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  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  Choosing a class schedule at MIT can be hard. There are so many factors to consider: staying on track with HASS classes, completing major requirements, finishing up the GIRs, avoiding…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  My dear friend and fellow blogger Kidist A. ’22 requested I write a post to describe how I go about writing my data analysis blogs. So, here goes! I’ve outlined…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it’s like to major in “Computation and Cognition,” known around MIT as Course 6-9. In this post, I’ll describe my experiences with Course…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  One. Last Monday, I waited an hour to get tested. The testing trailers are right in front of Medical, and the line went in front of and around the Media…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  This is a guest blog post from the MIT Panhellenic Association, which oversees seven of MIT’s women’s+ organizations. I’ve never gone through sorority recruitment (and I am not in a…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  Many bloggers have been posting about their decisions to live off campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I’d like to talk about exactly the opposite…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  I’ve been trying to write this blogpost for the past week, but every time I try to, I inevitably break down, get overwhelmed, and stop. But I know this will…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  in april, i was sure that in september, i’d be on MIT’s campus again. in may, as many things dawned upon us all, i realized i wouldn’t be. as a…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  My History of Task-Management boy, is it a long one

  

  Being organized is fucking incredible. I like limiting stress in my life, especially from academics, so I’ve relied on tools that help me navigate my to-do lists ever since middle…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  I’ve spent the last five months living at home on Long Island, New York, occasionally rewatching my favorite episodes of Parks and Recreation on Netflix. This week, however, the rewatching…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  A summer in Cambridge did wonders for my knowledge of the area. While I was at MIT, I barely explored the city, so my knowledge of my surroundings was limited…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  things i have been consuming this summer random bits of media i have eaten

  

  It’s been really hard to stay resilient through quarantine. I miss my family. I miss my friends. I miss MIT. I miss having a normal life. After wrapping up my…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

    Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the beginning of my ~emo phase~… “I am not cool” said a teenage girl   With…

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  Throughout high school and my first two years of college, I extensively used a Google Doc to track all of my class assignments and personal projects. It looked something like…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  i’ve got four piercings on my right ear, and two on my left This past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls in my dorm…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  There are two meals I’ve had consistently this quarantine: for breakfast, I have an egg sandwich with tea, and for dinner, I have the juiciest, most delicious chicken and quinoa.…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  For five weeks this summer, I competed in dormspam-the-game, a series of 5 games played by the MIT community. Playing the games was straightforward, but winning them was not. The…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• 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…

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

  seven questions with youtubers the mit side of youtube

  

  I talked with MIT undergrads who make YouTube videos! Read on to learn about their unexpected challenges, college advice, and wild moments. Interview answers have been edited for brevity. Give…

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 14, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  I’m writing to announce that the application for first-year undergraduate admission to MIT for the aspiring Class of 2025 is now live. You can access it here.  While the application…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020