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• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  , anxious, and i could hear, audibly, my heartbeat ringing in my ears. my psychiatrist says that it could be because i'm processing my trauma. or it could ... do in the waking world, because i was overwhelmed, and because in my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  sets and early morning rowing practices. I’m excited to see my friends and my teammates who are also my friends, I’m excited for my classes, I ... first time! While most of my friends have been back in Boston for at least

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines ... can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been ... point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  : elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... 've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my ... to dumb it down make it my own. Here's the week-long process, in photos

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  my family has migrated every winter for more than a decade. It ... am working on my novel, or making a sad attempt to work on my novel ... us. We are flying back from Thanksgiving break with my family in Myrtle

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  current feelings to a personified July. Because of my summer class (to be ... presentations), I currently have fancy Adobe software on my computer like ... in my 30 day trial period to tinker around and make a couple videos for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  then, haha) My experiments are working! And as a result, I'm about to ... my current streak of lab luck. After my blog last week, both Chris and ... above comic goes to Paul Vallett) Other random updates about my life: (1

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  facebook and my two teenagers, I’d be hopelessly inept at water cooler ... around on my laptop and I came across a post on my facebook wall from one of my very successful female engineer friends. She is a highly

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  the Red Sox going to the World Series I lost my voice almost entirely ... changer. It's so bad that I almost fully convinced my mom over the phone that I've decided to live my life as a boy, and will be getting a court

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  ' nowhere. "Middle o' nowhere" being Lake City, Florida, where my dad recently ... joking - this is my father we're talking about. (Hi, Dad.) I drove back to ... you've discovered my secret: in addition to spending time at home with

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  halfway done with my Junior year, there are only 2 weeks left until Final ... waiting for my early action decision from MIT… *cue psychedelic time-traveling music and hand waving.* MIT was my top choice and applying early action

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  't sleepwalk your way to perfect grades anymore. My first semester at MIT, I realized just how meager my high school preparation had been. I had never ... upset when I got grades below 90; my first semester at MIT, I learned to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  The ADD recap of my Christmas break: Ohio. California. Maine. I am ... to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and ... sincerely apologize for the large size of my blog banner. Holy cow. To be

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I'd leave you with a little musical treat that I received in my inbox this ... live with thermo by my side. Then I spend so many nights getting all the

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began ... around the city for a while. Wandering around Boston is one of my favorite ... dangerous activity. I lived in DC the summer after my freshman year here, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  , what could we do?) Today, the MyMIT Portal team had our weekly meeting ... of my old college friends who are writers, and two quick web searches turned up great news for both of them. My Baker House dormmate Dylan

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  A parent posted a great comment on my last entry, with too much to ... two reasons I wrote my last entry. The first is, to be quite truthful ... second reason, though, is personal. The summer program I went to changed my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  For most of my adolescence, my bedroom was painted as close as I could get to black without my parents becoming upset with me, and an ... shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  ! Since I started college, my go-to fun fact when introducing myself is that ... away from this hobby. Now as I am starting my fourth year at MIT as a [annotation note="Essentially, I am starting my MEng in EECS while completing a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It ... get my act together before the semester starts on Tuesday.  The last time I wrote a blog post was July 2020, when I had just defended my own

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025