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• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  I believe the saying goes “everything was all good just two weeks ago.” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago.…

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  dismantling freshmen’s assumptions that I have my life figured out. (I don ... about the meaning, purpose, goal, and direction of my life. Nowadays ... that I don’t have to figure every part of my life instantly.      My

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  an eye, it has disappeared from my life. My grief is immeasurable; my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  The Bebras Computing Challenge (American homepage, international homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more than…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT-and-the-firehose-oh-havent-you-missed-me-dearly kind of back-to-school welcome. Before having much time to recharge from my summer travels — I was home briefly on 3…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  mit is sunny and then rainy and then sunny again –   two weeks ago i was leaving seattle, thinking about summertime and trying not to be anxious about returning…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  in my life that I experienced the feeling of IT ME. I have also been ... my low-key fangirling), Jess, me living my best life, and King of the ... but instead it fell right next to my feet, I live a charmed life. 4

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  I wouldn’t be able to continue this “always being social” life style ... increase in social life and decrease in hard focuses on studies my first ... semester at MIT, and I think the problem with this type of life was that I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Chinua Achebe Summer 2016     New Reads: The Immortal Life ... Asian American author) The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot ... rolled into one. This man lived an incredible life in ridiculous conditions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student Jeremy R. ’16 with a link to a new McDonald’s commercial for their new Suction Tube for Reverse…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  you tend to notice and find significant in life are partly reflective of ... feel amazed by my life some days, and others I could be hit by a truck ... consistently interesting my life here should be. Some amount of excitement is

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  The blogs have been quiet lately. Summer is ending, freshman are arriving on campus, upperclassmen are returning to campus, admissions officers are preparing for the admissions cycle (sort of like…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  resources for one family. So I guess I’m adjusting to suburban life: surprise ... ’m 3 times more confused about life goals. Every class adds new ... assortment of interests and idols isn’t much help for figuring out life. I know

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Soymilk 豆浆

  

  Yesterday I was at the grocery store. I needed to get soymilk, because it is lent and I am fasting. I try to fast like my father does, the Ethiopian…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  Around 7:15 this evening, it started snowing in Cambridge.   While heading back to my dorm, I ran into Kevin. The both of us being from California, we were ecstatic…

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  I hate going to the hospital. Yes, hospitals help people. Most nurses and doctors are nice and have your best interest in mind. But hospitals can also drive you cRaZy.…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  I wanted to give everyone an update on our campaign to feed the homeless that I started with my friends last month. On November 11, 2015, Veteran’s Day and the last day…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  I've spent the past few days untangling my personal life, which has ... external markers to highlight the success of one's life. Either way, I ... nights painting. For me, it's necessary. private/public (space, life

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Uncreative Post with an uncreative title

  

  of its own because it has been life-changing. I am no longer a ... realized that mathematics had little application to my life plan. I love it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  the knowledge that life after MIT is filled with rainbows, unicorns (and ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about ... life. It was during this class that I met a group of graduate students

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014