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• Blog / Challenges

  conversations with friends so many different ways to feel lost

  

  's weird that i'm here almost as a vacation r: i'm curious do you on campus ... people and moving around and everything i feel lost on a much deeper ... : ooh that's actually a really good point i hadn't thought of it that way on

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 21, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  I was focused on controlling my breathing and pretending those stairs ... tunnels of building 66 had a big influence on my decision to come to MIT. I ... the crosswalk on Mass Ave whereas the end of my day would be lobby 7

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  and on my own hours, which was very useful when I was in Pacific Time ... on trying to do a single thing: the work that I was assigned. Summer ... on this one"]square bins![/annotation] My room is 95% set up (save for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  commit. Five of us signed on, but two others couldn't promise anything ... frustrating. We spent hours on Zillow looking for places and contacting agents ... each of these places are on this page, but keep in mind that they

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Harvard Friends, Part 2 finding my quarantine dream team

  

  on a false foundation. I found some resolution through directly talking ... "]PADK,[/annotation] has been so nice. We made a recurring meeting early on and can just hop ... .[/annotation] Handling the news: When Harvard released their plans on Monday, July 6, we

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  staying at PKT, located one block apart on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston ... heavy bags. It was always worth it, though – the long walks on the quiet ... kitchen at tEp and we'd have breakfast sandwiches on English muffins

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  'll die on that hill if I'm not already dead from one of the trials ... the same lab, working on the same project. From that, I have gained a ... some professors. Again, it sucks to look back on the classes you've taken

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  the city, so i've had to rely heavily on the wheels of other entities ... [/caption] two fridays ago, my MIT friends and i set out on our weekend road trip ... how much money i spend on uber"]a budget car[/annotation] from somewhere

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  , especially on academics and atypical hobbies that didn't revolve around the ... was on a huge social high. I was let loose in a candy shop of ... missing out on everything in high school. But overall it was a really great

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: And That’s A Wrap! tracing back three months

  

  MIT. I knew early on that I wanted to be able to expand this platform ... enough reason to say that their experiences belonged on the blogs. Call ... opportunity of sharing on the blogs as open as possible to MIT students without

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  Equations) out of the way before sophomore year. I’m still on the fence on ... words, I don’t have to spend that much time outside of class on homework ... .006 - Intro to Algorithms: I’m taking this class on Sophomore Exploratory (one

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends My last last day of school

  

  me rolling out of bed on a particularly warm Thursday morning in the ... put the finishing touches on my final HST.426 project (the same one I was working on at 3am the night before). The four of us make last minute

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 21, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  back to freshman year. I'm all on my own, at college, and I am stressed ... esplanade on the northern edge of Boston along the Charles River. It ... hurt my foot. The story this time is that I went on a camping trip with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  three different paint jobs. Today, I put sunflowers on the windowsill, and ... summer I’ve ever had, so I’ll tell you a little bit about it. On my last ... in half. Everyone on the streets looks powerful under the white lights

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  doesn't feel too powerful at first but once you have a lot stored on ... were on Spotify. A huge part of Spotify is being able to make and share ... on everything you do. Use this app to track your day and see how much

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  all the material from recitation or from the online video lectures on ... far too undermotivated to watch the video lectures on my own. Now, 8 ... .012 grades started dropping accordingly. I struggled to hit 70% on homework

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  .901, Professor Scott Hughes kept us on a sprint through a wild variety of topics on ... , black holes, and so on. This semester, we're diving deep into a larger ... accordingly. It's hands-on, and has me rethinking a lot of my own older

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  that weekend and are still interested in traveling" - and on Friday April ... grad students excited to teach. Kids excited to learn on a weekend ... on their kid taking all the classes he or she wants to take (trust me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  genuine. I'm so happy that he is on the faculty of a place like MIT. Hearing ... dragged me out of my lab reports. The following costumes were assembled on ... if they found out I put this on the internet, so these goobers are

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  335, the wonderful lounge-side 5-room on the 290-side third floor. My ... favorite things in my room. On the left wall above (click for a larger view) and on the upper left below is the painting my amazing then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012