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• Blog / Personal Travel

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

  

  the top presses down like seram wrap blades for a clean rip at whatever ... . Until someone shouts at you with concern as you've walked into a dressing ... I am not at home. Reminding me that I am different, and this place is

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a ... as I stare at my completed 7.014 exam. I get up to hand the thick ... York City. Fast-forward. It has been three weeks at my new job where I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  fix it. That being said, Monday through Friday now start off at this ... my cereal and stuff and head down to the Country Kitchen at Next to eat ... weekly PSet for my two courses. I try to get at least a problem done while

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking Forward and Backward 10 Memories and 8 Resolutions

  

  back at how much my life has changed in just twelve months. It has, by ... that I was in! 2. Arriving at CPW and getting escorted to the second floor of the student center, where I saw Petey. I remember staring at him

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  /7 – Tuesday, 10/10, could not have come at a better time! While the weekend was ... parenthesis correspond to notes at the end of the post) : Saturday 10:30am ... drove up to help us clean our room (a dumpster at the time), and to bring

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  looked at the shelf above my desk and realized realized how much machine ... at something that complicated and sort of maybe understood a bit of how it worked. Before when I looked at a 3D printer, all I saw was a semi

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  and incoherent crap at the foot of the reader. In doing so, a tiny part ... your other courses at MIT. One challenge of the courses, and the ... Studies" class at MIT might be like, you can check out the syllabus

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  , college applications were at the forefront of my mind. I scrapped essays ... with you, the fact that Allan was also in Toons and running the booth at ... with all the members of Toons at that callback, I really enjoyed it. It

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  or whether you’re just listening to keep the silence at bay. Whether it ... . Walking up the steps after getting off at Harvard Square and being greeted ... that music at ear-splintering levels like there’s no tomorrow (and when

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in ... , walking around Boston aimlessly with friends, dying my hair pink, dancing at ... 's much easier for me to justify skipping a workout when all that's at stake

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  them. From sudden cold rushes at the thought that I’d only taken X number ... ’t get freaked out about classwork. I’d have class at 9 am and I’d have to ... days at MIT. Ultimately, they average out into happiness. And that would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant Stuff at Simmons (along with some torso-sized bowling pins and a handful ... comes to me, I probably would have spent my Saturday afternoon at Next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  walk to Simmons was regular. I marvelled at the West Campus landscape ... feeling pretty fancy then. At last, I reached the Simmons sponge. I leaned ... I cringe at the recollection) I’m going to go graphic on you here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  senior thesis. In a past life, she was my roommate at Random. Chel has ... invaluable tool for procrastination planning your future at MIT. Danny wants ... the skills necessary to truly apply what she is learning at MIT and take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  seemed to pay me any attention at all (this was a recurring theme of my ... think about/with/through it. For more than ten years I've taught at the ... undergraduate too, for that matter) I studied social media. I worked at the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in ... one could be a coder and someone interesting for me to talk to at the

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  started writing this post, I wrangled Elasticsearch at work and made dinner ... , and running as fast as possible down the hallway while screaming at the top of our lungs at the stroke of midnight to keep ourselves awake for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  most common group pose found at Ring Premiere, in which several people ... contact between their rings, at which point Zan (the male) would be able to ... of this metaphor. Perhaps it is an acknowledgement that life at MIT is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  future blog) and are where a significant portion of learning happens at Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT ... concept of Office Hours But the difference doesn't end at class size or

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  ? We will look at your application again and consider it in the context ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing ... interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are welcome to request

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013