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• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  the new application season for the Class of 2010. My first Admissions ... will include a brief recap of my time in Asia, a Questions Omnibus, a ... questions for my first post-Asia Questions Omnibus?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I love my classes, I have great mentors, I love my jobs, I have great ... and things that make me happy, I still found myself sobbing my eyes out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  Note: So, you may or may not have noticed that my name is ~different~ next to my little blogger face up there. For the record, I am still Caroline P., but all my friends at MIT call me Powers (which is my last name

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  an anime fan’s dilemma am I a weeb? please GOD say yes

  

  with quarantine prompting my former weeb tendencies to resurface, I've started to think about how my relationship to it has changed. Guys, I ... God[/annotation] and playing Anime Music Quiz with my high school

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  Since January, I've been having a sort of crisis about my place at MIT. I realized I've been learning wrong my entire life, or at least ... joke about my work ethic being poor. I use phrases like "No, I'm just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  brainstorming speeches. As a senior, I wanted my last IAP to be truly memorable ... settling on my final topic. I asked myself if there is one person I could talk about until the end of time, and my answer was Julia Child. Julia

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  . ------------------------------------- A few people wrote in asking if I accept personal email and what my ... post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your ... "what are my chances" questions. I simply can't answer them on a case

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  ="attachment_116780" align="aligncenter" width="225"] my scrungly boy ... grade, filled with sketches, diary entries, and brainstorming. My most ... notes from all my classes, doodles from any TTRPGs I happen to be playing

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  City Strangers a comic

  

  text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very ... ’re leaving me behind.  The moments where my life crosses yours may be fleeting, but I'll try to find my peace in this sprawling city, in you.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  everything my class has missed out on. A lot of things still aren't the same as ... : walking through the infinite on my way to class, studying in Hayden library ... , go to my 18.600 lecture, then to [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Last Times waving goodbye to my MIT experience

  

  things that I had done for the last time that I hadn't realized. My last ... to the last times in my life, especially because I've realized recently ... passed away suddenly, and it shook me to my core that the last time I would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  my life was on pause but also on an infinite loop. I didn't like LA, in ... forever. This summer, I've been much more satisfied with my life than I ... because I like my software job much more than I expected. I haven't figured

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  I've always been very open and honest with my struggles with computer science in an effort to document my journey through this twisty and windy ... process it. In December, I dual booted my laptop to run both Windows and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz ... did all my homework) was only just beginning! It was wildly beautiful up there, so I wanted to share some pictures from my trip. I assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in ... confidence and about twenty copies of my refurbished resume, and proceeded to visit all the freshman-friendly companies and shower copies of my resume

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick ... York City" I AM DONE. Not only with my exams, but freshman year in ... this much intensity. For the first time, I feel like my life is sort of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  Part 2/2 documenting my Italy IAP trip :) Enjoy! Day 15: A magical ... internationals at my hostel. More churches and panoramic views, but this time ... semester’s upcoming schedule). It was one flaw of my packed technical

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... follows the same schedule, here is a look back on last Friday. 8:37 - My ... likely. My pantry of food resembles that of the Soup Nazi. Anyways, I grab

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion activities. This, my friends, is what we call "froshy". Like most frosh, I ... my professors were fantastic, nor were all my UROPs great, nor did

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my ... you were to talk to my friends or family, they would say that I am

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014