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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The Interview The Format Question Types Behavioral Framework: STAR method Example Question Best Practices Product Design Framework Best Practices Product Strategy Framework:…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn’t feel real. In fact, I usually actively stop myself when I get on that train of thought, because it’s…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had actually been since I swam. This pool wasn’t like the neighborhood pool where I could slowly…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  you just can’t. you actually can’t. you can try but you can’t. last friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with some excellent puzzles. it’s written…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Genshin Impact and a better introduction to me

  

  A couple of months ago, I started playing a video game for the first time in my life. I never had gaming consoles when I was younger, so this was…

  • by ana~
  • October 7, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  In recent weeks, we have been fielding many questions over phone and email about letters of recommendation. A composite of these questions might read something like:⁠18 Variables listed in brackets,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i’m in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full months on campus before getting kicked off due to the pandemic. now i’m back on campus,…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” see kidist's post :)

  

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT”

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  Shuli: The new MIT Welcome Center opened in Kendall Square in September. You may have already seen Petey’s post Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center. The new center…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Froshmore oh to exist in a state of ~liminality~

  

  Hi I’m Audrey, a new face in this bloggerverse! As the illustration above suggests, I’m starting my second year here at MIT. And that feels weird.  Drawing has been a…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 2, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  (I’ll introduce myself properly later, but I think this post gives a good crash course into what kinds of topics I usually think about anyway) one of my favorite quotes…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  A few years back, I began keeping a tab of life’s certainties. Admittedly, it feels as though there are few. Worse, certainties become uncertain when you hold them too close.…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  For many years I have written these blog posts from a cubicle in room 3-108, which was part of the complex of rooms along the Infinite Corridor⁠31 Now that we're…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  One. In October 2017, I left home and lived on my own for several months. It was my first time living alone, actually alone, without anyone else. I rented out…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  Hi everyone! It is that time again, the time of my annual⁠41 okay, so, this is only the second time. but it's been a year okay excitement: I get to…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  The November Rule is the unspoken rule we have on campus that freshman-upperclassman relationships are strictly forbidden until November 1st.  three years ago, my sister wrote the November Rule blog.…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  Classes 21G.704 – Spanish IV; Estamos de vuelta en la Spanish Grind, bebe!!! Estoy muy emocionada por esta clase, especialmente porque tengo amigos en esta clase y mi profesora es…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  perception but who *are* you?

  

  Over the summer, I’ve centered on a fear that I have in graduate school — the idea that people will judge me solely based on my research, and nothing else.…

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  i think i have achieved a state where i feel like i should be blogging more and yet don’t want to spend my free time blogging more. like, i’ve already…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  Lately I’ve been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ones I didn’t previously used to occupy. I’ve found myself laughing and crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021