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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  (For those who don't know/can't figure out, "Camberville" is a ... her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I'd make the trek out to Davis Square via the T (the Boston subway line). The

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . Please don't worry, and there's no need to call the office for at least ... mit domain (mit.edu), but please don't email me with any variations of "what are my chances" questions. I simply can't answer them on a case

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  'm having to study quite a bit because I haven't learned anything about plants ... ! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  tried to impress! Damn. +++++ In hindsight, I couldn’t have guessed in ... as proud of you the same way, ever again.  You won’t know how this feels until it happens to you.  So while you shouldn’t tolerate bad

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  23andme happy new year

  

  me, I won't review the past year on here, but I made a Substack post ... want to improve into a few goals. Like, I haven't been eating well and ... could improve", that would probably not bode well for my future. I don't

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  every class i went to during the first week of fall all *checks notes* twelve of them

  

  remember. I don't know if this class will ever be that exciting to me ... . I didn't really intend on taking this class. It's an interesting topic ... . Plus, my friends Deniz, An Bo, and Grace are in it, so I don't have to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  at least it’s not covid sick day

  

  ? i legitimately didn't know, as i haven't had to miss school due to ... to trigger vomiting. but i haven't had a cold in years, let alone one ... 've gone to a medlink, if it was worse. how much worse, though? i don't know

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  to see what changed for me and what didn't. Here are some things I did ... -choosing, etc. I didn't have time to finish my poster at that session but it lived ... , which is pretty special"]painting my door;[/annotation]it isn't done yet

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that ... six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one...you don't feel ... months before you say Eleven when they ask you. And you don't feel smart

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met you But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you And I'd probably ... "]--[/annotation] High school was hard for me. I poured a lot of energy into things I didn't

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  little about Seattle that I don't like. I love the weather that never ... ="54230" /] I feel very strongly about Seattle in a way that I haven't felt about ... my life was on pause but also on an infinite loop. I didn't like LA, in

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

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  I felt the sudden urge to write something tonight. I wasn’t sure what ... something along those lines. I can’t remember the exact wording, because I was ... note="I'm old"]selling landline phones to the masses[/annotation]. I wasn’t

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  -wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... Memorial Drive side instead of Amherst Alley because I don't quite grasp the ... 's quiet and it smells a little funny. I don't feel very different. If I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... , acknowledging that I wouldn't be able to attend that morning; Ashley has a rule that if we don't show up for the warm-up, we can't get credit for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  random new city (or country) sometimes alone. This probably won't help much ... connection). Sometimes the last item isn't as readily available (especially if you are in another country or remote area) so don't be disappointed if

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  ’ve ever had… ever. I can’t exactly pinpoint anything in particular (aside ... middle of finals week, so I wasn’t as gung-ho about my classes, but still ... ’ll change our lives (don’t lie, you know you loved Everything Is Illuminated

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  -esque level of social awkwardness isn't - but even some of that praise verges on ... record straight: that hasn't happened. And it wasn't a requirement to get here in the first place. But what about those other qualities that aren't

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  was wrong. Well, not about doing ok, because MIT hasn't completely ... second test wasn't much better (9/20) but was within a point of average ... a standard deviation below. I didn't actually score average on a test

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  straight up bio, and in which I had some preexisting interest. I didn't ... lab that I didn't need to graduate, who TAed a robotics class ... track that I was on when I came in, by default, and it wasn't a lifestyle

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  all levels of preparation. I've known people whose schools didn't offer calculus, people whose schools didn't offer physics...obviously the people ... . From Jinjin: I don't know how much you know about this, but can you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007