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  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an Admissions Counselor at MIT – providing information sessions to on-campus visitors, reading your applications,…

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  This semester, in MIT terms, is “chill.” With only one technical class, it’s the first time that the number of hours my classes are supposed to take is less than…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping in actual…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  living the dream: UROP edition! in which i run experiments on children (well, kinda)

  

  In my New Year’s reflections post, I mentioned that over the winter break, I applied to a UROP (an undergraduate research opportunity, aka a research assistant job). I didn’t say…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the “cons” on my pro/con Should I…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  The bloggers have spent the last few weeks telling y’all what we did over IAP and talking about what classes we’re excited/not excited to take next semester. This week, it’s…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to teach them how to use Illustrator so I’ve decided to write a blog about it instead of trying…

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time apart! Not just spending-most-of-the-hours-of-the-day-apart⁠04 we’ve done that already in previous semesters, and are doing that this semester…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  During a layover in the London Heathrow Airport I yanked Mariam (my friend, travel buddy and a literal queen) around with me in search of a journal. I anticipated that…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  Sapporo Ramen, H-Mart Cambridge 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 central ramen - sapporo cambridge you walk into h-mart and see the paris baguette cafe immediately to your left, and…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: ‘Aranjuez’ by Jorge Muñiz & José Luis Duval   I. With the fall semester complete, I could finally focus all my energy and attention on training…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  tl;dr: Look how empty my Firehose is compared to the other bloggers:   Hello dear readers. In keeping with the trend of bloggers posting their classes this semester, I thought…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  Spring semester is here, which means summer is coming up soon, and while I’m excited for the sunny weather and the shorts-and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  27,960 miles flown. $0 spent (by me). How? Through purely anecdotal research, I have ascertained that MIT has one of the best global programs of any college that I’ve ever…

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn’t really sure if I made the right choice regarding my dorm. Now, I’m very sure I made the right choice. I like all the…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  first week madness memes does anyone relate? lol

  

  note⁠17 The reason we have to take an entrance exam is because we do not have the prerequisite, which is understandable, but alas :^( meme creds⁠18 These memes were brought…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 8, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I’ve finally reached a semester where at least half my semester is comprised of classes I actually really want to take. Here are the classes I took…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  The summer before starting at MIT, it seemed like all the freshmen were frantically scrambling, trying to figure out how to sign up for classes. My friends going to university…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  Hey Guys 新年快乐！！！！ Happy Lunar New Year!!! I finally made it around to making this video about my time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  Spotify Wrapped day and the festivities surrounding it happened a long time ago. On that very same day, I asked the bloggers to share their stats with me, because we…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019