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• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  a little over two semesters left in this school, I wonder what impact ... get wrecked more than I initially thought I would ... engineering degree in media studies and computer science. I've joined things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  campus living at MIT, I would try to never study in Random. I found it was hard for me to study in the same areas that I slept and lived. I would ... .02. I thought this would be okay because a) they're both on P/NR for me

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

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... ; Last semester, I went through tough times. things were going on in my ... was feeling... hopeless? (like, I held the belief that things would not

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  First Day of Classes! Today, the MIT Class of 2014 begins.

  

  is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would ... ; Plains States 13% South/Southwest 8% West Coast 18% Abroad 13% States

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  , so multiple visits are encouraged. I know I'll be back in the fall for ... -death experiences in the span of 4 days, but I did. Tuesday night, I was all ready to ... , Evelyn, and I went to check out some of the exhibits. Now probably one of

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  like this way is Chinatown,” I say, pointing to the streets in front of ... like 12:30-1 and walk around Boston CJ: i have hw CJ: but fuck that CJ ... -down and slacks; I’m wearing a t-shirt and shorts. “Couldn’t be wearing

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  once i got out of here. that i would make you feel sorry for ever ... , and you sat in envy. but as i listen to this song, and as my eye catches photos i have memories of but no part in, i no longer feel bitter

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  for change in (expected + unexpected): print(change.get_thoughts())

  

  Schedule In high school I went to sleep around 10:30 pm, and woke up at ... started college on the east coast, sometimes I’d text them in the evening ... "]10:00 am[/annotation]. In general, I’m getting about the same amount of sleep

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , mirrored last year in a paralyzing way. And maybe this is a sign that I'm too ... the answers, especially this year. I've been dabbling a lot in being ... , people, everything in between. I'm stressed, you're stressed, and this

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  third freshman blogger, class of '15, and I thought I would take a second ... with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia ... their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I've since lived in Kansas for

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  been, and neither had anyone in my family, so when I told my parents that ... excited as I was. Ok, maybe not. That would have been pretty hard. I left ... that I knew no Americans in the city for the first week and a half or so

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  brainstorming, I’m partial to lying on the carpet in my living room floor with a ... . I’ve learned in other aspects of life, too, that instead of agonizing ... phrases as my mind filled in the blanks. I think the same thing happens

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  tutor some students in physics, and I would then head home. Here, the day ... , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... student’s plate is hefty enough. Every morning I would catch the bus at 5

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  , parents and the I-have-to-buy-groceries?-type : there are dining dorms with ... Student Center steps. I don't know why the lighting in this photo is so ... . In fact, I don't think I'd ever had any sort of Mexican food beyond the

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  him, no "Wayne Corp. makes my stuff, I just buy it", Tony Stark designs ...   Most of my entries center around things I've learned or experienced in my always interesting (if occasionally miserable) time trudging

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  products). We (my mom and I) arrived in Shanghai last night. Today (June 3rd ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing this year, one that I wrote about it in the “我没去过北京/I Have Never Been to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking ... 've done some pretty stupid things in lab. Case in point: I've cracked ... out too much or too little of the volume in question. I've shamefacedly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  don’t know if I would get in this year. Every year, the applicant ... Applicants plus at least 30 more from hopefuls in grades 8-11, and I don't ... those I found and/or remembered, organized in no particular order. Note

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  the setting we’re learning about. I find myself swept up in the ... ’s summer in Brazil, so I brought mostly shorts and crop tops. I have not had time to open most of the books — I didn’t realize how much time I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  leaves. I would go on walks in the middle of the day, after work, and ask ... anyway, so I took a day off and hoped it would go away. But it didn't, and ... the thought of running five miles one morning. I would hope my roommates

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021