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• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  not to stress. If you do find yourself getting stressed, take a step ... is supposed to be fun; don't let the application get you even before ... So many of you are starting off with college applications trying to

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  philosophy. And I won’t deny that progress can sometimes creep up on you. I am ... interminable, since in order to successfully win a game you have to get through ... recognizing and accepting that I can be really bad at things was one of the most

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  that if celestial bodies won't move for you, you can at least move your ... being. I can dream in black-and-white or in color, but not in black ... brainwashed you into buying Coca-Cola. Need I say more? 3.Slumdog Millionaire

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  MIT: Regressions, where I saw footage of Timothy Leary, the father of ... had written "Come Together" as a campaign song for Leary! Getting sucked ... in high school) and saw it as the album where the Beatles' sound grew

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Satisfaction New year= New opportunities/classes = Happy Kirsten

  

  But I figured that all of you would still enjoy reading about my classes ... of moving objects. Rolling, oscillating, and spinning. You name a ... Chemistry: Some of you might be confused as to why I'm taking this class, and

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  figured that I'd let you know what I'm taking this term, since some of you ... much computer clue as I'd like, and I'd like to get more. The technical ... the coffee, though I guess if you're a coffee drinker and don't manage

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  For those of you who commented in the last post or emailed me, thank you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading ... probably late October. Luckily, I've done so many of them, I can talk about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  Surgical Sciences Masters degree? Now you get it online from one of the best ... enter a university, much less a Masters program? No worries! Now you can ... citizens? You can do that online even if you’re six years old. How is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  until the end to see his really great advice for prefrosh! Melis: Can you ... prize was a very pleasant surprise. M: Can you give a little bit of ... that you’ll find someone who can teach you some new technique you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  ". On the second day we drove to the village Vík, where our hotel for the ... the town Höfn, where our hostel for the night was located; about halfway ... . On Day 5, we backtracked to Skaftafell, where we'd registered to take

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  it together yesterday morning, but I bet you can find it yourself if ... , are you even old enough to go to a bar?” (“Of course! barely.”) My ... the floor in a heap of mandibular disarray. #obliviouscodemonkey *I can

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  on time Tuesday morning, so I can't tell you about the tour of Boston ... Exponent, Inc. Novartis You can count six here. Six! They range from ... "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  while we watched the season 3 finale of The Amazing Race. As you can see ... and if you ever stole anything in your life, you should confess now, because Marilee Jones has magical glasses that can see into people's souls

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  ubiquitous this year, the dorm dining halls will have all-you-can-eat meals ... Baker Dining (where you were supposed to bring your own food to the dining ... There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining. You

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  it’s all in your head… And overnight, you learn that it’s “sleep inertia” and actually you can wake up so easily if you have those meds. I ... : From the way fat patients (like me) get denied appropriate care to how

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  You know, it’s not every day that a person chooses to move to a ... little New England town that you probably haven’t heard of. Enter freshman year at MIT. But wait, don’t enter yet; you still have about a week

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Desk and the Things That Live There The things and fish on and around my desk and the stories behind them.

  

  practiced almost every day at Yoga in State College, where my mom is getting ... . It’s doubling as more space for wet laundry. You can see more laundry ... , was that our memories can be more accessible when we write around the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  the view you get when lying down, looking straight up. Can you find MIT ... woman made a face. “PI?!” “Did you say PI?!” “I said it’s like pi,” I ... myself. “PI?!” she shrieked in bewilderment. “You know, pi... the

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  you know. By “you”, I especially mean “employees and proprietors of the ... picture, and there's a good chance that you'll find yourself*: *This ... soul of this photograph and you will discover who you truly are.” I may

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Odds ‘n Ends There's a video. And a SONG. Your lucky day.

  

  Well hey there, folks! Remember me? You know, that one weird kid blogger, the one who always makes you go "How'd she get hired?" I'M BACK! Yay! And I made a video for you guys. Double yay! And I pulled out

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2011