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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... mediocrity if you go a different path that is riddled with setbacks and ... experienced a lot of failure in my sophomore year, it’s not a dramatic

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  two years, which is doubly as nice for me because my family lives in ... -ranked team put us in a better position for NCAA qualification. I think that ... together in a way that makes me smile a lot on the inside and the outside

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  . This is not a best-of-the-year list. It's not a syllabus for literary self-improvement, nor is it a list of books I think you'll like, although ... I went. I sat across the breakfast table from a friend in a downtown

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  lol"]degree[/annotation]requirements. The first is a required core ... capstone class. It's a[annotation note="Communication Intensive class in the ... good things about it from upperclassman.   The other class is a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  certifiably socially awkward at home, it’s going to be unbearably bad in a new ... to work with other people. Choosing a dorm that fits you is also ... important. The curriculum is different in my country. I haven’t done AP

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music, Photography, and Two.js i am proficient at two (2) of these things.

  

  Hello World! I haven't posted in a while - life has been busy ... , reorganized my room. After attending a synthfest in the Media Lab a while ago ... might have guessed, I'm in that chair pretty often! I've been spending a

  • by Joe B. '18
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  . Regardless of your opinion of him, he is at least definitely one of the best in ... life when you do.** All this is of course a lot easier said than done ... done so horribly, so atrociously on any exam in my life. I got a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  There's one week left of my freshman year - how much can you fit in a seven days? A seven-page paper, six nights of studying, five hours to ... be finishing in 15 minutes to get to my two classes this afternoon

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  would need to do it in a satisfying way.. ..which is okay! Because ... this moment about what my aspiration is in life, I would tell you ... behavior and performance of firms in markets, with a particular focus on

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  , in a way meet your classmates. Everyone that is accepted early is on ... kids, where does the illuminati stay on campus, can someone major in a ... to be in this massive chat, and you get a pretty accurate view of what

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  publishable research in high school was a thing) actually is through course 1 in ... working with. My research is concerned in a few different things. For ... will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  atom bomb? Well Los Alamos is in the certified middle of nowhere, which ... . Being in the middle of nowhere also means there is relatively little to do besides detonate huge bombs in the desert. What they do have though, is an

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... it out. Basically, it is a super-easy way to synchronize files across

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  About a week and a half ago, I arrived at Logan airport to start this college thing! With two bags in hand (well, ok, one was a backpack), and my ... , saying “hi, my name is…” more times than I ever have at any point in my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  us are gasping for a break. There's a definite pick-up in the amount of ... -playing thing too - which is good because it makes me seem a bit more normal ... working in a lab at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. It should be a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  the tough semester is that between having my time tied up in school and ... for later. The way it typically works is I'll have a random thought or ... might be wondering what exactly it is that I'm holed up in my room working

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  is a full-blown saga. First, you’re given a temporary room in an ... (FYRE) out of Next) and find a roommate(s). After that, every freshman is ... perfect room is long and messy and occurs late at night and also involves a

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  In general, it would be considered a good idea to know more than just ... a lot of time on this site, cramming various scraps of information in ... curriculums we designed earlier this year. In just over a week, I'll be able to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here is a ... Barbara Sunday • Down a slice of deep dish pizza in Chicago while ... Tuesday • Put a bird on it at the admit gathering in Portland, OR

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  -US grading systems. In fact, your system (O/A Levels) is probably the grading ... it is! I have a number of friends who are enrolled in some aspect of ... than 700 [CDS]. In the end, it is being a good fit & match with MIT that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005