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• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  that could guide me - only an emptiness that needed to be filled by ... , partly because I wake up at 8:55am to get to a 9am class. Every morning I ... injured organs. My partner helps me get up to go to the bathroom and I eat

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  "there's so much going on that you're bound to find something that will get ... to bind adiponectin." By identifying and isolating those special cells ... hormone excreted by fat cells, also known as adipocytes. It acts on muscle

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  worried not about getting rejected from MIT, but rather what would happen if they did get into MIT by some miracle-lightning-strikes-a-unicorn-and ... possibly getting into not only MIT, but to any rigorous, awesome school

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  chair, which means I get to plan things that I always wanted to do and ... , offering advice on how to get tickets, which games would be best, and other ... minutes. And I wonder, don't the players ever get distracted by this when

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  Indiana :) I want to get into a heartfelt section here about failure, I ... fitness in January 2023, so I just had to get from 26.2 miles up to 100 ... lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Simple Harmonic Motivation a time progression through the semester

  

  now have to rely on catching myself in the right moment to get into the ... , and I really need to start getting my shit together. As I come face to ... I rapidly switch between wanting to do something and not wanting to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 8, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar? guest post by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20

  

  that the teams must get to by a certain time. However, other than that ... during the race (and proceeded to run them 1700+ miles during ASC). By Day ... drive until 6pm, followed by a charging period from 6 pm to 8pm and then

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  sunset from the Harvard Bridge so many times, so that one was easier to get ... also my one and only visit to the state. Get to know your professors ... do it at all. I was planning to at least get my Harvard Library ID

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  wonderful opportunity for a worthwhile cause. Also, we get to learn and ... protesters get close and attempt to convince me out of an abortion. The Planned ... these soon. Best of all, I get to bond with new residents, transfers and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  managing to get things done and maintain the high standards you all have for yourselves. There is so much to do here, so much to get involved in, and so ... ) some advice for how to quickly finish his art notebook cover project

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  mom in a frenzy exclaiming that I'm not going to get into any of the schools I want to get into. I was in your spot once, and I'm there once ... biggest things I think we want to get caught up in is the number game

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  by [annotation note= "my urban dance team’s annual performance. we had ... day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal ... and set-up had all led up to a two-hour performance, and i really didn

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  escapes from the tennis courts to a vast Briggs Field trademarked by the ... ? (Carved by Andrew Hoy '10) Do you see what's in here? To no surprise ... in the wee hours is hard to come by around here. -- 3 Days before the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  A Tribute to the people of South Africa

  

  having conversations with women affected by the epidemic to being ... be filled with all kinds of sights and experiences that I would want to ... week that I didn’t find the time (or the energy) to step away from it all

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes to get downtown from East ... . When you get hungry, head to the Quincy Market (largest food hall in New ... food or a milkshake at nearby Quincy Market, and get super close to the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  internalized misogyny, by other people’s expectations of who I was “supposed” to ... bashes a thinly-disguised ex and upload it to Soundcloud only to get two ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  dope! Keep in mind that it tends to get a bit crowded on weekends (for ... to by walking through an empty Starbucks. The restaurant nearby plays ... I went to the pond, my boyfriend and I stopped by a place called Moozy

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  day has been exciting and full of surprises. I usually get to the office ... *written by Sharon L. '21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of ... AR project, is creating a manufacturing platform to digitize factory processes

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  Au Bon Pain, incorrectly referred to by many as the "French Mc ... a very reasonable $2. I headed to Old Port, a scenic area down by ... to all sorts of cool places to visit. And one of the great things about

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Above Ground now breathe

  

  ground. I'm no longer drowning, and I'm just antsy for some project to get ... and final part to my previous blog. I spent last semester trying to catch my breath. Now that I finally have, I'm not quite certain what to do

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 10, 2023