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• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  looks like for them p: yeah, i’d agree with that i spent the past week ... with the privilege of a) having gotten a math/cs degree from mit b) being ... was this past summer, when i spent many of my weekends hanging out with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  current version with the uppercase R. Around MIT you'll find many Helvetica ... with the uppercase R here: Helvetica's R has a vertical [annotation ... bundled with Helvetica, but it does come with Arial. In fact, if you can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  with my posts until I deem it cringe"] Song:[/annotation] Voices in my ... experience with imposter syndrome has been a somewhat interesting one. For me ... just cover it up with the confidence of facts. Fact: I am on track to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  An American in Copenhagen but my luggage went to Amsterdam

  

  lit, with LED lights on the ceiling that ease through the rainbow. I am ... , Arizona, my room with blue walls and faded art from past comic-cons. The last time I packed this backpack it was with eight books, all fantasy

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  . Assuming a new identity, almost hiding in plain sight with every costume I ... catches up with us. I start thinking about the bad that I've done, the friendships and relationships I've lost with time. There comes a point where you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  classes. How to use a bandsaw A bandsaw is this machine with a thin metal ... first time that I ever worked with wood was during [annotation note ... to help build a fort. I didn’t have any experience working with wood. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  - day 1 - feb 26 Arrived at East Campus with three bags, hoping this is ... week, a rather spacious single with one large window opposite the door ... special festival at the end of the week. I was tasked with joining EC

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  “intense” dorm of people with no shoes and dyed hair. But, not everyone who ... some of the responses below in full (with only minor edits). I hope this ... . But actually, EC is full of interesting people with all sorts of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  that events, games and making new friends are replaced with p-sets, p-sets and chatting with hosed friends. Well…don’t take my word on that. Nah ... time writing new short stories, I saw and spent time with my mom. I hadn

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  Sierra Nevadas," he replied, with sort of a snooty glance at the stewardess ... where Yosemite is. I thanked him. Now that I'm done chatting with my ... playing with physics. I had the opportunity to present those results in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Telethon FAQs from a small but enthusiastic sample of prefroshies

  

  roomful of Institvte phones to individually congratulate and chat with each ... time, bros and girl-bros. With Campus Preview Weekend and enrollment ... a time, and usually many more, with the exception of five or six hour

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 5, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  halls every night. People will argue with me about this, and of course ... services. PROS You don't have to carry a bunch of cash around with you. Your ... can eat what you want, when you want. There is a grocery store with

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  you walk around our campus, you'll see plenty of people with dyed hair ... recognize that you may not connect with everyone, but even if you don ... ). With the help of Kim, the EC Director, we sent it out to a diverse group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  better with more people (intro bio assigns grades almost completely on a ... are better if you do them with the big crowd, and for me, given a chance ... taking bio early (other than gloating at helping my roommates with their

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  with subjects so that people can easily find blog entries on certain ... classes with the student and sign the student's registration card. A ... most MIT students rely more on the upperclassmen with whom they live to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  go to when he was little. We drove down to the Cape with the radio on ... with the radio. Sidenote: I love Cape Cod because it is slightly cheesy and touristy, but still really cute. Adam says (with typical South Shore

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  Excel file with all my pieces of clothing numbered, and each hanger and tag was labeled with the same number). At the end of the week, my mom ... Washington University. I was sharing an efficiency double with Rose '05, and we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  -year academic support program run by the Office of Minority Education with a seven ... freshmen and provide them with all the support they might need to succeed ... balance classes with extracurriculars and social life early, and get a head

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  For the past seven weeks I've been living in Honolulu, Hawai'i with ... interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and ... with my roommates and then I'd be in bed by usually 10. And then repeat

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  chunks do not come by with great regularity). Sometimes I get e-mails with ... anything wrong with that (unless a subset of those questions violate (1)) but ... interview, but I think I've just ruined my chances. I truly empathize with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013