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• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  …[B]ut string dozens of great events together, and none of them would stand out. Nothing would be particularly life-changing, nothing would be particularly memorable. Until eventually, my standards raise to the point that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  of high school was one of the worst years of my life so far. I had a ... now this guilt of feeling suicidal because my life was supposedly very ... chapter of my life was finally done. Like a weight was taken off and I never

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  build a life after." I said sure, and she wrote this post. I had planned ... . at the end of high school — and honestly, for the majority of my life ... congratulated me, i ate my pizza, and life went on. the wait was AGONY. i am

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any sort of…

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

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  that just isn’t true. I’m not going to irreparably damage my life even if ... now. I could very well dedicate my life to, say, research debt. I could ... Lagi na lang pumapalya Always second In the race of life Left behind, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  falling farther and farther behind on things until i panic and get my life

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  yeah so i guess i’m joining the “what i’m doing this IAP” bandwagon—in the month-long lull that is IAP, there isn’t much to talk about besides what you’re doing with…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  yourself with, because right now in your life SO MUCH is going to change SO ... (2012) Here is my deep life advice, for the next week and forever after

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  entire life, and I was angry about all of it. I’m never angry. I took a box ... relationship until now. We talked about our families. We talked about life. And

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Is it a video? two assignments from two classes

  

  in life do you get that kind of live feedback. Additionally, your

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  Today is August 31st, the final day of REX, but I’m writing this from the comforts of home in Seattle, more than three thousand miles away from MIT. I’m slowly…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  interesting short story and accompanying life lesson, or end it with advice he

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  life is very, very good.

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Nothing is perfect… and it doesn’t matter a guest post by Tommy A. '21

  

  I rolled out of bed at 8:30am last Friday and raced to Pappalardo. 23 Pappalardo is a gigantic course 2 lab/workshop that fills the bottom of building 3. It's also…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • May 6, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

    Centimeters to Inches   Peering out of the plane’s window, a shy, tanned girl arrived looking from left to right trying to find something she’d recognize.   But the…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  My parents tell me that when I was two years old, Tarzan was my favorite movie. If I saw or heard anything Tarzan-related, I’d beg them to let me watch…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  Hiiiii allll!!! It's been far too long since my last post! Let me update you on my life since October! First, I've passed every class that I've finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me tears of pure joy

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  ’s a skill you will have to use for the rest of your life. And I know

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  to spend those 12 units on Life, instead. And to us that means being

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018