'm the loudest in the room half

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 14, 2022
• FAQ / Transfer

  Are there other classes I should take beyond the recommended coursework?

  what you would like to major in, you may also want to take a look at the courses offered in each department. You may receive credit for subjects of
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... started to sink in that not only would we not be back by May, we might not

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  my sophomore year, pushed me in a different way. Any time I would go to ... . MIT is an extremely fascinating place. I think most would agree. But, as ... specifically, what fascinated me about MIT. So, I came to MIT in April 2007 for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  I arrived on the MIT campus in August of 1982 with all my "stuff ... was the place where I would happily spend the next four years of my life ... graduated and several times each year would come up with reasons why I needed

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... surgeries and hold a defribillator in my hands and say "Clear!" As a kid, I ... good thing. How else would I have learned about bioengineering? Fast

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... it in Chinese and writing English subtitles (I have a new respect for ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  I'm sure freshman me would be pretty upset about that. But I guess in ... when I came across a list titled "Things I would do if I had more time ... , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  people I would never meet. I am more emotionally invested in the members of ... I once asked a boyfriend if he would give up his life for ten billion dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  in hopes that I would be better by Monday, but when that didn’t happen, I visited Student Support Services (S3) to meet with a dean who would ... advised me to ask for an “OX” in the class if I wasn’t feeling better by the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  companies, is what a day as an intern is like. What would I be doing, who would I see, where would i go, etc. I figured that people would want to know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk ... the standard-issue bookshelf when i moved in, but it did for some reason ... quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  how i got my book deal *flailing intensifies*

  

  hope you all are safe and well! Here’s what I’ve been up to in ... ) that fall.  That didn’t happen. Life got in the way. I joined the cheer ... group, I made new friends. In mid-November, I finally managed to finish my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 1, 2020