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• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  then I finished reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. It's a novel about ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit ... list, dated 10/02/2015. It contains some parameters by which I have been

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  talking to my dad about my job - this job - and how much I loved it. I told him how lucky I felt to had the opportunity to do it. My dad, in his ... there was another, truer narrative, with luck as its theme. What were the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  a great American tradition was born. Ever since its first incarnation ... my mom's sibilings as can make it (my mom's sisters both live nearby, but her 2 brothers live out of state and only make it back to Jersey

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2008 Summer (Pics!) Photo overload. eep.

  

  from Boston if you would like to go on a long weekend trip. It's only one ... ) and around eight hours by bus. It's such a relaxing city that contrasts ... personal items (clothes, toiletries...etc.) for the 16-day trip because it

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  see how the maker community has grown. It’s actually been insane. Last ... day. I so loved how open, silly, and sweet everyone was. It felt real. I ... What a wonderful word: anew. Google defines it as “in a new or

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I tried* to run to the airport *thank you Noah and Sydney for saving my life

  

  probably head back, but how FUNNY would it be if I ran to the airport? I ... the Cambridge Half Marathon, but was no longer able to run it, so she ... thought. If I really buckled down it would be hard, but I'd be able to do it

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  principle does not account for the organ variant. In particular, it would ... that the modified principle does make a statement: it places a constraint ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  disorder and studying its function. We can learn a lot about how the brain ... I think when you haven’t written a blog entry in almost six years, it’s ... cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  days of MITblogs, circa 2006. Long before my time, Sam '07 would prelude ... past, I observed that my calendar looked like it was about to suffer an aneurysm. Little denouement did I provide, so let me resolve it now: after

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  , didn’t know how long the typical training of a neural network takes, on ... coincidence, and I still do not know how it just fixed itself (but I’m in no way ... , but it said it will involve AI and art! That was enough to sell us, so

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  success depends on how well you perform in these three months. While it is ... may sound dumb. It is about teaching yourself how to learn and see the ... guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  drinking age is 21. It was a culture shock. How would a bunch of 18- and 19 ... price of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s — it’s a no-brainer as to how I ... age is 18. You can read about it here, but the basic story is: Proposals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

   jaded—i don’t think that’s how i’ll describe myself right now. it’s not ... ’s how i feel. it’s not burnt out. i don’t feel burnt out. i feel like i ... long without any of it, but i’m not sure if i want to take on more. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  enough of it, even accounting for how MIT will change. Then again: did I ... -offs. The value of a value lies in how it guides decision-making. Valuing ... with. There's no longing attached to it, other than the want to stop

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  it was slightly disturbing how close what many write off as “history ... post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the ... environment completely foreign to me and see how well I could do. I arrived at

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  exactly how tempting it is to put things off...but look at this way: do you ... was applying, I realized that talking to another person - whether it's a ... needed suggestions or direction. I didn't always make it easy for them, but

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  asked, "How often does MIT rescind acceptances, and for what reasons? Do ... replied, "A.M.C., they might not know you by your pseudonym. It's easier to ... your application or is just say that the Admissions Office has it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  struggling for a bit too long to make the base of my lamp, I gave up on it and ... struggles with lamp 2.0 began. Not sure how to explain it myself, but Ansys makes one’s SolidWorks creations into a mesh object, and that's how it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to ... , we won’t consider them for anyone. We think it would be unfair to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  plausible, not because you didn't know how to swim but because your ankle was ... friends. :( And now it's December, sub-zero (Celsius) outside, and it ... . *They're separated by lots of wall, don't worry. It's 2pm. Goggles on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013