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• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  shaped how I move through the world, as you may have seen in my blog posts ... think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is ... adaptation that premiered this past Monday. I had a watch party at my house

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  if rupi kaur went to mit milk and funny

  

  _hidden]every time i get an email from you my heart skips a beat how i wish you would say those three little words three little words to change my life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 2, 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 ... let me watch it. Realizing my obsession wasn't going away, they hid the ... . Almost every summer, my sister and I tackle a new ropes course. Although I

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

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  waiting (not scrolling on my phone or talking to someone, but just existing ... true, but also if I leave my mind to its own devices, I often descend ... . So I've developed some go-to time-burners to get my mind on something

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... total of 22 times, alongside my teammates Daniel A. '21 and Antonio B. '22 ... Beast, Slugfest, etc. To my knowledge, this is Hex's first year competing

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  , presentations, you name it. Plus basketball practices started Monday. My Google ... my window and saw some pretty trees. Thus began an afternoon solo ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  my freshman year. And just as the skyline looked different at every ... buildings, filling my room with an early morning serenity. More often than not

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... my Sundays have been renamed “Day of 6.009 Office Hours.” 6 ... more ways than simply discussing the readings of Gandhi on campus. My

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  grappling with the fact that i'm leaving this place and my friends in less than a year. this is my class schedule: i'm taking two econ classes ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  've overcome" essay 10:17 Just breeeeeathe Some of my favorite blog posts about ... .org/blogs/entry/how-to-write-a-college-essay https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/what-my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  last friday a lot of my friends walked at commencement after a speech ... -- "my" class -- carries a lot of people who taught me how to care, how to ... for their last exams, and suddenly my room was packed and i was on a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  <-> Bay Area wormhole. So, here's a quick overview of what my ... 'm there often enough that I keep spare Cardinal gym passes in my wallet (as ... students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  morning room sounds get your headphones

  

  an uninterrupted 20 minutes, approx. 9 am, my room on the fifth floor of east campus: outside sounds, sink sounds, door sounds, my sounds use headphones for maximum sense of transported-ness   The ear

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  classes per semester. My entire time at MIT I've been fighting off this imposter syndrome feeling. I've tried to shift my focus from what grades I get relative to my peers onto whether or not I'm taking full advantage

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  this: (shoutout to my mom, who taught me that you can use applesauce ... the theme of communications systems, i'm also going to show off my final project for 6.111 (introductory digital systems lab) from last semester. my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  degrees and sunny. That basically sums up my prior experience with ... bought my first umbrella and poncho, in the event that rain, sleet, snow ... had my umbrella in hand, poncho over my backpack. I was ready to conquer

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  catching up on my movie/book/TV show list fell by the wayside. Not to mention writing and casual vlogging. But my friends and I have managed to get out ... meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  curiosity. Below are some Highlights of my October, occasionally enhanced ... two minutes away from my dorm! Chomsky is quite the prominent figure. He ... to the famous scholar: * My recently added Humanities course, 24

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... want to see more Inktober things, feel free to scroll through my Twitter

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  ’t perfect (*gasp*). The Common Application and MyMIT both experience “glitches ... . Last fall, my parents, teachers, and friends all provided feedback and support. At least six different people reviewed my main college essay

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014