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• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  eleven. Not right away. It takes a few days, weeks even, sometimes even ... a college campus (and at my alma mater no less) exposes me to random ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  This summer was a summer of many firsts. First time actually living ... . First time booking all my doctor’s appointments. This summer was a summer of balance, at least the attempt of finding one. This summer was a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  What is Infinite Magazine? Infinite is a student-run magazine seeking ... [annotation note="generally, a spread refers to two facing pages of a magazine ... semester"]as follows:[/annotation] the Infinite executive board determines a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  , melting just a patch of ice. I could see the water rush and tumble from my ... very cold it is outside. Two shirts and a hoodie were overkill every ... until eight, I saw someone running outside in a t-shirt. She looked rather

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  past fall, just days after arriving on campus, a bunch of freshman girls ... , piercings are a rite of passage. Aside from being super cute, my piercings are a symbol of my individuality. They're a celebration the independence I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  really came into my own as a MIT student. And I did, I think. I enjoyed the ... these. But this retroactive brainstorming is a fruitless exercise, and I ... Joon is at coding, but it's cool to have complete agency over a project

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  radio station, WMBR. It was a completely spontaneous decision; I had never even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for broadcasting. I showed up at WMBR orientation in early September 2016, became a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  Danielle, Grant, Christine, Julia, and then in the middle is a giant, egg-shaped table with a puzzle on top. Five or more days a week, eight or more hours a day. That was us. And then…one day…it wasn’t… Everyone went from

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of Burton-Conner long live BC

  

  I'm a proud resident of Burton-Conner, a lovely dorm with nine floors ... .."][hopefully][/annotation] be moving back in as a senior, the dorm won't be the same. Some of the ... painted-over walls. Each floor of BC has a number of murals that are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  college is supposed to be a stepping-stone to adulthood, where ... and beautiful enclave where it's okay to fail at being real adults, a ... ’m still adjusting to this environment, but i don’t feel like a functioning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon ... think, learning from a friend that my high school robotics coach, Neil ... hands with a rueful expression and said to me "That’s like asking me to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  President Reif during Commencement, or simply walking down the street as a new adult. For now, my life hasn’t changed. I have a summer job at MIT Admissions and commute to campus every weekday. But it’s a summer arrangement

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Fall Semester random happenings, senior year edition

  

  2016 through a partnership with the MIT - Italy program of Dr. Serenella ... ’Agata Bolognese a first MIT graduate-- Patricia Das, Mechanicals Engineering, Class ... .091 = “three-oh-nine-one" There is no apparent logic to this. But when a group

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard ... , my dorm, and the opportunities I got as a rare HASS major. I stayed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017 fourth time seen, first time competing

  

  York. It was a bust. My team left halfway through and I gave up trying to ... next time I was in a hackathon, I would finish the project no matter what ... technology. A blockchain is basically a list of records linked together with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  documentation more than a month ago. There are a bunch of long, thoughtful, well-considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right ... weeks. It's taking sort of list form because I'm a big fan of lists as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... ’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations! We’re excited ... next? A: First, you should create a MyMIT account. Then you should

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  . Wait, I think I need an acronym for that acronym!). That’s a lot of letters for saying that a group of us pre-frosh got to go tour some really ... independent country, and, in the process, to create a pretty awesome place for

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  ? Failing. It might sound a little weird, but I came here certain that if ... at chemistry or biology, or a physics genius when compared to my ... knowing how not to have a breakdown. It means being able to look at failure

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge, CPW, and YOU! A welcome from a couple of MIT Quest Scholars to our newly admitted Quest Scholars

  

  Hello! In just a couple of days, MIT will be hosting the Campus Preview Weekend (CPW)! Over a thousand students will be on campus and there ... introduce you to a couple of them here. Enjoy! Quynh Nguyen '15    Hello

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • April 2, 2013