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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  . (See this article, one of my all-time favorite Tech columns.) One of the ... all day, I got bored in third grade and started reading books inside my ... fond memories of my 18.02 study group doing psets freshman year while

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my hottest STEM takes actively starting internet wars

  

  I famously have perfect taste, and with little to do over the summer, I'm left to just sit around and ponder endlessly, refining my taste ... recursion unless it's by accident If I just so happen to have my natural

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • July 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  them!) and my (incomplete) list of 10 books for this coming summer ... more like 20, on my list, so that I always have back-ups whenever one of ... there...my freshman year roommate really recommended it though so maybe I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  Overall, everything’s good so far. The heavy work schedule over IAP was helpful, because now I’m fine with getting up for morning classes :-) A couple of classes I’m paying…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My first real internship

  

  Quick, what does an atom bomb, the plural form of a famous Texas battle, and hiking have to do with each other? hmmm… If you guessed “Blowing up the alamo…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  that one of our friends took, but these classes are not offered

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  amazing!! We wrote about seeing our friend's gallery here! Art Scholars From

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ... I'd share my thoughts with you. Things I am excited about: my new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing ... the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... head-on shot of my desk. It's the place that I store my most important

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LOOK AT MY NOTION!!!!!! 🌱 my notion is very pretty. i spent 5 entire days on it so pls notice…

  

  bonus: my pinterest page for notion pictures [carousel image1="108314" image2="108315" image3="108316" image4="108317" image5="108322" image6="108323" image7="108318" image8="108319" image9="108320" image10

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

    [caption id="attachment_104348" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE requirement[/caption] [caption id="attachment_104349" align="aligncenter" width

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  As regular readers of this blog know I love to bike. It's my primary ... - my 401(k) is more conservatively invested than my grandmother's, who ... from near my home about 7 miles to campus. I get a nice view, I get to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  If there's one thing I am utterly terrible at, it is prioritizing. My ... pressing Ideas Of The Now pop into my head. Today, the pecking order ascended ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  world with the same eyes. Mine work just like yours do. My sun is yellow ... entry is about showing you the scratches on my mind, what makes me the person I am. So when you look through my mind and see MIT, you'll know why

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  awesome, so go read it! Secondly: Some of you may have read my blog post about my bike accident. In it, I talked about how my internal dialogue immediately after my accident was all about trying to figure out the physics of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  . Throughout my entire time in high school, I used to complain to my math teacher ... even have decided to change my primary major from physics to mathematics ... got my first problem set back, and I got a 79! I never got a score that

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  It snowed on Saturday. Here’s what I woke up to on Sunday. needs more l o o m i n g  s h a d o w and weather-dirtied window…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My advisor won $3 million Unraveling the mysteries of the universe, and helping Anna make life choices

  

  been my advisor for about a year. He told me to call him Alan. During ... hardcore physics magic. He seemed genuinely invested in my interests, though ... we could actually get to all my questions. There’s now an e-mail thread

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  sure. For example, on my first test of the year I got two standard deviations below average (7/20). That's bad. That's solid F territory. My ... until late November, my very last test of the semester. It's one thing to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  their MyMIT portal today, including: Class of 2010 Guestbook. Sign in ... , such as the MIT 2010 LiveJournal, Xanga, and MySpace communities. CPW ... next Tuesday! Also currently on MyMIT you'll find your financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006