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• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to ... my seven a.m. flight to DCA, which is one of three airports that serves ... propped up against my airplane tray table and spent the hour between Boston

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  View my 2020 resolutions and 2021 resolutions. There were some 2020 ... Bunny in concert this year! I've already written extensively about my ... to these concerts. Squat my weight - Incomplete. I found out I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  of my friends and I rented an apartment in Central Square, Cambridge ... Nero. My internship was remote, so I often worked at Caffe Nero and did groceries during my lunch break to stretch out my legs. During one of my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  that require action on my part"]zero[/annotation] responsibilities at MIT for the first time ever in my 3+ years here. The early-mid-late-semester Stress that normally [annotation note="I really need to work on my posture

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  As my second semester at the Institute draws to a close, I've been reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various ... language, Scratch was an invaluable stepping stone in my journey to pursuing

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should ... to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and shoes that cost less combined. My hair fades ... big and loud when… … I go to CVS with my partner and hand my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should ... to follow up by mailing a fee waiver to us. Q: I am taking my tests ... happens? Should I unrank MIT or withdraw my application? A: If your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  There's a story my mother likes to tell about the time, soon after I began first grade, she received a polite but concerned note from my teacher. Evidently, when my time to show-and-tell had arrived, I read aloud

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  my CPW as an admitted pre-frosh, and I had a conversation with myself at my hotel before checking in at CPW. Did I really want to go to MIT? Was it the place that I understood it to be? My 1st choice? A place that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  Chicago, you see, and I was still wearing my uniform--polo shirt and plaid ... "yay" around my house after I had opened the web page notifying me that I ... , and it has nothing to do with the fact that the word contains my name, I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  'm hunched over on the airport floor. My eyes are glazed with the exhausting combination of spending quality time with my family/staying up late talking to ... entirely tuned out my surroundings when a thirty-something-ish man steps over

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  got an e-mail from my labmate Jacqueline '07, who's working at NIST this ... from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Anna's Taqueria at all. 3. My turkeys. My work with Bayer Crop

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  I know I just wrote an entry about grad school interviews, but my ... a little more about the process that is consuming my life. Grad ... so many great people on my interview trips, and some of them have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  I've gotten a few questions lately about my activities -- why I do what I'm doing and such -- so I thought I'd clue you all in on my raison ... , a theatre/band/choir star in high school. I was the only person in my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  January 2002, which was before I was here... but my sophomore year I ... similar amounts of laziness but fewer of my friends on campus), tons of fun stuff is going on, and all my friends at other schools are going to class

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  term, my body can't normally sleep more than 8.5 hours in a night even if ... prefers 9 or 9.5. Ah, the mysteries of life. Also, during term, my body is ... : - Played with my eight year-old brother - Watched most of the complete series

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  This Monday, as many Mondays go, felt like a terrible start to my ... like 5 hours of sleep from making my  [annotation note="Cell Biology"]7 ... "]Canvas[/annotation] did not respond after my 10th page refresh. I do not have a propensity

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several months. It was my first time living alone, actually alone, without anyone ... driving a flathead screwdriver between my eyebrows. I didn't get up. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  foresight to grind a Duolingo course on the flight there, my half ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... item. I was determined not to use Google Translate, in part because my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024