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• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  these stories were sad and hard to hear, but I also cried because of how ... college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... who have overcome trauma bring to MIT, and how they often are able to

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  have to use my body and voice to convey how I’m feeling (which is angry ... Vagina Monologues. For the week following the show, I attempted to put into words what the show was about, what I thought during the show, and how I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  ’ll actually be able to tell how accurate what i’ve written above is until i ... try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can ... is: you should be smarter. You really should get around to reading all

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  literally just learned how to play poker that day. Shout out to poker club ... 'm slowly starting to learn how to quiet the small voice in my head that says ... community no matter how hard I'm struggling. But, of course, in my efforts to

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

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  emotions to create a lens I can use to view my worm. I get to see how I ... time to reflect, for even just a minute, about how much you've changed and how much you're going to change can remind you of how much is within

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Take Only Memories Leave Only Footprints

  

  technical setting, but it amazes me to see how the lessons have reached into non-technical fields, too. I know how to write a specification for a project. I know how to follow one.  I know what to do if I have an idea for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  preschool, my well-intentioned dad taught me how to say “stop it” to arm me ... Academy for elementary school. I got better at English and learned how to ... time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  What's that? You're dying to find out how we managed to ice skate on Frog ... Bloggers of old have written about the "101 Things To Do Before You Graduate" list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  . A voice narration begins. I attribute many feelings to love or to hate. When asked how I feel about a situation, I usually say something akin to ... at the clock* and I still don't know how to describe how I feel. But oh

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  write about how I long for another chance to buy a five-dollar boba at ... long enough to actually work on my Computation Systems lab due in two ... friends- and I go back to bed.  [video width="640" height="1136" mp4="https

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on anger understanding and learning and navigating

  

  people don't like. And that's just how we are." She then went on to tell ... comes the question: How do I know which battles to fight? That ... 's because I'm still learning and trying to figure out who I am and how to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  learn that Beethoven may have met Mozart. I'm not sure how to describe why ... Beethoven to Mahler Last semester, I took my first music class at MIT: 21M.235, or "Monteverdi to Mozart". 21M.235 is offered in the fall, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  look up a youtube tutorial on how to change a spare tire. winter in the ... [/caption] we figured out how to access the spare tire and all the tools we would ... together: i was in the lab learning how to use a platereader, run fluorescent

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  'using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as ... higher stakes and longer-lasting consequences, I'm not sure how to ... to just die and donate all of that." I then asked my brother the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  You oughta know Answers to many, many questions.

  

  asked So you know how if you want to live in a double, you have to find a ... ! You'd have to ask Mitra how much econ background is assumed for 14 ... promised to get back to her on that. Class plans are mostly useful for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  too many things, only to suffer later on. I'm still learning how to manage my time, and how to select a courseload that will make me feel ... recreating the Monty Hall problem (anybody got two goats to spare?) writing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  'll see how that turns out. The application part ought to make it easier to ... of cool optical illusions. I get to remember how to do convolutions, a ... There are two or three backlogged entries that I want/need to write

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will ... gives a good description of how MIT’s units/hours are supposed to work ... ’t want to be defined by how many things can go wrong in my life

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  video editing and making, I want to learn how to cook properly, I want to ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... 've found it hard to stay present. I've been enjoying my time in Madrid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  still potentially travel to the region. no one could predict how long the ... , and figure out how to get my passport, which was in New Hampshire, to ... 'm confused about how I'll be able to participate in MEET if I'm seven hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021