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• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  alternatively, 6.0001 and 6.0002. When my advisor asked me to make a graduation ... .0002. Swayed by the promise of pandemic PE/NE grading, I reluctantly decided to ... credit for 6.0001, by taking an advanced standing exam, didn't go so well

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  I am done with finals and very excited about that; you may be able to ... back, for 5.07: Biological Chemistry. There's something to be said for essentially being forced to copy out every intermediate in every major metabolic

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club ... backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  felt no longer threatened by their presence; I grew to like it. It ... an event hosted by my dorm building. I became so attached to the little ... manner to start my day. I attempted to emulate it by setting my alarm

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  Yo-Yo Ma when he came to Boston in an outing organized by the Burchard ... that I perceive science. Back in high school, I used to get by by ... . :) --- Since coming to MIT, I've channeled my love of history by teaching a 6

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  skeletal remains by tending to it as a garden.  The Welsh word for children ... separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  .g. TDC for 2015, 2014, and 2013). In recent years, in an attempt to make ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a four day experience for first year students to explore MIT dorms and find

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  'll have to make due with this video I made but never got around to posting ... people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  personal side to your knowledge that might make it even more interesting ... during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  behavior and human foibles just by observing people in relation to their cars ... decision making process to working in global e-lance economies, to thinking ... of people in hundreds of different professions from hair dressers to

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  's turn to prepare food. We decided to go with the Hallooween theme and make ... sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking ... breaking abilities. But now I know. =) I first learned to appreciate the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  in, in a way that feels most true to me.  - By the way, just make ... arises. It makes me more sensitive to the social rules that we have and ... Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  ) pressure to make the most out of that last summer before college. To explore ... to look like. Instagram feeds filled with beating rays of sunshine. Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road trips to new places

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  want to show my friends I care about them by nourishing them–and making ... couldn’t eat[/annotation]. To make matters worse, I ate alone in the dining ... students to live in AirBnbs, sometimes funded by their MISTI programs. My Air

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  everyone makes sure to catch the very end, when Santa makes his appearance ... , but her 2 brothers live out of state and only make it back to Jersey ... to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  it harder to make that progress. So I feel very stunted and though I ... taken up by classes or extracurriculars. My mornings are taken up by the ... E house by 9:45am Walk across the bridge leisurely and arrive at the Z by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  . By the end of the night, we had people coming over to hang out in our ... you Stanford!!!!* So by now you might think you have a fair idea of what to expect when you get to MIT. Floatillas, Liquid Nitrogen, and peak

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  security desk is the piece "I DON’T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU" by artist ... , let's walk to the dining hall, which is right by the front entrance ... . Walking to the other side of the first floor, we pass by several common

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  left living right next door to some of my closest friends. 84 hours left to stare out at a skyline that looks back at me. 84 hours left of what ... student.  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm room, surrounded by boxes

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020