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• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is ... --------------- I vividly remember the day I received my SAT scores. The sky was a canopy of grey and I had woken up feeling this odd sense of emptiness. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  7 Rings actually just one but ya know

  

  You guessed it, I'm finally: And because there are literally so many ... rat, the ring design and what happens at ring delivery, I'm going to skip past that. As surreal as it feels, I've finished half of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 23, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  While I’m sure some of you have a good sense of what I do as an ... other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... with our check-in process, I get to see many of you who come to Cambridge

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  speech, but just by being in college, I'm beginning to understand it. What ... top-notch, but I really don’t think that’s the point. I’m here to get my ... , and learn from that. I’m here to learn about other people and in the

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  It was a hot, humid Friday afternoon when I touched down in Logan ... crumble in laughter if they could read this), I have tried to condense everything note-worthy into four major points: 1. Goodbyes are hard! I had

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  journey valid, I booked a bus to NYC and booked it there. Hence, when I finally got to the Malpensa airport in Milan, I was a little shell-shocked that I had actually made it there before I was supposed to start teaching

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i ... neighborhoods i know well enough that i can find my way home without google maps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  , 2017 at 12:26pm PDT   Two years ago, at the last commencement I covered, I wrote a very sentimental letter to the Class of 2015 on the occasion of their graduation. I told how ambivalent I felt (about myself

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  sunny and there's a high of 73 degrees tomorrow. i haven't shared ... it's sunny in my room right now. yeah, i use a standing desk ... the standard-issue bookshelf when i moved in, but it did for some reason

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  . Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at ... Science and Engineering Fair Siemens Competition ISWEEEP I hope this

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  glassblowing courses. I missed it this year, but I pulled up my photos from last ... created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey ... glass pumpkins.                            I love pumpkins. I love glass

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Vicious Cycle Why MIT may not be for everyone and IHTFP

  

  EDIT: I encourage everyone who connects with this comic even a little bit to read some of the discussion in the comments; it's an outpouring ... lot more things to consider than I addressed in these few panels.

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 16, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Time to Enroll You have doubts, I have gifs

  

  -have interest and I'll look into it. (This is an activities bulletin board outside my office).   2. I don't think I can handle the curriculum at ... your four years at the 'tute.   3. I don't think my parents and I

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet other new MIT admits I want to let you know about some exciting

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Read Some Science Fiction You'll see why in a bit

  

  I love going to the MIT Media Lab. Being part of the MAS Freshman program, I spend a lot of time there. It's a research facility that ... ). Normally, I would be there for my Fundamentals of Computational Media Design

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 16, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  This weekend, in some order, I: 1. slept for twelve hours straight ... adapted by Glee in season 2, episode 5. I won't say much about Rocky Horror ... , and tons of music and dancing. I highly recommend it as a Halloween

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  one of many things. I’m thinking maybe an alligator with rollerblades ... for the inevitable punch line. In which case I’d happily comply and say, “Grass. I lied about the wheels. Ha!” It’s the epitome of the anti

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  Like Allan, I'm obsessed with taking notes. I'm also obsessed with ... THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDWRITING I HAD EVER SEEN. Each letter was very ... looked flowery and beautiful. So, I painstakingly copied her handwriting

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  I’m very lucky in that my family lives in central Pennsylvania, which ... depending on traffic and wait time between connecting busses. I usually prefer ... happiness. I’ve collected 400 hours of bus angst over the past three years, of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I ... Week 1: IAP Week 3: IAP Week 4: I spent a substantial amount of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013