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• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  't do MIT alone. You'll need friends to teach you and support you, to make you laugh and to keep you from crying. So just remember, when you're ... : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... rejected from the last company we thought we still had a chance to work at ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  by maybe three to five for all the companies you're interviewing for at ... this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating, "I am not going to think about elephants while writing this post

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... had the tact to resize their photos to something on the order of 10^2 by 10^2 pixels before emailing them to me. (Unfortunately, I have to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  make my own dress to wear to the ceremony. Making it took almost all ... the things that make it worthwhile. And I'll be happy to wear it for ... . This Tuesday, the Class of 2019 got together to celebrate the time we

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  address you send your application materials to if you send your application ... What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer to that question, no matter the time of year. This winter I have

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  frosh thingies i couldn’t decide what to write so i’m writing about everything

  

  organizing stuff. I have tried to start using a google calendar, but it’s not ... minutes. Add ketchup, mustard, or pepper to your heart’s content. (Actually ... college? what?? Like many I’ve talked to, I’m still stuck a couple

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  with themselves. I intend no offense to your opponent, Aaron. The ... On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any ... conversation. :) "OKAY. I'M READY!" Excellent! To make it into this semester ... dinner with your organic chemistry professor-- which can be sponsored by

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  negotiation, and making compromises in order to achieve my character’s goals. There’s something about asking to talk with someone privately, making wild ... Twirl and having to remember that you and your partner are called centers

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  development. It’d be an awesome opportunity to make connections in the robotics ... ’ Roller at Disney World[/caption] Amber: To close off, what’s been your ... , and to spread the word (and learn more about Arcturus myself), I’m doing

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  people ever refer to your dorm as home m: i personally do though some ... of that m: idk it’s easy to make a story like that, but in practice ... isn’t the case m: all excellent points but i will try to explore you’re

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  to me and i learn better from making these sorts of mistakes. with ... need to make with a certain color. once, i accidentally left a box of ... , making smaller ones has given me the resilience i need to get past them

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  whether you're new to HDM or returning, I've got a fun little Internet thing ... , except for this one, you don't need to bother you mom to find your birth ... Emoji Compass to make more effective decisions on what projects to work on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  events, add your Kerberos to the free-food mailing list. And make sure to ... remainder of your weekly meals. So you’ll have to shop/budget/plan on your own ... about your ability to eat regularly and properly, the Pilot 2021 is not

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  was handed one sticker, no strings attached (not even a website to visit ... intro chemistry) ??.??? Humanities class of your choice- it's best to pick ... will make it easier to know what you should take Depending on what

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  were making up words to sound cute. But apparently blustery means ... for Tuesday and Wednesday. My Momentum competition was pushed back to Friday (whew! more time to prepare). You saw blizzard coverage on the MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  as they are in the real book. If you don’t relate, you can make your ... could when I was working a regular job. I want to make the most of it. I ... the interior spaces around you. If you’re lucky enough to have access

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  blissfully unaware of Bevi’s existence, prepare to have your day ruined as I ... I hate Bevi. It’s frustratingly slow, the user interface makes me want to pound my head against a wall, and it costs hundreds of dollars

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  your virtual body belongs to a different race or gender than your ... Smoking in Your Sleep. in this study, researchers expose smokers to the ... classes i was interested in but didn’t have time to take. one of those was

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022