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• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  't name, I open up a blank Wordpress file and start typing. It barely feels like I'm writing. It feels like words are appearing on the page. When it ... . "I can't publish this," I think, "I can't even look at it." I close the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  ’ve never really known how to deal with others’ envy, and it feels weird to ... isn’t about this specific friendship. It’s about how I interact with ... use it—how they scroll through someone’s profile, casting judgment over

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  don’t know how much Haacke knew about MIT culture, but it is ... how classes and activities are going. Some of our most recent artistic ... museum wall), it was quite beautiful. But let’s move on. Inside the

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Doing well??? Uh, sure... I guess

  

  In my last post (which was way too long ago 😖), but I guess I should update y'all on how my new schedule was going. And the answer to the ... (6.009) UROP And it's a struggle! Real analysis is still kicking my

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  this homework. it's something strange to come to terms with, how this ... as long as i can remember, yet i never really had time for it in high ... how long i stare at that screen at the empty textbox, no matter how long

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  should make that a blog post!" So here it is, a lil post about how crazy 6.009 makes me (and how I can't stop thinking about it). Sorry it's been so long ... again, I remember how much I love it and I don't feel like I'm making the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  . The reason why this is how it is and the way it has always be done is ... limits, that is okay! It does not mean you are any less smart than any of ... of your comfort zone, and it also is the perfect way for you to start

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  30 questions with my roommates! I had writer's block so I forced my roommates to make content for me

  

  my aunt about food in the US and how different it is Jenny> i also ... quote dumbledore, ‘It does not do to dwell on your dreams and forget to ... my roomie’s house for thanksgiving! i totally remember how to do it x

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And the End Closes In My last semester as an MIT undergraduate

  

  is just, well, FUN. After spending the semester learning how to use my camera (and learning other things as well, I suppose), it was exciting to ... Journalism: Still Images of a World in Motion. Although admittedly it is a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  fairly normally before we'd even left the ER. It's hard to describe how ... harder for air. It's the first time I've been that scared for one of my ... -hand - the power of research. In this case it was medical research, but the

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  's birthday shenanigans... LBizzle asked, "How does cross registration work and how easy is it to set up?" MIT has cross registration ("crossreg") with ... of 175 juniors who are doing a college tour of New England. It was fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... -metapost? It's gonna be a good day. Speaking of, why do people shorten "organic chemistry" to "orgo"? Does Inorganic Chemistry (all the cool kids are calling

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  in a long time. It taught me that if I just persevere and don't give in ... number is 6.186 -- MASlab is a course 6 class, but it is also listed in courses 2 and 16, which means you can take it for EECS, Mechanical

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Adventures in Logan Airport In which I attempt to fly back to Florida. Written during a too-long wait in…

  

  of its regular denizens (Hi, Nance. You too, Ben.) I was asked why my ... ’s all fine and good, Keri, but what does this have to do with anything at ... street to the Kendall/MIT T station around 1:45 and easily made it to Logan

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I ... old application posts to remember how to hire bloggers 3) oh right this is how I hire bloggers   Be a blogger! As usual, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  general. About aging, and feeling so… lost. About how difficult it can be to ... this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... acknowledging that it is possible for anything to hurt you enough to make you cry

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  regaled them with stories of how the massive fish had been built, how it was a beautiful work of art, how water flowed gracefully across its screen, but also how they'd built it in the hallway and nobody had been able to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  important step. If your EC has not gotten back to you, and it has been a long ... your MyMIT portal. It is okay if your teacher or counselor does not ... ; It's November 1. MIT Early Action applicants are wondering, what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  employers, everyone, all the way through your senior year and beyond. It does ... will be mailed next week, be patient). What does the NBM include? A ... is the one that generates the most excitement. For many students, it

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

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  yes, I only had one, and yes, it was for an intro class since I’m one of those people who does course 6 in no order whatsoever. Taking course 6 in ... , its mission, and its policies. Here's my favorite quote from the sexual

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011