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• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  ago, the painted red and white stripes on the trees beside my ... carry in my heart more than doubled. The most secluded desk on the fifth ... can sit and watch the moisture in the air fluoresce on a foggy night

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  not put on a show from the comfort of the Lecture Series Committee ... ’ll be running the show on your own in no time. Just follow the link on the ... projecting Knives Out on my own just a few weeks later! However, I soon

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it is the escape living a second life as an art student

  

  decadent brunches, going shopping, so on and so forth. One of our many stops ... trinkets, like jewelry, stuffed animals, so on and so forth. Unfortunately ... overhead involved in managing all of my daily tasks. I am on the verge of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  … You get the point. So now, I am conducting an anthropological study on ... the best. Beast (2E) has food on the free food table nearly every day of ... events put on by cultural clubs.  plan ahead for free food events I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Sophomore Fall Goals So you can bully me when I write a post saying they didn't work out

  

  mental bets on whether or not I succeed. So, out of spite, these are my ... or go to a meeting. I want to actually have a full grasp on the lecture ... concept but it is harder than it sounds in practice. On that note, I want

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  . I rely a lot on my myriad of notebooks and papers: my planner, that ... minimum, my research notebook, which I love because it has weather maps on ... effort and management, which I just couldn't manage on top of my already

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  On Friday, I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie where ... -carpet photoshoots and limousine rides. In another universe, she is a sign-spinner on a street corner. In other universes, she’s a teppanyaki chef, a rock on a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  old person." On Saturday the Puzzle Club ran an event where we solved ... Club worked on a P&A issue was last semester. Miscommunication meant ... hours, so we needed more food than I anticipated anyway. On Sunday night

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  can we base our stories on real-life experiences, and how does this ... scale[/caption] part 2: did i tell you i like trains? We hop on the Red ... continue on our way. [carousel image1="69699" image2="69698" image3

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  finds me in the lounge of Putz, legs curled below me on the big red sofa ... balancing on someone’s shoulders to tie the knots. A course 6 sophomore ... we didn’t have time to walk down the wrong basement hallway on the way

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  it and they have a great blogpost on 21E here, but I'll reiterate it ... . This is because when I write my major on my resumé (and how I write it on ... income. What are your thoughts on 21E? I noticed a complete change in my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some ... application this way to help us deliver on our charge to enroll a vibrant ... creative individuals interested in an education centered on science and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• 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