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• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  , he shares a lot of wisdom about MIT. One of his posts which I read on ... Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 license, I've posted the ... first semester at MIT was pass or no record, I was in real danger of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you’re admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT’s first-year class, you will be asked to submit…
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  I finished my first semester at MIT. There's so much to write about. I could write about my IAP UROP. Or the Infinite Magazine. Or getting a 45% on the 3.091 final. I could write about the classes I loved. The

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  just gonna talk about things i've been up to lately. fall is already ... courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be ... engineering type things. i just thought i'd help out with writing and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  .... I wish I could be the perfect [beaver] But I come back to the water, no matter how hard I try Every [test] I take, every [pset] I [crack] Every [deadline] I make, [Mass Ave] leads back To the place I know, where

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Paper notes I hate taking notes with my iPad, so I went back to good old pen and paper notes this semester. I'm still writing up problem sets on my iPad though because that makes it easier to submit the pset on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... provide valuable access to new opportunities. In this case, I realized that ... . On Valentine's Day, I got a message saying that I'd been accepted, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  less than 48 hours to my next 6.006 midterm, I sit here contemplating the future and what is to come. This past four day weekend I treated myself ... .006 instructors to move our midterm (which they did), I was able to relax from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of ... to open. There are big speakers to connect to, and I blast rock through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make this post since I feel like I didn't accomplish many of the resolutions I planned for 2020, but regardless I think it's good to always set goals! Gym

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... eat. Its an exceptional treat that I would love to do right now. Normally I wouldn't actually do this because I'd be too busy or just not

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  was in fifth grade, right before spring break. I was called into the principal's office. "I hear you're threatening to commit suicide. Camille, do ... and obvious. "Yes." "Well then why would you say such a thing?" I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  " anymore? In an effort to figure that out I wanted to have a conversation with someone. So, I reached out to Ameer on Slack and said "Ameer! Let's talk about stuff so I can blog it." And, that's what this is. Ameer and

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  summertime! and the livin's easy?

  

  hello there happy mid-summer     so, lately, I've been in a bit of writing rut but, as I was reading through an email I sent out to my friends, I thought: oh! this would be a cute blog so that

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  Here’s part two of my “I wrote this but procrastinated on editing and ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I ... 10, I left to pack for my flight home, but instead ended up walking out

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  growing old? can someone tell me how i got here, and there, and to all these further places? ok. ok. i've got this. no quarter life crisis. ANYWAY! There is a lot going on, obviously. I could write a lot of posts. I could

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  Happy New Year! Even though I'm nearsighted, this is the year for ... or people who resembled blobs because I forgot to wear my glasses. Foresight can be 20/20, too! All myopia jokes aside, here's what I'd like to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  As one of my “Treat. Yo. Self.” presents for my birthday, I got 3 ... outdoorsy areas to visit around New England. Here is the first one I completed ... coming weeks :) When I got these puzzles, I said to myself that I didn

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  It's over. Dear god, that was rough. Seriously. Freshman year I ... required some extra work, some time management, and it was different than I was used to. I complained about "drinking from the fire hose" since that

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hello, Layover I'm stuck in an airport. Ask me things.

  

  the ceiling of its main terminal. At least, I think that's what it is. I know this because I have been sitting beneath said scale model for ... my disastrous experience with America's worst airline carrier. (I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 25, 2008