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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  an option for my male friends. That my worth is inherently tied to the ... 't have feelings for them or that this is not going to go anywhere, but I ... . That the men in my life are now destined to be this. To be, for lack of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  guarantees on-campus housing to undergrads for eight semesters, I was under no ... . Unlike most other universities, it's rare for students to move off campus ... for most people. They allow students to focus primarily on their

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  my classes— I still do. I leave enough time for myself to finish my PSETs on time and study for my exams. Knowing I need to do something yet ... started happening. I was waiting for panic to kick in, but it never did. And

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  is no help, and I am not compensating others for this. If I had to pay ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14 ... (decreased odds that I'll get sick) in a way for which I do not compensate him

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  are entitled to an appropriate education for their ability, not just ... that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education. You can read it: Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted (registration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  and, from 1995 to 1997, as Associate Director for Science in the Office ... While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President ... President is expected to begin his remarks around 12:30pm Eastern time. You

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... Thursday, May 17th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque ... ) to me (in the comments or via email). I hope you can join us! MIT ISEF

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  to be a "good match" for MIT? What do we look for? Alignment with MIT ... that good stuff isn't handed to students on a silver platter, but for ... questions, too. I hope to answer many of those questions soon, but today I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Managing a Full Plate Both Food and Life

  

  allows for my limited time to be used elsewhere or reaffirming my ... headed to office hours for both Physics and Real Analysis as the psets for ... challenging problems to complete. It really has helped me a lot for Real

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  writing takes time and time is something which you give to MIT for ... it "work," and it also forces you to set writing deadlines for yourself ... for both, to maximise my chances of getting into one of them; these

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  and enjoy. As for the football: the TV in the background is set to the ... to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with their families to take part in a few time-honored traditions: huge, home

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Defying Gravity

  

  . That would be some story) Anyway, I just want to say this: Thank you for ... for serious business and once to meet with my high school classmates in ... the world!) For my first trip, I tried to think of touristy things to

  • by Linh V. '13
  • March 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  continuing it as an alum, but I decided that it'd be good for someone new to ... freshman class starting school tomorrow, it's strange to think that I won't be returning to my beloved 254 suite in Burton-Conner, hanging out with

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  gets to pretend she's a real pirate for a little bit along with first ... , choreographer for MTG's "Chicago," got to the party a little late, but still got ... BACK to canoe with us! As for myself, well... okay, I actually do like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  requests for tours" before they even started marketing it. It's nice to see ... break, I took large bites out of the Big Apple on my two visits to New York City. While walking around the downtown area, my roommate took me to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  weather was a lot nicer for the football game than it was for the parade. I hope you had an umbrella, Mollie. (Yes, I decided to watch in on TV.) So I leave California on Saturday morning to enjoy the wonders of IAP

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  parents that entailed going to many malls and a bus tour. But for me that ... of using words to describe my project, here is a video I made! But for ... (think, the Harry Potter Chapter written by an AI) to write the code for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  community on a regular (enough) basis. but i have to leave early for an event ... nicer to myself for needing to take things at a slower pace sometimes. i ... existential crisis about whether my plans for next year are going to work out or

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  relationship; in fact, I think it was incredibly good for me to be in it. I ... ="Note that I plan to be single for the next however many months or years or ... 92 days. Lately everyone seems to be asking me how I am. Are you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  that because it'd be funny to write a serious justification for whatever ... their stores, so I’d imagine it’s important for them to capture the ... . Props to the Coop for taking a chance on my ugly, yet endearing, creation.

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025