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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case ... ... that is another bite of my life at MIT. As has been a frequent ... You may have heard of the MIT Flying Club, which I'm not actually

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  :00 - 11:00 AM: The last two thirds of cell biology lecture (I miss the first ... home after astronomy when my phone rang. It was Julianna, one of my ICE ... a couple of hours, and I found myself lying on the floor of the lounge

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  sorts of other things, and it was really enjoyable talking to him. At the ... the intern orientation at the beginning of the summer because it was ... to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  vibe, feel, breathe, or make sense of it all. At the end of the day ... -defunct decisions portal was scarier than when I hit my chin on Kingda-Ka at Six Flags ... correctly, one of the bloggers in our meeting mentioned that they would read

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Introducing: La Maison Française (French House) No, you don't have to speak French to live here.

  

  the following sign: You have arrived at New House: home to all of MIT ... ", which consists of "watching birds, looking at birds, and studying birds ... pillow at Ben). I always have someone to go back to. They'll take care of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  after quarter after quarter. It reminds me of a conversation I had at my ... puzzles from an issue of P&A Magazine together. The last time the Puzzle ... I ate dinner at Dumpling House with some friends. It's only been a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college ... that’s a lot of you! Last year around this time I wrote an entry called ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to

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

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  /7. In case you're curious, I've seen all of the above, or at least very ... : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which ... individual, not as part of a group. However, you are allowed to collaborate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  five things I love about New York welcome to New York, everybody walks in New York

  

  directly at the end of my block and just one of three within a 15 minute walk ... (The subtitle is from my unpatented and unholy mix of the songs ... alone and spent a lot of time with myself, and as others have mentioned

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  ) and Stanley Opara, Director of Partnerships, at a Blockchain conference ... . Inconsistencies could occur between different agency’s reports, and at each step of ... , entrepreneurial people that meet them.” Many of us, Africans at MIT, have this

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  months. I spent one night at home, then drove down to the South Bay to compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... ! Some of my friends I've skated and competed with growing up qualified for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I ... Today, I will p-set. Really. I wake up at 7 am. I shower. I try on four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  a bad idea. Most of me viscerally cringes at the idea of doing another ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my ... particle ping-ponging inside of a box. I also want to get out of this box

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  where it lives in my mind and peering at what lies within. some of this ... . being at mit has helped me come out of my shell more than anything. i'm so ... , since my parents are overseas and i'm in boston, so most of these old

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  113 days. As of yesterday, I am officially a second semester senior ... month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  : Dream of the Red Chamber (at Harvard). Dream of the Red Chamber, or 红楼梦 ... I’d intended to write this post the first day of classes, but was swept up into the chaos of starting the school year, which has been a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  can't always have all the information! Sometimes you're at the point of ... to write good blog posts; you only need to have the appearance of ... with a table of contents Open strong and generate excitement by giving a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen AKA, the "Magic Pen"

  

  things (I remember seeing the display at the beginning of the semester and ... enjoying the laziest IAP I can muster. I sleep until at least noon every day ... "Look at at all this free time I have! I'm going to fill it to the brim

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Discovering Yourself A bit more mushy than normal. . . deal.

  

  at the bottom of the spreadsheet called "Mailing Labels." This is a ... You may think you have a pretty good grip on what type of person you are. Let's face it, you just spent the last four years of your life

  • by Snively '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  flurry of confetti at any given moment. Gosh, this is so cheesy I could ... piece of art that changes every time you look at it. I wonder about the ... blog tab of the school website, not even bothering to look at other tabs

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 23, 2023