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• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  never really alone. I spent Junior year building a new friend circle. I ... lab--I even got to train some new UROPs. I finally cross-registered for ... again. Over winter break I lost two of my good friendships in pretty quick

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  that each September I seemed to get acclimatized more quickly: the newness wore off faster and faster, until by the end of the first week of ... , whereas last semester Reg Day felt new and interesting and stressful, I was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  process for new data centers. Some days flew by packed, and others dragged ... ’s working on conversation design for the Google Home. It’s in this new field ... , they develop example conversations. Take a quick stretch break, and grab

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  colored with some children. Most of them quickly crowded all the new ... this orphanage, giving donations, and implementing new programs for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  looked at the address… A Michigan Address. After a quick conversation ... to play around with a few new data tables and investigate the new

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up ... passed or how they stopped so quickly going so fast. I made lifelong ... ." But when I saw those same skaters struggling to learn a new move or to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  representing RadioShack, and he was kind enough to post for a quick picture and ... down," an essay by New Yorker contributor Josh Rothman reviewing the ... Cambridge for two days, just long enough to post the ~*~new blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... are more or less completely autonomous. (oh snap almost forgot, quick ... go and try something new, revisit something you love, or just go to a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  ankles in urban New England. Slush is a test of courage and moral fiber ... . When Aviv looked in the mirror through his new glasses and closed his ... .) Quickly cobbling together a few scraps of peripheral 8.03 knowledge, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  new to hall, having arrived in a kennel on Delta Airlines from a place ... have some sort of internal control. People have just been getting new ... turns black also. Cat hair is impossible to quickly pick off of clothing

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  pretty quickly that I get better grades at MIT when I get more sleep. The ... 's totally okay. 7. Trying new activities -- like cheerleading -- can be a ... will consider joining totally new activities in college. 8. You gotta

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  few weeks after arriving to MIT, I started hearing rumors that a new ... new joint major called Course 6-9 would be officially voted on by ... interests – I could simply do the joint 6-9 program. Secondly, I hoped the new

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

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  emails and being a sounding board for new ideas. I wasn’t responsible for ... when thousands of excited students come to learn cool new topics and ... phone tells me that it’s 10:45, and checking my messages, I quite quickly

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  through each flavor in the order I tried it and give a quick review and some ... new roommate, she brought me two interesting flavors to try! I thought ... a real adult walking into the store and quickly learned why real

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  . At first, it seems a little boring and janky, but the twins quickly ... 've been watching a lot of Phil's new videos, but what I've really been ... check YouTube for a new Dan and Phil video. I really also enjoy a lot of

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

  on friends / minsan in which i ramble about friendship

  

  before boarding our bus to New York. The bus ride was long. It was ... delayed by two hours and I was getting hungry. We arrive at New York, eat ... what? With each person I met, I quickly ended conversation, and ran off

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  slightly, and then leaves. A moment of false hope, so quickly dashed upon the ... bump into Jerry M. '23. I eat my pizza quickly while we talk; neither of ... , but move on quickly. Oh, well. I tell CJ no, and then sit down and work

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got ... safety net, because finding a new job without one is disastrous. So yeah

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  How to Build an LED Acrylic Sign Your Complete Beginners Guide

  

  jumped at the idea of creating a new sign for our wall.   For ... presentations to websites on an infinite canvas." ] Figma [/annotation] to flatten

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  website and put it on the back end, only completing it if I had extra time ... entirely new essays, so I reworded some I had used for other schools and sent

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024