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• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  erupting into absolute chaos, I distinctly remember a moment I shared with a ... better this way. Now, I will always remember them in their best form with ... live with it. In the meantime, all I can do is hold on to the people that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  also is my only class this semester with problem sets. I like problem sets, so I’m fine with this, but I find it ironic that my technicals are ... conversations with centrists & libertarians & such"][/annotation]I think

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Slay the Spire as metaphor i didn't waste 60 hours playing for nothing

  

  it what the deck needs right now? Does it work well with the cards you ... testsolving. It takes a lot of work to set up a venue, coordinate with sponsors ... concepts I struggled with understanding when I first played Dominion. In

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  made peace with that, except that I still think about the paper towels ... up because (1) I could avoid dealing with the obscure and uncertain ... ?" or "can I part with this for an indeterminate amount of time?" boxes

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  studying in college in a big country, with my graduating friends flying to ... what it’s like to keep touch with friends over the internet now.) maybe ... the shock and denial of dealing with mit shutting down, and a lot of it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  With the influx of the 24s terrorizing (see: joining) various Discord ... . Along with our classes and majors using numbers, our buildings do, too ... infinite MIT mailing lists to communicate quickly with certain groups of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  't quite know where to start with this post. In fact, I've rewritten it so ... 'll help you with seasonal affective disorder. Take care of yourself." "Yes ... chat with me. "Where are you from?" "California." "Ah, I'm from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Life Changing Classes at MIT ft. ec-discuss

  

  with Chris Peterson really just fucked me right up re: my perspective on ... .005/6.033. Together they teach you to go from Maxwell’s equations -> cooking with ... learned didn’t come from any class, but from late night conversations with

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  year. With three semesters between the Nisha who wrote that post and the ... intend for this to happen this year; I applied to MISTI Japan with the full ... Tokyo Olympics will coincide with MISTI Japan perfectly next summer!), and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  . Hanging out with the Phi Kappa Sigma chapter of UDub has been like stepping ... ; Day 3, Friday 5/26: Seattle Went out into Seattle with the bros. We didn ... disappointed that we drove for many hours in the forests with no sight of any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Fight against Gender Discrimination in STEM an excerpt from a fall class paper

  

  Harvard. It was a wonderful course, with fascinating readings and ... Institute on perfectly equal footing with the young men” (though admittedly ... repeatedly denied, Hopkins did not give up. Armed with a tape measure, she

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ROTC Is Life (In a Good Way) Everything you ever wanted to know about ROTC at MIT (and then some)

  

  Rachel, who I lived with in Simmons during freshman year, are in the ROTC ... . ROTC is a really interesting program with a lot of cool opportunities ... longer if you want. There are dozens of schools with AFROTC (Air Force

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  life. With these projects I’ve shifted my focus slightly, from human to ... ’s lots of space and not entirely sure what to do with it (except sit there ... day. It’s like a small, spacious genetics and evolution museum with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  wrong with just taking a break. I found this last semester to be far more ... some much needed rest. Go home. Be with your family. Have some fun. It ... -med student with aspirations of becoming a physician one day. Knowing that I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  first semester in MIT was over. Since then, I’ve been with my aunt and ... didn’t hesitate to take with me some leftover ogbono soup when I couldn ... and peppering my clothes with endless flecks. I guess snow and I have a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  With enrollment deadlines imminent, you can always use an extra ... , octagenarian professor on paper, but in real life, he's a fun-loving guy with an ... respect for tradition and history, whereas the latter is more concerned with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  (starting from the most basic class of all, 7.01x) would begin with "Suppose ... to be on-location in New York City with an independent movie directed ... . In the attached picture I am with my twin sister Smriti, also MIT Class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  this summer until late August. Judging by my previous experiences with ... on fire on the way there and I got in a car with a stranger just so I ... with my ID. Luckily I had my license and they printed me another boarding

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  with Edward, another ‘12 from a town near by mine. We met up at the ... my host, Amina, arrived. She even left class early to meet up with me ... , where I met up with my friend Judy, who I met at camp many years ago. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  frantically around the floor with David '08, aka DTemp, a photographer for the ... , with a Picasso painting that Dima often tells people he painted himself ... going to do with our room," said Dima (pictured in the foreground). "But

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008