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• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  ? How would my life be different if I didn’t do crew in the early mornings ... in. At the same time, this new independence has been exhilarating. I ... asked ourselves at some point in our MIT adventure so far.  And I assure

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  When I was applying to be a blogger in September, one of the first questions was about why I wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Amidst ... , I answered (in 250 words or less) that [annotation note="i don't think

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  models in hand. I’m walking around today too. In Cambridge. With a backpack ... past three years of my life. And in the blink of an eye, I’ve gone from ... inexhaustible variety of life). Floating in Nostalgia   I honestly can

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  or aggressively annoyed in this class than I would like to. When Mihir ... holy of days), Leo and Athena were sitting in ML. I don’t remember all ... ’t due for 2 whole days (!!), so I was in no particular rush to finish

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  honey thing. “I would never even consider going vegan if I lived in Paris ... -year-old in 2024. What a simple story I would tell years later. I went to Paris ... on a train to Berlin. In a few days I would bring the Fujifilm

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  good in red. yeah, maybe. some change would be nice, though. i don't know ... novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  pset was due, we had our only exam in that class (Sustainable Energy). I ... freshman year: "Considering my track record in math, I figured I'd need ... important message in what I hoped were large, friendly letters." This quickly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we ... beautiful mathematical problem of the millenium in 2003. One of my friends ... Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  that anything in particular triggers it. I'll be sitting in front of my ... , filling my body like helium. All the energy would leave me and I'd lie on my ... class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  floor of McCormick Hall in Room 239, where I stayed my freshman year, is a ... about my laptop that I had left back in my room. My assignments, carefully ... mom used to say that I’m directionless; not in life, but by foot. I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  interested in schools that i believe would prefer a strong background in the ... you come from? In other words, would you prefer it if I went to a normal ... , "If I've got to compete with people in other countries, what would you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  mean time. i'm in the united kingdom for the first time! i just came back ... incredible[/caption] i'm here in Southampton on grad studenting business. it ... i will never be a student again, that there is a world in which in 2

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  culture was. I remember thinking that I would participate in it — I wanted ... it now. I’m living in it. That glow is strongest around EC. It’s in ... went before I gapped, except that then I did not realize how much I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  times over winter break, but I wasn’t particularly getting anywhere. In fact, I wasn’t particularly interested in doing a whole lot of anything ... break. I’ve been telling people that my emotions this semester would be

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  the only complaint i could come up with was that sometimes they would ... ’t hate the inherent prejudice in anti-asian sentiment; i hate when i am ... , and so i would go as far as to say that by choosing to take everything

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  post took way more effort than it normally would have. Anyway, I’ll continue my theme of talking about my problems in public, and I’ll walk you ... [annotation note="The floor I live in on East Campus."]Floor Pi meeting

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Fall Hits MIT In other words: Kate dumps all the pictures she's been meaning to post.

  

  events spanning the last week of which I took pictures. To whet your ... Sarah, '12 decided that, in addition to our delicious rice and chicken bake, we would make everyone's mouths water with this Pumpkin Turtle Pie

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Do you have jobs? Can I have one?

  

  After I finish my M.Eng (Master's of Engineering) thesis in the ... that I am not a match for, some which would be alright, and only one (so far) that I would love. I think my interview with them went well, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  . When I walked in, there were 20 +/- 2 girls sitting on the floor, wearing ... , which meant that I couldn't see myself in the mirror - a blessing, as I ... direction. I stumbled left. Ashley stopped, and tapped her feet in front of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in ... ^Pi would kick both their asses. And I guess his argument was somewhat ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005