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• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  "] Me on my actual first day of high school! T-minus two months to the ...   With her nails painted black and the whole of the world Turning ... ; [caption id="attachment_55941" align="alignnone" width="768"] ...the skirt

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  yes. if my blogpost were a series, this is a filler episode. One of the ... scientific and technological advancement, as well as close to one of the busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  Continued reflections on love at the Institvte (and really just love irl) from the guy who wrote THIS seven months ago. Enjoy ... trials and tribulations with dating, which includes the many times I have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a moment that feels like it will define the rest of your life. You’ve got one ... ’ve got mixed emotions. You can see college peeking at you from around the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  the buildings are numbered, and at first glance, the ordering of the ... addition, you'd know that the tour probably crossed Killian Court between 3 and 4. This is one of the small things I love about MIT: its building

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  the key to their culture; there was a big difference between my General ... seemed to have. This was further enforced by the fact that my community ... genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  interview. He suggested that we meet up during his short stay in the area, and ... we take for granted as residents of the East Side. In a similar ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... inspirational as the last. This year, he wrote:                (words by Neil

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  The first time I had a conversation with Archit Bhise I'm pretty sure ... mindset you have. It was something really general, along the lines of "what ... ". I'm about 95% sure that the specific question was about politics and

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  3/22 Welcome to the unfiltered stream of my consciousness. Please pardon the incoherentness. Right now I'm at an airport, watching my ... want to see awesome pictures of the American Southwest and read about

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  -picking note sessions. Maybe one day I’ll share the actual content with you, but ... advice are the lens through which I view opportunity and my future.   1. “The sky is the limit” - Mom Since I was a very little Gabe, my

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  Fraternity rush and sororiety recruitment, cornerstones of the ... , the President of Panhel and Evan Wang, the Programming and Recruitment Chair of the Interfraternity Council, asked if I wouldn't mind sharing

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wake Up Calls because The Big Picture needs you

  

  find them walking aimlessly along the infinite, pleasantly hidden, but definitely not unnoticeable among the masses of people who obviously slept the night before. It's a well-kept secret. But I have proof. Behold the two

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  Howdy folks. It's freebie time - for the 99.9% of you readers who don ... , "Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We each ... my classes. You can ask my mother - I was super mopey the day before I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  events have happened in my life. I experienced the best FPOP ever aka DPD ... , survived a hurricane, visited too many club booths at the activities midway, enjoyed a free steak and lobster dinner (yes, the free food around here isn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Coming Soon! In which I briefly account for my I-haven't-been-blogging-so-much-recently shenanigans

  

  's working on a thesis right now, but the pre-finals frenzy (read: cramming assignments into the two to three weeks before finals) means that I also need to ... all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go to MIT” mind-set. And last time I checked, this was the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  T-Minus Six Days Ready for the best four days of your life? CPW 2010 ftw!!

  

  struggling under the sudden influx of CPW-related e-mails, and my willpower to ... into the CPW live chat already know, your hosts will be contacting you ... already knew, but for many of you, that won't be the case. It's not a bad

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during ... quick and dirty introduction to the fundamentals of circuit building and ... Materials II The sequel to the critically acclaimed "Mechanics and Materials I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010