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• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  college is trying new things, exposing yourself to new people , and exposing yourself to new ideas. For me, personally, in the summer leading up to the ... studying. If you want to go out with your friends to dinner on a Friday night

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  calligraphy class where you get to learn different strokes, characters and ... ="origami club at MIT"]origaMIT[/annotation] meetings. I am also trying to get an ... firsthand what it is like to Screw Up (the get

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  sometimes get a bad rap with regards to social interactions.  We ... 's probably acceptable to hold it by the bulb, although wine snobs might still ... stuff in your teeth.  That's grody, dude!" After Charm School: [whispers

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a ... folders are your complete admissions files; the green cards associated with ... reading carefully every sheet of paper in your folder and summarizing the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  Re, and HERE!. Of course, pollhacking is not new, as demonstrated by the ... I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  referred to as "W1") into a "New" magical dorm (NW35 or the "New" Ashdown ... "New" Ashdown House (NW35) was opened and the 11 founders were joined by ... needed to renovate W1 just wasn't as easy to get our hands on. So the whole

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  on realizations and learning in which i say a bunch of things that might seem obvious

  

  different. I tried to get into a fifth class and didn't (it was too ... filling up your time is what lets you learn new skills! and try new things ... to get to try them all. I like knowledge, and experiences, and learning

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Hall Rush: 1E So many packing peanuts

  

  Hi friends! I'm Jamie and I'm a new blogger. I'm a senior in 2A-4 ... brings me to hall rush! Each hall in East Campus has a different culture ... then rank where they want to live. Each hall puts together events to

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • September 14, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  the eye and put down electronics when we talk, to go to bed and get up ... want to use my cows to wish some of your friends a happy belated Hearts ... me, have always made me me. One of my New Year’s resolutions has been

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ADITL MIT's Technique spearheads one of the most interesting projects I've seen on campus recently.

  

  , and staff alike have been uploading their photos to the website, which ... on campus were doing the same thing with the same purpose: to take part in A Day In The Life, a project open to the entire MIT community

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  —we overshoot and get too cold; too little—we take forever to reach 67°. Do we ... unfortunately dwindled to near zero by week three. Despite this, I actually really ... certain level of pressure to push myself to get better, but I also want to

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  completely until you’re here in a dorm, in a town you’ve only been to during ... changes daily), adventure I had taken into a new area of Boston, or just to ... ’d ride down the block on my bike, wave hi to my aunt, and return back to my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...

  

  following sports once I got to college. Or maybe I just enjoy getting a peek ... what I think is either Indiana or Illinois. By the time you read this, I ... . But in the last month, since coming back to MIT from Thanksgiving break

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  advice blog (written by someone who went to all her Tuesday classes with ... managing your time since the beginning of the semester. (Note to future self.) You don't have to be on your game at all times, but it's a good idea to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  hours on a MONDAY. And I got to sleep by 1AM, and then I woke up in time to get to my UROP at 10. Eight hours of sleep. SKILLZ, I TELL YOU ... sometimes I get on my computer to check my mail and somehow spend five hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  ) because there are research opportunities year-round, and we get to meet ... that is starting to change. Shhhh, listen! Put your ear to your favorite ... life returning to the Infinite. The new pre-frosh, sans pre, are arriving

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Whoooo!

  

  sad. It's hard to explain how incredibly jealous I get of friends who ... your profile a map of all the places in the world that you have been. As ... such a sheltered life so to speak, and when I gush over the fact that my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  fraternity, so I spent a lot of time at our house, getting to know my brothers ... , establish my place, and figure out what I really wanted to get out of this ... going to gain a better and better understanding of how to prepare for your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  highlight events that you are excited about. We want to know about your ... through your eyes. To put it simply, we want MIT students to help us ... them back out to the best of our ability. If your student group is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vaccine Externalities Health economics applied to the decreased odds of my getting the flu, courtesy of my…

  

  curve. This curve will be what Gabe uses to decide whether he should get ... vaccine. (Open up the images in a new browser to see larger versions of ... Gabe '08 got one today, but I didn't end up getting one for myself. In 14

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 6, 2005