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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  with the hubbub of CP✱, this year's iteration of CPW, and my general ... of proof-of-concept for both my planning methods and the distance ... go. Sunday, April 18th, 2021, 8:15 AM, Next House I fill up my water

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... 't even know why I'm awake this early. My earliest class today is 2:30 PM ... on the dining table. I check my email, and then Messenger, then Discord

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  It's official: my first semester at MIT is over. After finishing four finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... that weren't enough, my parents, who have always been incredibly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision ... wrote: "I was wondering whether phone interviews are accepted, since my ... my school's programming and quiz team at certain competitions called

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  kind of fiddling with my spring semester schedule here and there. It ... document my thoughts of each class as this week goes on because I usually ... , therefore doing the bare minimum and using PNR to my full ability. Now, I don

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT, Medicine, and Success from Any School thirteen years in a thousand words

  

  ='With the late Suzanne Corkin as my advisor, who led the research on the famous HM case, which is what spurred my interest in neuroscience in the ... moments free from anxiety about posting slices of my life to the public

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • January 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after my last class of the day, that tells me ... ) instead of my usual four or five. My other academic commitments are to work

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  for help when necessary. I’ve also learned a lot about my past, that my ... homework and thinking “what am I doing with my life?” It sounds ironic ... doodling on sticky notes when class got too confusing, pelting my friends

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  Mel: This is a guest post by my friend Mitali C. '24, a course 20 and ... went to the end of a T line was when some of my podmates and I went out ... my podmates; other times I feel frustrated at how few new things I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  sandy mountain ledge, a lesbian with hot dogs for fingers.  My younger ... come along, so I directed all my worry at her, peppering her with questions that thinly concealed my stress. “Do you think he was able to find

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  embarrassment that I haven't blogged in a while, BUT in my defense there has been endless things happening all at once. Most importantly: 1) I finished my internship. I finished my internship with Microsoft this past summer and got a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  previous posts, a significant portion of my free time through middle and high ... YouTube to practice dancing seemed like my best bet. as said in my ... dances became my favorite hobby, and eventually, I started filming videos

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  past At the beginning of the semester, upon looking at my overloaded schedule, pretty much every upperclassman I know (as well as my advisor) told ... . Still, though, I’m glad I did it. I learned the limits of how much my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  begin. I started with my bookshelf, since that seems to be where clutter ultimately accumulates. I unfolded a cardboard box, switched on my desk lamp ... bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20. This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning ... for my Science Writing class, taking field trips to MIT's Wallace

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  My summer internship ended on Friday, August 17. Today was the first ... wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... from THE SCHOOL YEAR is that my calendar looks blissfully white and empty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  decision applications to college, and, for many of my senior friends, applications to graduate schools and fellowships. My stress falls mainly under ... resolved to spend every waking hour of my weekend either studying for my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Nerd Camp tales from TDI

  

  glasses cleaner and wax for my braces. While other kids did their fifth ... to enter the 6th grade, my mom got a flier for something called the ... 't know what my talents or gifts might be, but I went anyway because hey

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  my seat – and delivered a full serenade. Some knelt down, some held ... delight of everyone else. Before I deliver some love messages of my own, I ... GLANCE AT ANNA'S RIDICULOUS THURSDAY 12:48am: Finish my 8.022 (Electricity

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  movie/drama/DDR marathon! So I found my friends Tuesday and asked, "Have ... 's my chance to STUDY!" "I have some major catching up to do!" "AHHHHH evil physics test on Thursday!" "I am locking myself in my room and never

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009