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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  taught him how to get it on his Mac, which might have been a mistake ... my head, I had a chance to get it down on paper without being judged ... of my ability to go, "Haha, yeah, I like that show," and move on. Being

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  or stressed to work on anything but your psets. Here are some truths ... applications that I knew I wouldn’t get. I went to Blizzard’s on campus ... would like to get in contact with them to ask further questions, please

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (and free food), but I don’t try to get involved with them at any deeper ... —it’s possible to want to cultivate your professional prospects while still being ... towards your “real” career in STEM, to instead write. I was writing because

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and ... blogging life. Which is wild to me, conceptually. On the one hand, because I ... on and so forth. I feel like I'm doing that with my time here at MIT

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story of the most epic pset ever If you correct my problem set in the comments, I will get angry. And you…

  

  .005 but it's hard to feel like you're learning, you know? You try doing a ... old textbooks they don't want or need anymore for anyone on the floor to ... lesson in RLC circuits to the seniors in AP Physics. I must be getting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  lot of desi people and get to know people on SAAS board with me better ... catch our bus to New Haven. It is very sunny and warm; naturally, everyone ... eventually goes away.    5:25 pm - Welcome to New Haven! It is more

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  fun facts about random stuff sometimes i just like learning new things

  

  to new scenarios — to create. On the other hand, trivia is much more ... -quite-potato thing that I’ve been doing is trying to learn a lot of trivia — time on ... get back to learning more trivia. so oops. sorry if like, you actually

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and ran away to a meeting. Here's what he emailed me today: Mitra, Where ... do enter it please be sure to be clear about the bass so as not to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  's pointless to try and stick a number on your chances at MIT. I guess the moral ... start in statistical thinking now. First, a few facts on which to chew: 1 ... out a number which reflects your chances of getting into MIT? First of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  to get me -- I’d finally found my fellow lizard people! Socializing on ... attempt at pretending to be smart. Getting on campus didn’t fix my tendency ... ’ll get desensitized to noise again, and I’m working on making small GPS

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  tattoo. I read some articles on tattoo care, and the tl;dr was not to get ... on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... was sick, and passed out on my futon.   Growing up, I was used to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  professor's signature on the forms you need to get signed Be very relieved ... yeah, here is how to (im)properly get an independent study, a sequel to ... seem to be responding to your email Notice that he is not in his office

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  "]A[/annotation] few days ago, my Google Calendar returned to its pre-exile state, aka ... enjoy it. It's an easy and fun way to make some money on the side of my ... up and spit you out. Try your hardest to maintain your sanity whenever

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  , this blog is certainly not going to satisfy that curiosity. (You’re in ... extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... ="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0K3HYTHPgdfMquuCxf1jvJ"]Listen to rdng szn on Spotify

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the ... called No Flip Flops which was full of pointers on how to survive a winter ... , and a tshirt. There's actually a lot to take into consideration when you're

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  , classes where I will never talk to anyone new and classes where I could have ... , the deep curiosity lives on.  It is still scary to think about the ... undergraduate, even though that had always been my major. I had hoped to get here

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  of my MIT life to y’all. So you get to come along on the journey! I ... ), and it felt weird to write on a blog about my MIT experience under a ... it was because I had a crush on this girl and running was ‘my time’ to

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UEA Internship Panel

  

  from how to get an interview to how to succeed once you're there. Learn ... inquires, "How's your wife/husband?" The other responds, "Relative to what ... (all years encouraged to attend!) If you are a sophomore, come meet your

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Making of a Mystery A James Grimmelmann Guest Blog

  

  competition on a grand scale. Teams of up to 200 people attempt to be first to ... pride: just like solving a puzzle is a way to show off your cleverness ... metapuzzle is a puzzle based on combining the answers to other puzzles.) This

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  out of your control, so it doesn’t make sense to put too much weight on ... stop wanting to. Not ‘some way to get rid of him’ - but a way to stop trying. Not ‘some way to save my child’ - but a way to lose your fear.” i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022