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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  she has four years of life experience on me and everyone around us. She ... as it is now. Getting adjusted to fully in-person life on campus, meeting new people, keeping up a social life, going out on weekends... all

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  I love memes. I can’t help it—I’m a Gen Z’er, so I grew up on the Internet with meme classics like Nyan Cat and Gangnam Style. Memes play a vital…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  ’ve tried regularly working out at many points in my life, and this summer was ... ="68320" /] Cooking  Cooking was a reminder of the monotony of my life, so I tried to ... , extracurriculars, personal goals, and a social life to water and maintain. This year

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  “live life with no regrets”? one interpretation of the phrase is that you ... boston. it is okay that i haven’t been super involved in campus life. it is ... to properly manage work-life balance — but it has been 18 months since

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster. Waste hours for fun,…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  I’m a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors of varying cultures. The dorm is being renovated starting next year, and although I’ll [hopefully]⁠02 I really don't…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Last Minute Rehearsal music in the time of corona

  

  struggles in her life up to that point, and how through the hardest of times

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  will not be able to experience ever again in my undergraduate life here

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

   doing instead of living." I felt like the best way to approach life was to fill it ... , to take up space in my life. I want it and love it for itself, not just ... didn't realize that I didn't really believe it, because I made my life

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  hike and bike and UROP. I'm resolving to document my life offline a ... record of my life, I think I'll be able to write better and write more

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness of MIT’s partnership with/acceptance of money from Shell and other companies which are, uh, potentially accelerating…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] Those Kids in Uniform Everything you didn't ask to know about ROTC

  

  amazing program and a huge part of my life. However, it’s hard to understand ... an Air Force base learning the daily life of an officer, to spending an

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  I guess there are some things in life you can’t control. For me (and ... ’s just the way life is. In the search for meaning amid my own pretty ... twist behind my back, I thought my life was over. Not being able to walk

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  challenges of your life so far, and a sense of numb, "is that it?" malaise that ... , or later in life, just know that it is a process, and it takes time ... for the rest of your life. Here is a small piece of advice I want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  to difficult problems on the fly. It was cool to meet real-life

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  feel all the feels like walking around with a soundtrack to life (shout

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  , exams, deadlines, job-hunting, thinking about post-grad life, skating ... breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  …Don’t they have bootcamp or something? *written by Karen C. ’20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal – MIT is…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  teaching us not only good engineering practices, but some life lessons along

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  of your biggest, most consequential life decisions—your priorities ... life-changing as you make it.       Waiting for ... world a better place.   So here is my deep life advice, for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018