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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  , and I get off the bus to find a seat on coach. I'll be here until ... . I often find myself flitting from coast to coast, but still haven ... since the beginning of June.  So I decided to take a train from Boston to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by ... , certainly. But a community with an essential commitment to facing hard facts ... humanity’s greatest challenges. A community where we aspire always to treat

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  find a song to sing. After subjecting the two of us to ~30 minutes of my ... 's a wimp. When situations get rough, she jumps on her bed to get as far ... following are true", she said. "You want to be a part of this once in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  As CPW comes to a close and I watch eager beaver high schoolers drag ... little more wary and a little less [annotation note="To be fair I don ... tolerate you but I will not code" and switched to a joint humanities and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  ’t find the right words to describe a [annotation note="and nothing at all ... before [annotation note="with a minor detour, since i had to actually find ... ’m amputating a precious, home-grown limb. I tell myself that I’ll come back to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  PCR and gel electrophoresis; I helped a little with a project to find ... be able to hold a job and successfully complete their schoolwork, so I ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  find a way to separate whatever passions I can find and whatever ... great for me to care. Nonetheless, I did apply to some schools as a ... 't going to go pre-med or do a PhD, bioengineering felt more useful as a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  I love water, and I love living close to a river - I think it's a ... my walks around campus or to Boston always brings a smile to my face ... establishments that line that street.I've become a fan of walking to Flour bakery

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tweaching and Stitches Two things that happened this week, one of which I liked.

  

  on my clothes. Oops, so I ran off to find just where I'd sprung a leak ... activity happening all around you. There's seemingly a quintillion things to ... every year for a few years, I suppose it's supposed to signify the first

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so ... -- you have a lot more patience than I do! (I was threatening not to go to ... gave the guest address, and he gave us a lot to think about. My favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  , so we get a long time to decide our final schedules. I've been exercising this quite a bit with my switch to 5.112, adding my HASS - Disease ... , though, and I started to realize that maybe I'm doing a little too much. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months ... realizing the status of my mental state: I was super surprised to find that I ... , but it is a lot to put into words at the moment—so I have chosen to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  hackmit.org... although the puzzle might be slightly harder to find ... a bit. This year, the 1985 movie Back to the Future has taken over ... challenges we develop each year. As a reward, the first 50 teams to complete

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doodles: Career Fair Edition A non-tech major takes on the career fair with the help of mechanical pencil illustrations

  

  are a senior. (If you're younger, they may or may not want to give you ... pumped up about going to schmooze with a bunch of companies who, I felt ... very little pressure. I picked out a few companies to investigate and

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  ). This year we went to the Park Plaza Hotel. It was a lot of fun: live ... '09 My girlfriend Kristen '09 and me. Who says you can't find a girl ... was asked to bring a dish and we all got together to eat. A-entry is

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  . Scheduling's a nightmare, and I often can't find a time to PSET together with ... ’m writing this of course. But I can’t find the motivation to study. The ... pencil to work out more than a fifth of a problem. The grind started

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  a philosopher, and was careful about finding good approach to talk ... think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... particular, used mathematical concepts to reinforce his optimism that a supreme

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on ... 'm that kid who stuck his finger in a candle flame to verify that, yes, fire

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  record library. Ever wanted to see what a "vinyl record" is like? Find out ... ! Hopefully you'll be able to join us for Campus Preview Weekend. When I was a prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Want A Radio Show!!! about Christmas Music Year Round...or Midwest Pizza...

  

  I want a radio show!! This summer, I'm going to be in Boston ... , I don't just listen to it in November, or in October-- I am a FIRM ... , like, ok. I think I had a few songs in mind but it would lowk be work to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 29, 2026