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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  but failing to decipher any semblance of a plot. That is what Sleep No ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of the biggest perks of being an Arts Scholar is getting to go on an all

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  that I was certain I would fail, I stepped into the shower to be greeted ... It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  to keep running down Ames street and turn right.) Fail to know yet ...  hundreds of student-run events to welcome the class of 2023 and help them figure ... K. '18 has (almost) all the logistic info you need to have an

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  emotionally over with, so I'm not as scared to fail again. I know it's good to ... low points, but it takes a certain amount of humility and retrospect to ... once I've had a chance to reflect and forgive myself for stupid mistakes

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  wanting to pick myself up and try again after I've failed at yet another ... where I've failed and need to do better. She is my spiritual advisor and ... Today I wanted to thank a very special person in my life, someone who

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  General Advice Application advice for HS juniors and sophomores, inspired by a student's question

  

  , but they also can be things like (but not limited to) athletics ... down! You probably shouldn't tell us if you failed the medical boards ... activities -- make sure you convey that to us. When you describe your extra

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... you ought to be.  For the past few years, birthdays have also just been ... maladaptive coping mechanisms, but my inability to cry in front of other people

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  I felt the sudden urge to write something tonight. I wasn’t sure what it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday A day in the life.

  

  back hurts. Attempt to go back to sleep. 9:32 AM: Attempt to go back to sleep failed. 9:33 AM: Facebook. 9:43 AM: Facebook apparently not miracle cure for back pain. Decide to go swimming. 9:58 AM: Made it to Z

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  ="aligncenter" width="600"] i valiantly tried and failed to animate a car moving ... super tired at the end of the day and usually just went to bed, but i still had one or two hours every day to occupy my brain with something

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  ="'didn't receive a sufficient score to qualify for credit for 18.01'"]failed ... that's been going on. that's why i'm going to take this time to blog my ~feelings~ and understand really my position. if i had to label my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  if they can hear me. I yell when they fail to do the incredible (ironic ... guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy ... managed to progress beyond the group stage and into the knockout round

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  overtook me. I could not do math. I failed to comprehend chemistry. I wrote ... , “impossibly busy with less time or resources to complete everything than available (as in trying to drink from a firehose). (context: MIT)” I drank

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me ... to no longer be among the 'babies' of the school, to be replaced by the '14s, and to hear about prospective '15s, not to mention a few ambitious

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  [i think i need to drop another class] Hey gang, it’s your favorite failure, back to fail a little bit more! I think that the weather has a ... happening to OTHER people, but no, it truly got to me. Now I’m feeling good

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  through! I got an 85%, 95%, and 88% on the last three psets… Only to fail ... friend where she admitted to me that she really screwed up academically this semester, and she seemed to be pretty embarrassed about this. BUT

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  : Google, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Dropbox, Amazon… They’re all here, ready to talk to you. They might even add your resume to the thick stack on their ... the MIT bubble. You get to preview what’s way ahead. The life beyond and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  personally find that trying (and failing, and trying again) is the best way to ... which sound strangely familiar but are off just enough to be startling and (sometimes) funny. A few months ago I decided I wanted to make one for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  'm in no rush to see Pirates 3. And finally, if all else fails ... " has come to a close. And of course, it wouldn't be blogworthy unless ... to study right? So what I've learned is that you can only read a book

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  There are some things that only make sense to you once you're living it, that you can't understand until they happen to you. And then there are some things that, even while they're happening, you can't begin to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020