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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn't get that much out of ... was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this ... qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Kekka dake da! "Only the results remain!"

  

  don't really know why I introduced my post like this, but this dude ... "lightening the load" and how you can choose to overexert yourself but don't ... fairly difficult classes! Perfect! I don't need anything else!  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • March 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  have pretty reliable email delivery, but just in case some of you didn't ... application yet. But don’t worry! We know this may be for reasons out of your ... the ApplyWithUs system. If your recommendation(s) still haven’t been

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

    Christina T., Me, Erica D., and Jen L. representing MIT in Florence!   So I don't know if you could tell, but I was teaching in ... taught, but the ones I learned. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧           1. Don't worry

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... I skip pistol class to fly to Los Angeles (don't worry, Mike is cool ... period and couldn't bear the thought of going to class. So, unable to face

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  ’t think I had much chance at getting into the Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) or Wind Ensemble (MITWE), and I didn’t want to bother ... them. I knew I didn’t stand a chance of getting in, but I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack Safari I sneak around taking pictures and videos at night.

  

  installing solar panels on the dome in order to conserve energy while the T ... derailed the T and smashed it into the dome in order to destroy its newly ... maddened drivers of the T and prevailed in the name of energy! Then they

  • by Snively '11
  • April 28, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  I wouldn't have it any other way. Really, my only complaint is that I haven't had all that much time to blog lately. Which isn't to say I haven't ... Internet. Doesn't that make you feel special? ;) Seriously though. As May 1

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  my 2.001 lecture. You see the double-angle formulas, don’t you? Yuck. After that, I was working on my 2.001 pset, which thankfully didn’t cover ... method was completely wrong. Don’t you hate those moments? In other news

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  , playing two choruses of "We Are The Engineers" while spelling out M - I - T ... don't hold each other to very high standards of playing. 9. Apparently ... . We haven't decided what though. Caroline '08, trombone, suggested that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  , etc., those just aren’t as represented in this blog. Also, the idea is ... each other throughout the different days… so just don’t think too much ... contact lenses] T: I have a 9:30 AM on wednesdays and fridays... otherwise

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  you get in but your friend doesn't; or when you get in, but your arch-rival doesn't, and then they start talking shit about you; or, especially, when ... haaaaaaated dealing with this stuff in high school, or rather, I wasn't very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  might be nice to my face, but I know they were secretly upset. They didn’t ... spectacular that others might want it, and isn’t that a boastful claim to make? And isn’t it presumptuous of me to assume someone else’s underlying

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and shoes that cost less combined. My hair fades ... customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young-looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  . Don't ask me why; I don't like being busy, but here I am enjoying myself ... remember exactly where I was and how I reacted. I don't mean to compare ... , Michael Jackson's dead!" I thought they were joking, and didn't acknowledge

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  I didn't mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some ... . Don't save all your work for the night before it's due. Seriously ... allowances made for extraordinary circumstances - but you shouldn't rely on it

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  pesky rocks I couldn't quite reach, the same steps that left me resigning ... . By then, I had convinced myself that my one, initial success didn't ... friend had been watching from a distance; I wasn't the only one who was

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  wish I had no work today i don't feel like doing schoolwork anymore. not that my classes aren't interesting, because they are! i love thinking about interpreters and category theory. but i don't want to do actual work

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  outcome. I don’t think I did enough, despite knowing that I pushed myself to ... out of things so much. I shouldn’t have felt guilty when I needed to take a break. I shouldn’t have scared myself out of opportunities to meet

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  one So I left, that is it That's my life, nothing is sacred I don't ... people graduated a couple weeks ago and i didn’t feel as sad i was supposed to. “supposed to”, i guess, i don’t know what that even means. when i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020