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• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  tiny pixellated space aliens around my screen carefully collecting blue

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  card, screen size, etc). While most of these features don't really matter

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  classroom ? Because my computer is the large screen 17" type, so it's pretty

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  LEAST* 5 different rounds of screening before you were definitively

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^n

  

  screen TV in the offices of The Tech, MIT's student newspaper. At that time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement ... the community, not the landmarks or even the classes. At least, that’s ... -of-a-kind wonderful and terrible time. Here’s what made MIT special for me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  This weekend, I was an invisible woman. Flashback: There’s a ... remarked on my bright red hair. It’s noticeable. Not in Davis Square though ... with little help. My boss says it’s great, then takes my words and, at

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  restaurant back in 2003. There’s a[annotation note="which is better described ... ://conniewenchang.bol.ucla.edu/menus/index.html"]deep history to Americanized Chinese food,[/annotation]but in short, it’s a ... .  Working in the restaurant isn’t light work. It’s surprisingly physically

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Attack of the Acronyms and the space between the letters

  

  acronym is probably more recognizable than the full name. It’s therefore ... first week+ here at MIT, so if there’s any acronyms I can explain to you ... , & chemistry exam used for admission to India’s technological

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  am a junior, and I play midfield on the Varsity Women’s Soccer team. I ... the Women’s Soccer team, the start of the fall season has me pretty ... teammates anywhere else. There’s always an upperclassman to give you advice on

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We ... —visually simple yet mentally rigorous. There’s immediate satisfaction. The goal is ... different. There’s so many types of puzzles, ranging in shape, color, and

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  SoOoOoOOooooo it’s the most wonderful time of the year: IAP! That ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an ... . There’s so much to do over IAP, so many offerings, and that’s really cool

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  say that. I own that.  There’s a lot I could say here, but I’ve been ... two things. it’s like a venn diagram: (excuse the dark photos. I'm on ... your life and sigh? That’s a pretty unfortunate almost-circle. Maybe let’s

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  it's easy to let our dear old friend imposter syndrome kick in ... . Now, in fall of my senior year (gah that's still scary to write down ... would have normally left untouched during other semesters. It's really

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Happier Than Ever on quitting and long-ish distance biking

  

  Wish I could explain it better --- Happier than Ever by Billie Eilish It’s ... . It’s nice that the commuter rail exists for getting to suburbs outside ... off of my bike for this part, so it’s easy to just not get back on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

    I have a conversation with my Anxiety. This year I learned that it’s much more helpful to ask Anxiety why it’s acting up instead of ignoring ... or not, you can actually learn a thing or two by asking it what’s up

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  . The way that MIT’s academic calendar works is that the Fall semester is ... Activities Period—this glorious month of fun classes and activities. It’s kind ... didn’t really get accepted anywhere. But that’s fine, because there are

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  project. Let’s break down this question into a few topics. First, what does ... of the Sahara for this reason—that’s maybe one of very few places that ... we don’t have to worry about water for crop irrigation. But, there’s

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a flurry of many things, but second most importantly, it’s been a flurry of ... from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  for iap. that’s independent activities period, which is exactly what it ... awash with students bustling to and fro. floorpi feels like it’s a little ... tuesdays thursdays 11 to 3. there’s a waltz class on monday evenings at 7

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020