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• Blog / How to MIT

  nothing really matters or does everything? a tale of epiphanies and a crisis

  

  A while back I gave a presentation at MIT called Three Epiphanies and ... now as an assistant director and talking about the main things I learned ... audience. I ended it on a high note and told everyone that the crisis was

  • by kellen manning
  • May 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  i moved back to east campus last weekend, and to continue the kinda ... slightly less smooth than last time, because i had to carry boxes up three ... helped with transportation again, and i had the foresight to distribute the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  's been exactly two years since I pressed the submit button on my MIT ... yet here I am, struggling to remember just exactly where I was 2 years ago.  I have other things on my mind. The thermodynamics midterm next

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  Two years ago (wow time flies), I went to CPW, and I came away ... mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come ... , upperclassmen I knew from high school, and of course the academic excellence and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  This week, I spent four days and three night at the Salvation Army ... are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the ... world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with ... to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  choose two between school, a social life, and sleep. I tend to think that ... that there are only so many hours in the day. I just didn’t do a particularly good job of finding that balance this semester. :D I took on a lot

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  you leave a post with your course history? I want to take every class eventually and I can't decide!" So, here's a post with my course history. It ... details about this semester's line-up to come; I would write a more detailed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a ... bottle. I was working on a longer blog post, a winding, comprehensive account of my entire summer, but I have to stop to thank the people around

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other posts include the ones by Lydia K. '14 and Anna H. '14.  One thing that I ... even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  Hello homies. It's been a while, right? I feel like I start off every blog entry like that. I should work on it. Anyway, I would like to ... expletives (that I can't post on the blogs) with my dad. I earnestly hope that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  . It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change ... . Different dorms give different levels of control over furniture. If you can, I ... , the height of a loft—evaporated within hours. When I moved my head, my

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  I almost missed the Curiosity landing. My friend Daniel and I were ... Sudan, etc. While reading an article, I happened to sit up straight, so that my line of sight was no longer perpendicular to the laptop screen; I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Weekend in Kendall Square I know I work here all week, but hey, it's MIT

  

  This weekend, as I was reading the Sunday Globe magazine like I ... cranking  (even when it's too warm out), I flipped to a big section titled 24 ... over my shoulder to see what I was reading.  "And weren't we going to

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group ... answer: my eyes automatically scan the page for “Mexican-American”. Boom. I ... , this can be seen like a trick question. In a conversation I had with a

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  discussed our most memorable experiences in Beijing so far.  I talked about ... higher education. MIT calls it "applied international studies."  I want to ... students, foreign students, neighbors, etc. (I just hope i don't have to call

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  298 Tickets. All for us

  

  A lot of 'lasts' happened this past week: - I turned in my last 5.310 (Chem Lab) lab report EVER. YAY. I was so happyy. - I went to my last orgo ... the week after is (ahhh) finals. - I finished my last bag of popcorn

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 20, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  MIT life. My summer started three days after my last final, when I ... , funded by MISTI. I spent the summer pretending to be a grad student ... million people, trying new foods, pretending I speak Spanish, climbing

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! (2010 Edition!) yay pictures!

  

  Dear Internet, No, I am not dead yet. I had a lot of great food in New York. I went to Europe for a week, where I had more great food. I am now back at MIT. I took a long nap in the library today. I can feel MIT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 9, 2010