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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything is different now That's ok, I have a cat now

  

  The student blogger named Mimi is a much different person than I am ... start with things that have remained the same since I left MIT. My love of ... with it! The manga’s been getting good and I eagerly await Jojo day each

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  we’re halfway through the semester. november always feels like the point where the new-semester excitement wears off. there's something about novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  that was my biggest turn off from the moment I had originally booted it. For me, the hardest part is figuring out where to start. I started scouring sites like Reddit to try and figure out what the CS Bros recommended

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  : nope. can someone explain to me the passage of time? how to avoid ... write about how still, I think all the time about that heartbreaking ... good job of communicating) but because no one knows what the world will

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  . My sleep schedule has been all over the place lately after staying ... schedule at all, and then trying to fix that by listening to the advice of ... consider them in any deliberate construction of a sleep schedule. The social

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  'd fill you guys in on some of the nuts and bolts of a life in science ... looks like in the sciences, but in reality most people are sort of ... Neurobiology, one of three lab courses offered by the Brain and Cognitive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... entrepreneurship and had some vague inclinations towards consulting—I liked the idea ... humanities. The meetings were boring, I didn’t particularly click with anybody

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  hearing test because I named the pitch of the note being played instead of the ear in which it was played. I couldn’t have told you where “left” was, anyways, but it was easier to pretend I just misunderstood the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  firsts of first year 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1…

  

  As we’re approaching the first of 2024, I’ve been thinking about ... year at MIT. I think fondly of that year, despite all the difficulties ... outdoorsy activities all happened at FLIPOP, the First-generation, Low

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  song: Passing Through (Can't the Future Just Wait) by Kaden Mac ... stare at the clock, and I'd count down the time left in the class period ... halfway there." And I'd repeat this throughout the class. It became almost a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  . The bloggers are a diverse and multifaceted bunch, but there are thousands of other people at the institute who experience MIT just as deeply ... : Unfortunately, I am not immune to the allure of selection bias, so the MIT that is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  Now that the class of 2025 has arrived, they are, expectedly, chock ... at all representative of everything MIT has to offer nor is it the only ... ? Yes. I think MIT is incredibly hard. I think it is the most difficult

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  i'm taking this course called "The Science of Well-Being" on Coursera ... skeptical about it at first since, erm, since when has happiness come in the ... me nothing but grief?? but i'm really enjoying it now. the majority of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord ... that I've picked up on that I realize are not quite the norm. Being home ... there is...a lot about the school that a lot of people don't know about

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse, soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it ... ’ve watched the sunrise from the Harvard Bridge. I’ve cried. I’ve missed home. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we ... power outages, so if you’re worried about making our deadlines (like the Nov. 1 EA deadline) because of these things, please take note of the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cows, Cheese, and Myristic Acid, Oh My! (Almost) everything I learned about fat (and educational videos), I learned from 7.S390.

  

  Biology, 7.S390, through the summer@future program, which allowed me to live ... videos. At the time, I was thinking a lot about the foods I eat and their ... . Over the summer I read everything I could get my hands on about fat and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 19, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The classes are hard.  The psets, harder.  The exams, stressful.  And that ... than your grades.  It happens to everyone sooner or later, if The Tech

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that ... . Most recent updates will be on the top. I will just re-publish this same ... and 2007), consistently places in the top 3 or 4 at nationals every year

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  because I don't really count the liveblog yesterday as an entry so much as a fun activity. CPW is right around the corner guys, excited? I am ... , meaning any host in 8.02 just completely ignored their prefrosh for the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008