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• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  .735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS requirement, and my second writing class at MIT. 4.440: Basic Structural Design ... runs until March 17. Oddly my largest class (like 70 people showed up

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really ... Engineering), so I converted one of my desks into a lab bench: When I took ... into getting electronics equipment of my own. In the very back of this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  Well, Parents Weekend was last weekend, but my mom is unconventional ... left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for ... just sounds cool.) My mom arrived in Boston at 5 PM, just in time to eat

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I'm glad everything has returned to normal. Maybe I'll actually have some time to blog next week

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  Responses to comments: Sam said: Laura, I can't make my lab printer ... Snively trying to come into my room, it's hilarious. I sometimes refer to the beads as my "Snively trap." Anonymous said: I'm sorry but I just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  into my CPW experience - boy, was it an experience!! Being the eager beaver I am, I decided to book my flight to CPW EARLY in the morning; 6:25 to be exact. Nonetheless, lady luck was NOT on my side Thursday morning

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  . ii. It’s my birthday today. It does not feel too different from any other days, except my boyfriend flew up from Georgia to see me. Later, I ... somebody else will take care of my life. iii. This is my theory about age

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  It's been a while since my last entry. Right now I'm visiting my mom ... . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... Southern-isms though. I remember that during some activity with my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  my pleasure to welcome you to Japan: the country of neon-lit karaoke ... ’t worry, ispace didn’t give up there. As part of my internship, I was ... -tall lander was actually built. Every day, I put on my lil' uniform consisting

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  When asked how their first shift went, most of my fellow EMT students ... uneventful." My 4 pm-11 pm shift this past Sunday agrees with about 2/3 of ... did enjoy my first shift), and no, there were no calls. It wasn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Hydranting My Spring Semester 5 stages of courseroad grief

  

  My mind has been struggling to internalize the scary fact that it ... drafts for a bit :')"]post-finals[/annotation]and thought I'd share my very ... effort to force myself to pick classes lol"]deciding my sophomore spring

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • March 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Decide my major! Because putting your future up for a democratic vote is clearly the way to go.

  

  declaring what I tentatively want to do with my life. This is terrifying. I have ~54% no idea what I want to with my life. Last week, I pretended I ... where you come in. Decide my fate! Vote what major Shannon should choose

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and ... . Today I used it to pry a Simmons window shut when the handle failed. My

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm graduating soon! At the end ... the precious status of MIT student - reflections on my experience over ... . This is post [annotation note="my goal is to cover the entire front page

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  : during my last therapy session, i asked my therapist about how i can go ... brought it up to my therapist, she seemed a little taken aback. "oh, i ... "]healthelife[/annotation] afterwards, i found it: my reaction: i thought i'd been self

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... myself to my clubs and obtain a high position; however, the one thing I felt like I couldn't control was my high school and honestly....... It

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  particularly grand style, but I do plan to give some of my friends heart ... -sets and chatting with hosed friends. Well…don’t take my word on that. Nah ... time writing new short stories, I saw and spent time with my mom. I hadn

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  'm referring to my 8.022 pset, my 18.03 pset, my big humanities paper, my 20 ... Thursday, after my classes were done for the day, I grabbed a few friends and headed over to Baker House to witness my very first Piano Drop

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  irrevocably changed in many ways (my meme game has improved exponentially), I am ... November, and I'm reminiscing about my own early action application. Here ... , asking which topic would best showcase my abilities, and promptly got

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019