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• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... literally all the time. I'm also going through a break-up...and it sucks. I'm around two weeks into it at this point, so it wasn't a sudden shift

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of ... , and… I get a break. Or I let myself take a break. A real break, for the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  All transcripts must be submitted by a school counselor or another ... school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school ... : If you send us a copy of your transcript while we are waiting for your
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  There's a large park system in Boston called the The Emerald Necklace ... didn't have a concrete plan to do so. With that in mind, I set a goal to ... with a total of[annotation note="these also have associated numbers

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  , that the internet went out for a while. it was around 7:45 pm, and i went downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... occurred. This party is typically a huge affair that thousands of dollars go ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  AM-6PM days begin with a long but beautiful commute through the ... charm to it. In addition to experiencing what it's like to be a "real adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping ... nearly got charged by a white rhino. I took a lot of photos. And the world

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly ... basically only one menu item, which is pork ramen, and they give you a HUGE

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time doing. I waited because I naively hoped that life would settle down into a ... me! Mind you, this was the very first problem set. About a month and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  East Campus has a reputation. It's known as the mysterious and ... , East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT ... ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  purpose. Why take a class on race if you can’t read racist articles? The TF ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience ... courtyard, only with more grass and buildings of a different color. This makes

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  remember feeling like a failure when I switched from 18.01A to 18.01. I remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock ... remember, every moment, being desperate to come back. I remember a post

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was ... . Sean was a beloved campus police officer, a member of the MIT Outing Club ... Collier's Cranes, a hack of thousands of paper cranes hung suspended inside

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging ... courses, but I've also committed to a bunch of cool side projects/UROPs that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  in lab during the last month than I did in my own room... which is a ... . Over the course of a short semester, 8 teams of 24 students came up with ... "Shake It Off," the band sung "Make It All" a song about how we students

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out ... a poster that said this food truck along with one giving out 'gourmet ... duo was two of the actors from the HBO show Silicon Valley, which a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Good Morning, Sportsracers! *erases introductory post draft for the umpteenth time in the vain hope that he'll stick…

  

  Introductions are generally a clunky thing for me. There's some basic ... , I'm Danny; I'm a senior majoring in physics with CS classes sprinkled to taste, and I live in East Campus.") but I feel a weird level of

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  into a lot of part-time jobs. I’ll need something else to occupy time, earn a bit of money, and begin exploring some random careers. I’m currently planning on taking a summer@future class, Creating Digital Learning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014