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• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  , discrete problems, and we all could use a serotonin boost at this point in ... present. I could live in Seattle, even. At the end of 2019, I made my ... 't really know how to get here anymore. I tried being a software person at a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  black female. Even at home, I’ve been in resorts where my own fellow ... and cloaked bigotry at every turn, and waking up every morning to hear ... . Look at this country’s administration and tell me how you expect a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  To our prospective students and their families on taking care of ourselves and the people we love

  

  chaos or spotty internet at home, or their classes were never really ... internships and summer programs getting cancelled will hurt their chances at MIT ... learn on your own at home.[/annotation] I want to reassure you that we

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 27, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  sight either Even my cat looking at me like "yo what are you still DOING ... the room and they look at me like "you again?" and all i can say is "yep ... interesting, because i feel I've become a bit better at it. I've always been

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  myself and my circle. Relatedly, I want to get better at talking to those I ... only have three semesters left at the institution, and I've been thinking ... 2018 and 2019, but there are still days when I'll look at the clock and

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  and then left a UROP, I worked all summer, I won a medal at Head of the ... did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of ... have no class on Fridays. I'm going to spend less time on psets, at

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  , I fully expected to be crushed at every corner my soul tried to run ... and challenges, just a little shocked at how much it actually hurts.  I ... that context as I continue with sophomore year has been calming, at least

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in ... it intriguing at best and perfectly frustrating at worst. I don’t have ... 'd flip if he knew I barely ate any fruit at school. That train of thought

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  (Humanities, Arts, and Social Science) courses at a rigorous technical school ... code, hours of pulling my hair out at office hours, just trying to get ... transition time before you are fully able to focus on the task at hand. So, to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  At long last, I've finally reached a semester where at least half my ... look at this semester... Look at all those classes that I actually ... can actually do well in - all my years of being good at English class

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  impressive the New York skyline was until I was looking at it again. The pizza ... when I finally got back to my dorm. My friends who stayed at MIT over the ... , recruit volunteers, and raise money. At our fundraiser, we'll be selling

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  (1960) with the score performed lived by the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall ... Bartollo, Sam Magee, and the freshman from the Arts at MIT advising seminar to ... .   We met up with some more Arts Scholars at the Five Horses Tavern

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  survive socially and academically at a school of geniuses? When I was ... at improving my application, I created a maker portfolio where I showed ... . Everyone there is going to be better than me at everything and I'm going to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  at MIT, I am taking not one, but two PE classes, back-to-back: Fitness ... perfect 1/8 of a sphere, which allows it to be supported at only three ... flags at the front are part of the MIT Undergraduate Association's Red

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  classes you can only take at MIT. Every week, we get a new guest speaker for ... week, at least one of our reading assignments is co-authored by the speaker, and we’re all required to present at least one of the readings

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Maseeh Dining Yamatos - all you can eat sushi!! Domino’s at 2AM When ... ’t try Professors that are bad at teaching The MIT Administration ... cross-register at Harvard :) fly somewhere exotic with friends over

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  that I've experienced at MIT so far. Last Sunday, I knocked out two psets ... briefly thought that the "oxygen" at the end of the word CITGO on that ... similar to flow. I keep the objective at the back of my mind for a few days

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  You should not do your primary grocery shopping at these locations ... bins for grains, but the prices are cheaper at the Harvest Co-op. Star ... that this guide helps you decide where to buy groceries at MIT. Have any

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  Dance at Duke, gave a profound lecture to a rapt and engaged audience. He ... needs to be something substantial. Not "look, we got Killer Mike at MIT. I ... enforcement system. There is no neat solution at the end because there is no

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  The first sentence is always the hardest. At MIT, however, it came ... redoing problems about them over and over. I wouldn’t get frustrated at the ... of my seat with excitement at the latest chemistry breakthrough. Those

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015