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• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  , you will do well, as long as you put your mind to it. ♥ As Anjali '12 ... didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... . Rejection hurts - there's no doubt about it. But it hurts less if you take a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  It's October. Cambridge is cozily snuggled into the cusp of a cold ... (in My Shattered Nerves)” and “8.012 Took My Soul (and Graded It and Gave It Back to Me on Tuesday)”. You guessed it: MIT just dumped its

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... . Mostly, it's that it's entirely centered around getting that 5. Maybe that ... expensive prep classes. The supposed reward of credit was long forgotten

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  a hard-ass (which, to a certain extent, is true). It took me a long ... months ago. But I don’t think it’ll feel real until May, when, by some ... come out of me. Lol.” How do I distill the last 15 years into one

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I love the holiday season, but not for its parties and food, its celebration and decorations, or its gift-giving and well wishing. I love it more for its signal of the year coming to an end and the promise of the new

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  , though, I know how hard it can be to clean up and take care of yourself ... long way, and it's definitely made this summer a lot smoother than I ... same apartment as the Massachusetts home.  Everyone tells you it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  "]two other people,[/annotation] and I’m really excited to see how it’ll turn ... Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind ... things during it. Some of my friends chose to have an extended winter break

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Delivery, from its initial conception to its pandemic cancellation to its ... attend because of my gap year. But first, some history: MIT began its ... as a rite of passage. It's a celebration of reaching the halfway point

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  have heard of a liberal arts school down the road. It’s got buildings of ... bear its name are sold everywhere from the airport to Boston Commons ... variety of humanities classes.  Don’t get me wrong, MIT has its share of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  love the American Revolution. I find it so inspiring that the colonists ... Residential Exploration, but it should really stand for Rambunctious Exhibition because it pretty much entails every dorm trying to show off its culture in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  just had was to write something along these lines and send it to the CEO ... our customer," and MEAN it this time. I could tell you a story about a ... . No, it's not possible. I don't care if they say it needs to be done. I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  cool place. Some people ask me questions along the lines of, "how long would it take for the egg to hatch?" or "how do you know there's no baby ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  own feel for how you will do at MIT.  Sure, it's nice to maybe meet up ... .  I made some of my best friends during CPW, and I'M SO EXCITED THAT IT ... that makes us happy :)  It is helping us get through this tough week, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  before. What was my fault was the fact that it took me so long to figure ... a long time, wondering whether "open it" was the wrong answer. I went ... with my editing, probably, since a lot of it had taken place in the early

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  (visiting relatives) while I was home finishing up my internship. how the ... station"]it[/annotation] Sampled [annotation note="(5)"]five ... [/annotation] Finished out the last 1.5 weeks of my [annotation note="So Long, Big Tech

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  of awe and wonder. It's impressive how much progress Play Labs and ... 've been involved with the Game Lab and VR@MIT before, so it was exciting to ... doing a virtual dog simulator. Excited to see how these startups do. The

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  ) recently and we talked about writing and how to make a living at it. I think ... On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and ... , and it can all feel artless. But then you might look to your left, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  land learning how dragon boat paddle techniques differ from canoeing or ... land. (Admittedly, it looked kind of silly but was important to learn ... students affiliated with it) also offers free classes in water sports like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Info for MIT QuestBridge Finalists Don’t know what QuestBridge is? You can skip this entry.

  

  ’ve made it this far – congratulations! We’re excited to have you applying to ... th, we will simply email you instructions with how to roll over into ... consider you for Regular Action as well, as long as your application is

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  MIT. It's sort of contradictory - how many people go to summer school at Harvard and come back in love with MIT? - but I couldn't help it. The reason ... musty old tome in the Harvard library. Pretty sweet deal. As it happened

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008