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• Blog / Classes

  Let me introduce myself. Alternatively titled: Whomst'd've?

  

  identity -- how I define myself to other people when they ask me who exactly ... 't realize exactly how unprepared I was for my classes. I knew MIT was hard. I ... have to work for it. Despite that, I didn't expect to struggle this much

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  summer doesn’t sing to me anymore (although I really think it does), I can ... , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late ... of American ensemble, and the light is softer now. I like it. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  changing how we feel about something changes our intuition about it. Then you ... days, and one morning it became clear to me. As I was meditating early ... me that I should accept the job offer. After all, it was a great

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  't embarrass him by telling you all how old he is =), but I will tell you the story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office ... only does he admit us to MIT, he actually really cares about us after we

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  enough, you will eventually see it. [caption id="attachment_45481" align ... "] Despair...[/caption] Step 4: Wait and Hope III ... Step 5: Claim Claim it. Claim the organ. It's yours now. [caption id="attachment_45484" align

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  with the structure of a UROP, here’s how it’s typically gone for me. You ... say it in response to literally anything), “how’s it going → well, it’s ... to think of how to start a conversation and keep it going. But on my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  not every state is equally comparable. So how can we do it? The state of ... economics does: takes some theory that we have, and tries to test it in the ... economists do work that relates to [annotation note='not casual, which is how i

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  laser-powered happiness 6.UAR showcase, part 1

  

  date and I have not been able to bring myself to watch it but now I will do it in-person this week! so how did we get here, anyways? Last ... long enough to practice jumps on a public session and decided to just

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

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  Christopher Nolan movie ever, but knowing how volatile my friends are when it ... use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It's okay, I'll just NR it" or "Don't worry, it's PNR" or even "Do I even have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  blogged about it, but don’t tell my future employers, OK? I’ve thought long ... parents at least twice a week and take my garbage out when it got full. Ha ... attending. That escalated quickly, so let me restate it: I stopped going to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life of a MIT Mechanical Engineering UROP Student I built an underwater robot :p

  

  --they gave an ipad to a monkey to see how well it could play games. And then ... One of the coolest things at MIT is how easily undergrads can join ... my first one this past semester and finished it over the summer

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • July 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  part of it has been learning how to be an adult and take care of myself ... enjoy it as much as I do! It has hit me that I have officially ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  up how long it would take to bike the 20 miles home. 2 hours. That ... from that experience, it’s how to keep pushing up hills. Lately I’ve been ... Wish I could explain it better --- Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish It’s

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we ... can hang out with anyone at any time. I realized how much I took this for granted once I left MIT, so it's wonderful to be back in this kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  (after having let us have a crack at it first) of the same documents that ... will candidly admit - we may not be the most well-prepared when it comes ... grandmother tells me stories of how she evacuated from China with my grandfather

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  also want to evaluate my choice based on how it will impact others and ... at night, and how much bigger the sky is when you can see it touch the ... , I left my home on Long Island to go live on a Christmas tree farm with

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  school, they would not match it to me. For the most part, I didn’t really ... Myers–Briggs personality types. It stands for introversion, intuition ... new image for reasons I struggle to justify now.  Was it because I felt

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  "everyone was in it." His brother was a meaty metalhead (and consequently a personal hero of mine) so I figured it was some sort of creepy cultish leather tome with yellowed pages and predictions about how each one of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!

  

  isn't really losing at all, is it? At least that's how I think of it ... Okay, so it's like this, right. Pictures and backlogged entries are ... 'll make it. I'm writing my paper on the dynamical (SO(4) rotational group

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  time-management skills, which is why it took so long for me to finally ... should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... ? Well, actually I didn't live far from Chicago, so it wasn't as bad as I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007