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• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  referred to by your username. "In some circles on campus, you may become known by your username, so choose wisely."—Matt again If you want to go ... this decision is: your MIT username (also referred to as your Athena or

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the bubble to glimpse the wider world and plot real moves. And ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... next semester never started, would I ever get up off the couch? I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  to so many new perspectives and ways of life that I just never even ... . After stopping by a bakery to buy some roll cake (for breakfast the next ... . Our friends from New York go to music school, so someone started playing

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  battles every single day! Trying to chase your dreams while fighting visible ... ): “...tell your friends to pull up.” This is not just a black peoples’ issue ... friends are doing ok. We are all shaken to the core and disillusioned by

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  think that by the way I was feeling, I had been determined to go here ... accepted or not. But every time I get to thinking this way, EVERY single ... follow your dreams just by having clicked the submit button oh so many days

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  Being a blogger is a bit of a weird job. Your only task is to write ... applying to the job. The application gets posted every year around the middle ... frequency. We get paid for each post we write, according to the number of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  left to shovel, but they shovel the slush anyway. Oh, and by slush, this ... 's Ring Premiere to get an idea of what I'm talking about. There are some ... I hate New England. No really, I do. Ask anyone who's had the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  , it's the response from you guys. Getting your comments and immediate ... for me: If you'd like to post the link yourself on your blog, or just ... .") In essence, you’re asked to squeeze your entire identity into a couple

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned ... gig, to be honest. Your application will be read by a small committee ... of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage with the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new ... be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube ... . Your application will be read by a small committee including some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  was going to Yellowstone and I was going with them. If you're taking a ... , memorable experiences of your life. I. Everything was a new thing and it ... shock patterns... by the time we headed back it was starting to look like

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Student Gatherings we want to meet you!

  

  start getting to know all of the wonderful people I have been able to read ... hometowns for students admitted to the Class of 2016. If there's one in your ... listing on your MyMIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  there's one thing I don't want to do after getting home late, it's study ... had given lip service to the idea that you could get a research job, if ... to have a favorable view of your intelligence as an undergraduate and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  whiteout conditions forget your mission, just get out alive

  

  whiteout conditions is a song by the new pornographers, and it ... crumbled, you doubled your dosage / you wanna go, said the inhibitor blocking ... vague desire to go to classes and do work. but i don't actually want to. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  another one! So I thought to myself, "What are these strange creations?!?" Baffled by these little men, I tracked down my friend Steven '15 (my go-to ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  school geometry by cheating off my dad. She came to 18.02 (multivariable ... (read: cheap; there were no cheap tickets from Columbus to Boston last weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  calls it the Brass Rat). Basically, every class gets to choose a committee to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... are meant to commemorate attributes from only the class. If you google

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  typically to get some food and talk with friends. 21G.704 (1pm-2pm) This is ... thought it might be nice to get a refresher and also there was free food ... house with Raymond and Aiden to pset and goof around and get some last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  summer. I wanted to spend time with my family, and I needed to get off ... chances of finding a job were pretty dismal, so I tried to compensate by ... open yourself to opportunities. Important tips for bluffing your way

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  on reuse, and if you get email pushed to your phone, you can get some ... breakfast? Go for it! Don't want to go to class? You won't get in trouble! Want to give me a plasma screen TV for free? Be my guest! Remember, you're

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009