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• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  'm far enough from MIT to understand how its pressures affected me, the ways it forced me to grow up, and how to pick a healthier path in the ... Hey, blogs. How ya doing? Long time no see... Or, I guess, write

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  with simple, supervised tasks that got me familiar with how to submit my work to the master branch and how the different parts of the project fit ... down with me and explained to me, in a way that actually made sense, how

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute ... folks here aren’t used to failing. The biggest highlight of my first month here was experiencing how much MIT prioritizes supporting students

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  . you might procrastinate at times, but you definitely know how to get ... fuck—you really know how to curate vibes. you're addicted to Spotify and ... why it baffles everyone how you manage to get all your work done on time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was ... . I swear. But then I figured out how to make money off of it. See, I ... 's office so I could rant to him about how much I hate the world, or maybe he

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  amazed by how well i'm able to bounce back and keep facing forward rather ... things were. But you’ve come so far." (learning how to drive) "i ... me it was really sweet how that person described their experience in

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  and sometimes processes entirely. PM interviews are meant to test how ... well-known framework and it's typically how interviewers want you to ... routes to take a certain product. Here you can decide how you want to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• 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 ... [/annotation]-- more content to come soon!! As background, 6.009 is "Fundamentals of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy ... food I love. Now this post isn't to say that these are undoubtedly the ... , while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Here are some ideas from my limited experience to help you meet ... to work" says Sam '07 Club Passim -- live music Grendel's Den -- the ... coupon that I need to use soon Out in Boston Bank of America Pavillion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  appear to be how much of it is still scripted and staged. Despite the Tech ... reality TV show to be on, it'd be The Amazing Race. How 'bout you? ... One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  entire cities' school districts to help them figure out how to manage their ... them. and just like how whenever i bike to the department, i look across killian and up to the big dome, and think about how wild it is that i'm here

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  characters who are not very similar to myself. I mean, how can you write ... this overwhelming sense that I had nothing to give that week. How was I ... I changed? And, perhaps more importantly, how do I hope to change

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me ... - they've done nothing to you. Thanks.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I take a gap year?

  We encourage students to take a gap year to explore and grow. Every year we have a number of students apply to MIT after a gap year and more students who request a gap year after being admitted to MIT. Taking a gap
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  .) i tell my supervisor about how i have not been able to solve the ... should be doing. my supervisor tells me that she also does not know how to ... to skim, if you're into that). Location: East Campus Although

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  and how we would love to see it change.h This aspect of MIT truly meant ... 10500000 things to say but your mouth and brain are like, "Sorry homie, we are only going to let one thing out at a time." I think the most

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  think the true definition of drinking from a firehose is to be learning ... -studying before I got to school that probably cushioned me from the shock I’d have gotten if I had to learn about natural logs and Euler’s constant and all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  in the world. An anonymous poster asked how to email me - it's benjones ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to this... I'd just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004