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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  and expenses, and I stressed about the rest of my life. In September ... what I want to do later in life, and luckily I have the time to do that ... experience under my belt. But for now, it's back to the life of a student.

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  world around youRemind yourself of the fragility of lifeRemember others

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  yeeting classes bye

  

  ever take a class that inspires one of these lists? things I could be doing instead of this class: reading The New Yorker talking about reading The New Yorker so…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  the joys and frustrations of 6.009 this class will be the death of me, and i love it

  

  " can actually influence people's life choices and how they feel about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 4, 2019
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  Since its founding in 1861, MIT has been a special place for Technology⁠07 In fact, MIT in the early twentieth century was often referred to as simply 'Technology.' to flourish.…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  activity and had probably never ran more than a mile in my life. Imagine how

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys taught children to spring from the blue-colored cement roofs onto the fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we’re still heads-down reading applications and meeting in committee. No final decisions for Early Action have been made. We’ll release…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  Heyo everyone! It’s Mimi again! I recently became a member of MIT’s Educational Studies Program, a student group that runs a variety of educational events such as Splash, Spark, Cascade,…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  promising youngsters those who will prove best qualified for any given life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January in Paris and two weeks of speaking French

  

  had been working for her entire life. Star dancers are nominated about

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  I switch between saying I study "computer science" or "math" but neither one can hide that I usually live my life lost in abstract-land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  ...later in life, ESFJs continue to enjoy supporting their friends and loved ... think about how these “traits” map to your life and how you act, and even

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  class doesn’t get too abstract and is directly applicable to real life ... , THINKING, DOING (OR NOT): ETHICS IN YOUR LIFE Class Info and (sort of ... . Like 24.03 and 24.191, it helps you rethink life. However, unlike the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  are no good analogies to real life. Sometimes you get stuck rereading a ... have been pretty absent from the blogs--life update coming soon--but I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  story, if one at all. But, life was continuing to move on. In the Spring ... you on my life now, through a list of successes, this time, by my own

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  's questions: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015

  

  2015 has had its ups and downs for pretty much everyone on planet earth. From little victories to large setbacks, everybody's gone through something. As we move onto 2016, I like to think about what in my own life the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2015