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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  MIT students, and probably college students in general. Many do ... this person is doing xyz, I should also be doing xyz”) and an internal desire (“omg this person is doing xyz, wouldn’t it be so cool if I could

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

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  Director, and she basically said, "Wow, that's awesome, but do you think you ... of the study abroad that MIT students do. Basically, back in the 70s ... really excited, and decided to apply. Here's how it works: I went to http://web

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  have a manageable workload, but I have spent the past few hours doing nothing in particular except think about all the things I need to do. They ... , running a quick setup test for a UROP, filling out a when-to-meet, things

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  , 2019. Google tells me the length of my hiatus: [annotation note ... learned a lot, but didn't publish. Do I want to pursue more research? The ... still don't feel like I'm part of any one group. Did I do well in my

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  , the excruciatingly detailed how-to-do-everything-that-you-can-possibly-do ... registration day. Step 1: Look up "mass art course listing" on google, and trust ... hope that they are nice enough to still do so even though you just missed

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the ... to make technology “think.” MIT is an excellent place to do this, as ... platforms: How can we present content in the most intriguing way? How do we

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  summer. Over here, my Google search for “entertainment near me” only ... . But we do have a Trader Joe’s, a Walgreens, and a Starbucks just three ... doing a blown up version of this UROP, going from 6 to 30 hours a week

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  wherein you now need to find something else to do besides psets. For example ... I was done, though, I had a lot of residual energy to do ... longer surprised me. Past professors or TAs of mine have also offered to do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  you're doing. In a matter of months, I’d gone from preparing to apply to ... doing work -- until I became Christian in junior year and somehow found ... . Don’t strive for scores and rankings -- strive to do work you’re proud

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  interesting than mine. My classes, I say? What, do you ask, do I mean by that? Also, what do I mean by the last two sentences with their overloaded ugly ... that image came up in my google search and I decided to use it). The

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  young folk and eager applicants may not want to do, but probably will want ... google maps, we decided on a trip out to Sandwich, MA for our mini ... . Dessert! This entry peters off a bit here, because we didn't do anything

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  change is so quick you can't even process what's happening. Flashback to ... used to how quickly life can change, even if the anticipation for the ... ? about the changes I've been making to do so. I've been waking up earlier

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  will probably turn me into bacon. (Speaking of which, do you know what ... barbeque pork (or at least, that's what I think it is -- browsing google ... painfulness. Even when I don't have much work, I procrastinate; if I have to do

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  avoid thinking about the other things I need to do but have not done and do not want to do; working is how I run from my fear that nobody will ... carry a box up the stairs. Doing things with a purpose is good, and useful

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  quickly like rain, but as if it's taking its sweet time. It is beautiful ... fall out from under you, and if they do you find yourself past knee deep ... feet covers quickly got wet. And when anything gets wet, it gets cold

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Derailment My Gap Year

  

  dizzy. Four trauma nurses quickly wheeled the bed into Exam Room 1 as I ... rooms; walls do. The room contains equipment to treat the most severe life ... , “Do you want to see this?” “Yes, I do.” During the fall of my senior

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  Form, I thought about 6.0002 as a whole. Do I really need this class? Not technically. It isn't a Course 6 requirement. Alright, do I at least ... for it, so it is going to take me more time than most. Hmm. Do I have

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  the need to "out do" anyone here- but rather we fall into the temptation of evaluating ourselves based on what others are doing. I've never felt ... Mechanical Engineering. But I didn't know if I wanted to do more than that

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  excited to do showcase with it, but unfortunately due to covid we were ... a reasonable and attainable goal! Do a handstand. - I cannot do a ... want to build to. Do the splits. - I want to try working more on my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  implement it in a new language -- doing that allowed us to really solidify the ... resources like OpenGL and WebGL tutorials, academic papers, ShaderToy code ... the process, so we'll take that as a win anyways. After doing that, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020