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• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  've been thinking about how it's okay to be in different spaces, especially ... you get to MIT. I've seen how this is true for some. But for me, the ... if renovations didn't force it on me? In the end I'll never know. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  cannot afford the costs of the travel [...] Since I cannot make it, what should I do in order to know MIT better?" A great starting point for how ... board recently; it is such a good start to answering your question that I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  WORK SAM HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WRITING THIS STUPID BLOG ENTRY?! If I ... ." Look out, world. It was a really, oustandingly lovely day today. Just so you know. But it's a busy week in my life, between classes, choir

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  hurt so bad and I realized how long it’s been since my heart felt ... was told that’s how you know it's working. Why must hurting be the ... Amtrak. One day, it suddenly occurred to me that when I'm on a train, I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  the house and outside of it. While I know that sororities do have long ... downs this semester, but I think it's been overall a net positive and I ... , but as greater sociotechnical works and pieces and better understood how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  helped me understand how the puzzle worked. I took it back and fiddled some ... out, thoroughly impressed.  Here's how it works — if you want to solve ... without knowing it since my first tour of MIT. There are displays of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  does it keep your mind sharp, but it actually does prepare you for what ... reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... that it's okay to be average (academically) is something that's hard to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  Miller. It's one of The Cut's most read articles, and describes how a ... harder. I think what I hadn’t prepared for was just how dissatisfying it ... potent and more complicated as I’ve grown up. I’m not sure how to solve it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I wanted to show you it all: the silly, the poignant, the ones that I really ... alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  research, how she structured edits, how she searched for agents. It doesn ... proves that it is possible. And she does have time to go out for ice cream ... writing, and working, and meeting many people. I want to preserve it, like a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  almost a year ago (wow how has it been that long), i made an extensive, fangirly post about how much i love spotify and its playlist making ... sure how to classify, but it's a pretty mixed bag of songs overall music

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make virtually anything their heart desires. It's amazing. In case you're wondering ... presses, and even a 3-D printer! Now that I think about it, I wish I had

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  student with some close friends at Harvard! In Part 1, I discussed how cross-registration helped me make friends at Harvard and how our friendship has evolved since we met. In this post, I describe how we've stayed in contact (and even

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  Live, install it, and open everything up. What if you don't know how it ... which will probably come in handy. Just as long as it's not questionable ... longer want), freefood (which is what it sounds like), and other mailing

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  , Michael. How long could it take? 10 hours? Matt:  Petey was the first person ... future. If you have suggestions on how to improve it, feel free to note ... shaped how I move through the world, as you may have seen in my blog posts

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  place and how it slowly has grown and changed over time and I'm excited to see how it'll develop further. IAP. The month of January. Independent ... weeks. I couldn't begin to fathom how many other people are going through

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  clear trend, and it is accelerating. If the long-term trend continues, all ... "It has been calculated that if no accident prevented the hatching of the eggs and each egg reached maturity, it would take only three years

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  heart, they know how to have fun (whether it is by dropping pumpkins off ... house and suck them out of you. No, really. I fully acknowledge that it’s ... -record. It is meant to level the playing field, so that you will succeed at MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  things about the GRE (in this order): you can take it any day of the week; it's computer-based, so you get your score right after you take the ... ... the good part is that it's like riding a bike and you can pick it up

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  same kind of made-up reasons about it being better for me, about how it ... 't know why it feels right. but it does. and sometimes you just gotta trust ... zero. once again you can determine how busy i am by the rate of my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021