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• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... Sunday. It is now 11:04pm on Friday. I therefore have 56 minutes to open a ... . A friend and I have arranged to watch The Elegant Universe after our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  energy to. But unlike my previous sidequests, I'll have a lot of time - and ... of my UROP, and I am really itching to finally have the time and energy ... like I'll have to save it for another time. I have a lot of places on my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  adorable. Here's him learning to use scissors for the first time at our local ... day, honing his Roblox skills. Cast your mind back with me to 2016 ... distances increased I started having to set out at 4AM each morning from my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  why it baffles everyone how you manage to get all your work done on time ... . you're a charcuterie board devotee and have at least one weird niche ... . you might procrastinate at times, but you definitely know how to get

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  ’t have time to think about how stressed I was because I was having so much ... vocabulary. My friends’ and my vocabulary have become homogenized to the point ... time management decisions on being a frosh that doesn’t need to worry

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... EA) ticks away, you will likely have no one to blame but yourself ... have to commend the ingenuity and innovative spirit that enables

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and ... -medium-rare slice of time in which I should have tasted the next four years of my life ... them all to read this blog. The point is, you should always make your

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  have to put a deposit down, keep match in mind. That's it. Good luck ... pleasure, and a privilege, working with you. Stay cool. You're going to make ... As April ends, and admitted students everywhere decide where to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  caring. My first month here, I once woke up late and didn't have time to ... times you aren't supposed to button every button - it is more common for ... your choose to wear it as! if you don't feel like anything looks right

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  institutional memory cruft are cool!

  

  meetings. but it takes time to set up the infrastructure for good knowledge ... to be less busy. anyway, the point is that having [annotation note ... time we had to do anything with this server was 2014. we managed to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  really want to take the time to reflect on everything I've learned ... so farfetched and I'd honestly love to come and study once I have the ... kind of have to turn my brain off and lose nuance because I've been

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Second Day of Class Course shopping and such.

  

  an impromptu Wii party (while we still have the time and energy to ... . CI-Ms are CI classes in your major, which you have to take two to ... Google Calendar. It is slightly amusing to see fellow classmates toting

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  appreciate your interest in MIT and sincerely hope that you may be able to ... Schmill Dean of Admssions Now is no time to despair! Lucky for us, we ... on? Which means that, well, you have to handle the waiting

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a major road to trouble exploring interests as a baby beaver

  

  take allows you to fulfill your greatest interests and desires, free of ... enough time. Many questions came into my head as I toiled on how to crack ... and outside of college, it feels like you can be chained to what your

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Sloan MBA Adetayo Akisanya works at Volaris, a Mexican airline, on their Commercial Strategy team “I really gained a new perspective on the airline industry, on commercial strategy, on competition,…

  

  the Field   "To me, this was all personal challenge. I thought I was a good manager, and wanted to give it a try in a highly competitive industry with ultra-low margins. It would be easier to come up with

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  (Computer Science majors) have written code to summarize their time in school ... Google Drive. Already a struggle to stay relevant in the two years since I ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  may not have much 'deeper meaning', it is still a way to express your ... . All three of these dorms have spectacular murals, but I wanted to talk ... individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  in Stata A brief tangent--I have always loved to explore. MIT is great ... discovered that if you’re ever in a place you think you’re not supposed to be ... place to work or sleep, though I have only been there once.   The

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  don't have to worry about your problems all the time. Sometimes I ... confused taking initiative for being alone. You have to act on your problems ... number related to your credit history, which is something that people like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  simply did not have the mental energy to complete within the next few days ... utter hell. I'm going to have to work the entire weekend so I don't go ... four hours straight with my friends to 2010s bangers, which was the most

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020