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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You should consider studying economics if… for those who aren't totally set on what to major in

  

  already be familiar with my experience of choosing a major. In summary, I ... about the ethics of what we owe to people in need, I ask them to imagine ... clear about our obligations to rescue the drowning child in front of us, I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... . As of right now I have two big posts I want to make, “being black in ... much practice I need to do. I spent a good amount of time trying to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  that matter. By nature of the sport in the US, I get no funding ... own. But every night I collapse in bed, sleep as much as I can, and wake ... skates. A career in skating is short-lived. I want to make the most of it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  . What can I say about selection in general? Not much, really. The ... It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I ... . Exciting! As I've mentioned, we also work on weekends during selection. When

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  TikTok - I'm so sorry. Spotify - to get my good music in! Lots of ... Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my life got turned upside down", I figured I might join in with the chaos

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ,”[/annotation] etc. in every sentence, there are two other types of common phrases I ... can have multiple midterms when there's only one middle of the term, i ... mechanisms in their own way. In the beginning of the semester, I was more on

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this ... memo. In all seriousness though, I actually do get sleep, usually about ... ’t sleep, but I am not one of those. None of my close friends are, and I

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  rural desert roots in search of the rest of my life. I'm eighteen years ... of a button. It certainly left Hot Wheels in the dust. I turned five ... mine. Though I took to the adventure of travel early in my life, watching

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures ... didn't go instead of facing the shame of walking in late. Then I went for ... we're all here in class." This was one of the four that I actually did

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  little Christmas tree in front of the Student Center. I saw this snowman ... Morgan Sheng's lab in the Picower Center. I didn't get to see much of the ... 'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  whose name I can't remember say, "is the perfect example of when too much technology can be a bad thing." We sit in tables of nine in groups of three ... work through the problem, and I would be left in the dark in terms of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  , kind of? I feel aimless, but in the best way. Life goes on. Things are ... setting? What parts of me do I keep? What can I leave behind? It’s a ... can’t really think of anything concrete. I want to figure out who I want

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  Interested in different paths you can take to get a masters degree ... methods (of communication theory or control theory, for example) to aid in ... a Master of Engineering degree in addition to their Bachelor of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  , the swell of my hips. I can’t get around them. I look in the mirror and ... ball of hurt I carry with me, a part of the constant calculus I engage in ... wisdom, but I’ve certainly done it. So here, in a collection of vignettes

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  event.) For dinner, I went to India Quality, in Kenmore Square ... this is a picture of you, but I'm not sure.) Some of my suitemates ... ) The chef at ZBT is wonderful, and I enjoy many of her creations -- flan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  policeman in Guys and Dolls, I was able to disguise the anachronism of my hair ... Trapp in The Sound of Music, and, try as I might, I could not convince the ... really afraid of hair salons. I saw other people go to the barber in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  ? Defining my senior year by the future of "college." I can’t tell my past ... transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn ... alternative vision, I'm happy too. Happier? Possibly. In this Universe, I can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  puberty, and I wasn’t always in the greatest mood. I was at a point of ... companionship. I could relate to the descriptions of isolation in songs like The ... times, it’s an exam I’m nervous about. In past years, the class average

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  I included this picture in a previous blog. I was tired of working, and it reminded me of the good times at MIT. Well, in Honduras, but ... took in the Fall of 2007 about Development. It's also known as D-Lab I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009