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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  mailing list culture at MIT here. Fun fact: when I first got to MIT, I only

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  carefully balancing my social life at MIT. It was meant to be four years of ... MIT to lead me down one of these proper paths. Did I do it right? Did I ... . I've gone through MIT without a fixed plan, bending to the will of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo and behold — snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to laverde’s⁠01 grocery…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  the MIT/Boston bubble - making friends through hiking Change to ... MIT, I’ve finished my exams, packed up all of my items, and felt like I ... general. One of my clearest memories at MIT comes from a group discussion

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  I'm pretty sure that MIT dining hall food isn't the reason why tens of thousands of people apply each year — mealplans are costly, dining ... . On that note, here's a gentle reminder that TGTG serves not only MIT

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my first spring break!!! 13 MIT students take San Diego

  

  flights weren't very expensive. as a plus, hundreds of other MIT students ... Impala concert in TD Garden. a lot of MIT people went, and it was one of ... class while at MIT because I never took the [annotation note="you have to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I’ve been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester has been quite a difficult one and I haven’t really had the headspace to write. I’m hoping to…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  snippets from a semester minus academics, of course

  

  this semester was a blast! here are some things that happened :)   weekend trips Maine — for Veteran’s Day weekend, my burton conner floor went to some random town…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 21, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  sent home during march of my first year at mit, i spent many months at ... can take advantage of so that means one of my goals, both at mit and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  VEDA (Vlog Every Day of April) cami edition

  

  they are mundane to show you what life is on a day-to-day basis at MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 19, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  and a half classes that fell under MIT's broad category of [annotation note="MIT students are required to take a variety of Humanities, Arts ... are a lot of different forms creativity takes at MIT, and arts classes

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  Thanksgiving at MIT has always been just a paltry two days off ... semester, really very close to[annotation note="MIT officially has 15-week ... , which is a real classic MIT experience). Here's what we got up to: I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope) will teach you something new. To be busy, then, is hardly a disaster. Waste hours for fun,…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  .  BC is home to nine vibrant communities that, ever since leaving MIT ... people who'll stick by you for your entire time at MIT. and living groups

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  out of MIT to go to culinary school. I learned to cook and enjoy eggs ... of my most-loved MIT dishes (Anna's burritos are irreplaceable, but my ... halfway point of MIT. When I look back at the path I've taken, it looks

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  . Background Prior to coming to MIT, I had one internship before, but the ... inexperienced child with very little direction. September Every September, MIT hosts the fall career fair. This is a pretty big deal at MIT, where all

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  's not at mit, i feel weird about me gutturally screaming ... been one of my favorite classes at mit. i've been able to make systems ... , sam, friends outside of mit i didn't expect to make six months ago but

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  ...[/caption] The good ol' MIT touch...   Cool Squirtle Conner 5 For a bit

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020