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• 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 / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice the glittery Boston skyline reflected off of the glossy black surface of ... romanticize rain when I'm indoors listening to the drumming of droplets on my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  now****** and next fall, you’ll meet the wonderful class of 2018 ... and general life skills without the stress of worrying about grades. For ... starting spring of my first year. What’s the point? 1) I get to declare a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in the subsequent month, and by the end of September I got a ‘pretty good ... visit all the freshman-friendly companies and shower copies of my resume

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  corner of the Porter Exchange building. It's very unassuming at first ... Somehow, I've explored more of Boston and Cambridge while living in ... of my time at MIT nearly enough. During the school year, the only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... slipping on the patches of ice around campus. And that’s really all I can ask ... ’d imagine that is exactly what Antarctica looks like. With the wet residue of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  fine establishment. Yet I return with the greatest of news--I have ... , I run into your doors like it's the first time, ogling at your immense pastry selection and chic decorations. It is easy to feel lost in the sea

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  summer, two of which were Memorial Day and July 4, and I've gone in almost every weekend. I deserved it. The first step in my day of laziness was ... day spa and salon on Newbury Street. The priciness of Newbury Street

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  these avid readers of the blogs, and I didn't hear much about MIT before ... idyllic view of MIT, and I carried this with me for the most part, which ... simultaneously, and it was a weird juxtaposition of feelings.  Hand me the L now

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  styles and also learn about the history of Chinese calligraphy. you make ... didn't want to miss too much of the class and ended up dropping 2 ... spent the first week or so of IAP at home wrapping up some driving

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  all of this will be going up on the blogs quite soon, but first, a brief ... stories told by some of the participating fraternities, sororities, and ... how hard is it to land a research position in the first place? All of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  yards in 17 of his last 18 games and is responsible for 58% of the team ... 're taking more and more of an academic pounding as the semester progresses ... Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 I went to the last football game of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  but today. They have good shakes and the rest of the food is pretty mid ... be the “King of Steak” and all the teenage workers treated him like ... . I was really excited for it, since this was the first one of the year

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the School of Science like?

  questions: What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95 ... The six departments in the MIT School of Science are consistently rated among the best in the world. They include: Biology, Brain and
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I auditioned for a musical Oh my goodness, oh my goodness

  

  Tessie and bail. I didn't. I sang, instead. I sang the first verse, and ... , because I totally blanked on the first try and spent the last few counts ... . After that, I left the room. I felt very calm, and totally zapped of all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 2, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  do anything at all, panic, and calm apathy, terror at the prospect of ... take the midterm today in two hours and 19 minutes, as of the moment I ... first part of about 6 different practice problems and gave up on finishing

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  family was “The Game of Life.” It’s a bit like the mobile game BitLife, I suppose. You start as a young adult, and walk along the pathways of life ... ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  good fun of course), but Sara stands by her soup and cereal. One day, the ... cooking our own food, if we so choose. Many people embrace the kitchens and ... across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  decisions that have happened spanning the end of my sophomore year and this ... lunch and saw the dolly-type-of-thing an MIT employee also eating lunch ... could draw for inspiration. The first of these (I think) was a clear water

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  aspects of the subject that you liked and those you think could be improved ... all the vicissitudes of life, the ebbs and flows, the comings and goings ... It's pre-finals week. Today is the last day of classes. Projects are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013