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• Blog / MIT Life

  Aisumasen, Yoko San Aisumasen (Apologetics).

  

  person on Earth that I would have my first weblog entry up this week ... Hampshire to discover that my laptop, where I store one bazillion pictures of myself doing entertaining things (and about twenty pictures of my friends

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  stressful experience of my whole time at MIT. It turns out that there's more ... , my PI of three years made a suggestion. He wanted to nominate me for a UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  My old computer and I had a complicated relationship. We spent three years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life. I bought my computer off eBay in 2015, right before going off to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  to MIT. my photo album conveniently lists them in chronological order ... last year from my dorm in the west side of campus to my classes in the ... note="my bed was cozier"]lectures and recitations[/annotation], but i did

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  I still retain something from my contest math days and can totally do ... my MEng next semester, and I do not want to be taking 102 units, and I ... vaguely want to shake my fist at the sky and ask what I did wrong to deserve

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  own and their home and I continue to trek along my MIT path, closer to ... my feet to quickly realize that I don't know much of anything, really ... 's and F's. And so I cursed computer science while hissing underneath my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  in the middle of my time in the GEL program and contemplating my ... in my last entry, the InternshipPlus is a requirement for GEL students ... . About a week later, I wrote an initial report to describe not only how my

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  here's a blogpost from my friend julia! Hey! My name is Julia Pockat ... disorder awareness week, so I wanted to take some time to share my story. Before I start I want to thank Cami Meija for hosting my guest post! This

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

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  didn't know how to respond. My mom pulled me out of school after that ... principal," my mom muttered under her breath. She turned to me. "You let me ... killed herself." My mom found out about this and decided to switch schools

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  best universities in my country. However, I want to study aerospace ... tourists, and therefore, studying this career in my homeland is like making a cake withou flour. So, I had to apply to a college abroad, and MIT was my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  with my dorm being offline due to renovation: find another dorm on campus ... . cooking for myself, on the other hand, is easy, fun, and just better for my body. woo! with this cook-for-yourself constraint, my options were New

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Cooking with Cami learning to adult part 1

  

  all my first year of MIT. I had made promises to earlier, but never really fulfilled it, relying on my friends and my boyfriend, as well as a nice Snackpass ambassadorship, for sustenance. Now, living on my own

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 Resolutions posting so i can be held accountable

  

  I actually really enjoy it and seeing my progress. Since I've been ... grades very soon. get a summer internship You can see my internship freakouts in my last post. read at least 5 books Fun fact: I don't read a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my entire life: my family’s house in Los Angeles (one week and 18 years ... right now. My guiding culinary principle is “Keep calm and add

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  -planning, promise-making, and more personal resolutions than all of my New Years ... to become the model student I felt pressure to be, but my plans never materialized and my daily calendar just symbolically slouched untouched in the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  although I would like to be comforting: 1) I worry that my words will feed ... share my personal system for dealing with nerves; I do acknowledge that ... worst possible scenario. Acknowledging this weakness, my system is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  . After that, I dedicated all of my time to studying for the 8.02 exam that was held 7:30 that night. I finished around 9:15, got back to my room ... did not get much sleep Thursday night. At all. Then I got my 8.02 test

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven't woken up naturally in a while, so this is a nice change. i blink at the brightness of my room -- my ... of the time. instead of reaching for my phone like i normally do, i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m Still Here (for now) quick reflections on the last ten years

  

  more times than I can count, whether by car or bus or plane or train. My ... from me, taking the rest of my life with it. For some holidays, my mom ... , and for the first time in my life, I learned to fly alone. I’d grip my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we ... me, many times over. It turns out local graduates in my field are

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025