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• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... other schools, but here are some of the approaches I’ve developed from my ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I ... Workshop  After meeting with my advisor, we agreed that I would take three

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you ... , and by exciting I mean much more mundane than I had somehow expected. One thing that struck me about high school, as I finished it off, was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  I’ve decided I talk too much. I need to give some other people a chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... me they’d like to help with an entry, I decided to go all-out and get

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  I didn't start out this weekend trying to write a scathing expose on ... wasn't planned, especially because I still have six hours of exams to power through - it actually probably started about two weeks ago, when I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And now for the feature presentation… ...IN STEREO.Don't ask. It's an LSC thing. I don't really get it myself.

  

  I have been so busy lately, and I've definitely been neglecting you guys and only writing short updates. This makes me sad. So today I have a feature length entry for your enjoyment. I (finally) got around to editing

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  I have never read any of Marie Kondo's books, nor have I claimed to, but I feel like we're connected on at least some minor spiritual level ... health disorder I've always hated physical stuff. Even when I was a kid, I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  almost a year ago (wow how has it been that long), i made an extensive, fangirly post about how much i love spotify and its playlist making features.  i am happy to report that spotify has only continued to satisfy me

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  2/19/2016 It's been 2.5 weeks since classes started, and I'm already hosed*. I've been counting down the days until Spring Break. 29 ... /No Record. Oh, how much I miss you already PNR. I just want it to be the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  I've been living on campus, working on finishing my MEng thesis this summer. It's been an interesting summer; I've really enjoyed being able to ... been ups and downs, I think it has been, on the whole, a pretty good

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  oversees seven of MIT's women's+ organizations. I've never gone through sorority recruitment (and I am not in a sorority). However, I think that ... 's dormitories and other Independent Living Groups. I also admire the recent

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application. Please email us at [email protected]…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  [/caption] Historically, I’ve only ever finished three notebooks out of the dozens I’ve had ... second was a multipurpose notebook that I handcrafted and bound in 8th ... recently completed one, which I finished a month ago is also multipurpose

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  Over IAP, I joined the ranks of bloggers who have fallen into the ... creations, including prints, figurines, tote bags, custom jewelry. As I was ... selling, I saw a crocheted strawberry cow. ... oh my god i need that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  that I was a little loud and a little awkward in high school. I spent most of my time doing math. I haphazardly dyed my hair at home and sported a brass-colored bob that I can now admit was ill-suited to my skin

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  , so I stayed inside. Then sun came out so my friend Gabi N. '22 and I ... of doing my usual Sunday-night-meal-prep, I had some Popeyes chicken and biscuits. It was good. I realized I have a lot of groceries to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  room with shoes on. So I try to adjust. I remember to not walk and eat on the street. I stand in front of a store eating a vending machine ice cream, like how I've seen others stand in front of food stalls

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  complete internships or study abroad in some cases, I spent my first IAP here ... alarm goes off. Why is the time so oddly specific? Well, truth be told, I overshot the :35 that I was going for, and I was too impatient to go back and

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  bike.) To those of you who are still working on apps, I thought I ... ) about the... DUN DUN DUN... COLLEGE ESSAY. Before I start, I'd like to ... on College Confidential (if you don't know what I'm talking about, don

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summertime When the Thrills are Cheap and the living is easy.

  

  Hey folks. I've been busy, which still isn't a good excuse for not having posted anything substantial in something like seven months. I kept ... information on the banner above is already outdated. I declared Course 9, Brain

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • July 28, 2009