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• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  , this one time freshman year... okay, I'm not telling that story. But ... . I almost always go, because I'm a lecture learner, but some people ... have to admit that I joined it around junior year, and I'm not sure why

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  I'm taking a break from my weekend of watching Lost episodes ... room, I'm almost positive you can find it at Target. There's also a Bed ... every 20 minutes. I almost always take the shuttle, because I'm lazy, but

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  files at the moment and I'm too lazy to really search for them, so I ... during IAP? I'm glad you asked that. I made the incredibly intelligent ... butts or take one 5-credit class: =P P.S. Break was nice but I'm glad to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  to come to MIT, so I'm a total authority on all of this. Plus, I'm ... me. I'm not quite done yet, but I think I'm through all the important ... 's other two novellas. Anyway, I'm headed to the beach next week, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  times already, I'm almost an international student. I'm from Hazzard ... law defines life as beginning at conception, so technically I'm 21 ... Subway. Now, it's like I'm a stranger in town. I don't see people I know

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  these blogs are just a glorified PR trick. I'm not going to waste any time ... 't respond to them directly. I'm only allowed to give general advice - written ... - sometimes I'm out and about doing MyMIT stuff). Then I'm out until 1/3. Matt

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  in search of lost time a cruft joint post with CJ Q. '23

  

  . You can't stop us. I’m fairly convinced that nothing can, except for the ... for now, I’m not too worried about that inevitability. Some things have ... interviews, I feel like I’m watching that life through a rearview mirror

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  I would be, nor am I anymore the person who imagined her. I’m steadier ... , but my academic accomplishments and my mind and my career. I’m far less ... wasn’t possible back then. I’m more concerned about other people in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  . ------------------------------------- Kelly wrote, "Hi. I'm sorry for the off-topic question, but I just found out that I'm moving and have already submitted part 1 of my application ... .e. admissions hasn't updated the accounts with interview information yet. I'm just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  clear to me as of late is that I’m pretty used to getting what I want in ... half-marathons, with my eyes on the full. I'm 30 hours into Baldur's Gate ... go to movies with my grad school pals. Limited time means that I'm

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  structures, really. And honestly, I'm just trying my best. Hesitantly, I asked ... tell anyone about it. I didn't want to build expectations. I'm scared of telling people when I get things or do things because I'm scared they

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  rigorous for my burned out summer brain. I guess what I'm trying to say is I ... next day. I'm pretty proud of the number of games I've spent time on ... , and although I'm hyped for the next games in the series, it was sort of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  am I? I'm Laura, and in my first entry ever, I introduced myself to the ... ? When I do get to MIT, I'm planning to declare Course 2 (Mechanical ... those crazy intimidating MIT students. I guess what I'm getting at here is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  ). Applicant asked, "Does prof. wilzeck read UG applications???" I'm not aware of ... sitting in a pile some where. Anyway, should I be worried?" Kate wrote, "I'm ... your decision hinged on it, I'm sure the MIT people would ask your school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT Bloggers Sniped Wrapped in which people take a LOT of photos of me around campus

  

  wild. A bit of jolly fun, right? [💀💀💀💀💀FORESHADOWING 💀💀💀💀💀] I'm ... months ! i swear i’m cooking. my next blog is gonna be about t" Ok, here

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • June 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP reveal!! it's like a gender reveal but important

  

  fairly unique UROP experience/project/dyanmic? And I'm loving it. While a ... mentor, and I'm the only person responsible for actually doing any of the ... especially freeing because I'm not rushing to match other people's deadlines

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 11, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  is life like after MIT? Same same and different. I’m still an engineer ... amount of time spent in CAD. I’m still hacking it out here in the world of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  , nearly 20 years ago, when blogs were something *everybody* wrote in. I'm ... running respectable distances while I make dumb decisions. I'm sure his blog ... . I'm leaving out a lot of stories but I could write dozens of blog

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  -spicy.”"][/annotation] The food was amazing, and I’m definitely planning to go again ... ] Family Dinner is, aspirationally, happening sometime next semester. I’m

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  restaurant downtown, or indulge in desserts. I’m easily tempted with cake and ... ="alignnone" width="454"] (Even as I’m writing this blog post, I’m eating a ... , I don’t want to seem like I’m ungrateful for my parents. Speaking from

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024