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• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  talk about it for that long– I just need to know that the conversational ... forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just ... . Perseveration is when someone gets stuck on a topic or an idea. For me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... on the project. When a newspaper calls me up and asks for comments, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  looking for summer work. Wow, I'm beginning to like this place! My mom and I flew in on Wednesday so that we could have a day for travel and use it to ... while watching the Discovery Channel (I was meant for MIT!) until my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  for gloves, but you’ve had worse chemicals beneath your skin. You chip ... there is class you’re only somewhat late for, where you are spoon-fed Mat ... air; you are at least 90% sure that nothing would happen. A google

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  experiences for the academic standards i’m comfortable with? could i, perhaps ... "]FPOP[/annotation] counselors (a super inspiring upperclassman!), so i reached out asking for his ... point, i’d slip and scroll through Facebook for three hours straight, or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Events

  What If… I Met Randall Munroe? ... Something would have to blow up

  

  punch cards, how big would Google's data warehouse be?” “What would ... thought for a while about if I wanted to attend. Pro: get to meet Randall ... rain, so we opted for the latter, got in line, got our books, got our

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  whose papers I read for class and whose writing and clean, minimalist figures I idolized, the lab whose PI I awkwardly Googled thinking someday I ... always empty except for me). I’m hoping to buy prints of some of my

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

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  got switched to hard mode for me after November started (and no, this ... before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... draft done for [annotation note="Intro to Media Studies"]CMS.100

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  science majors to left-handed people. Try Googling for "scholarships", and ... holds an event that tells freshmen about different options for their ... contributions for their families). How can a student of extremely limited

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  downloaded from iTunes and buying furniture for the new apartment to do a public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future hypothetical dorm room. First, the website for the Massachusetts Bay

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the ... , I’ve had my South African driver’s license for three years and was no ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  still seems like too weighty a decision for a single Google Form. i ... [/annotation] and i stapled into an eight-person group (the maximum number for BC ... , and they also do not get first priority for their dorm choice, unlike BC

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... advantage. Simply checking your MIT email for announcements from student ... final day of freshman orientation, you can sign yourself up for as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  whom are MIT students) come together for a week of pure camp fun – filled ... rotations, swimming, hiking, and more. Planning for each camp session is done ... starts preparing for the following Camp session as soon as the present

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... the bathroom at the beginning of january i flew to sf for a job interview. i was pretty nervous for it - it was my first ever in-person job

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  screen to replace mine. I hadn’t planned for this, so I walked outside and ... a turn, and dipped inside the nearest store to ask the owner for ... chatted with another customer while waiting for him to get back.   

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... from dining for at least the next two months. there was this book giveaway that the undergrad association did, where we wrote a blurb for one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  navigate whether that community is the right one for you. A great line I ... can help you reach out for help when you need it and find peers who ... application deadline?” or “What are the SAT requirements for MIT?” I know we

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and ... have a language requirement to prepare you for a serious language immersion. For example, my start-up’s Slack channel and some of their variable

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019