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• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  place where i've felt settled, where i know how to get around without ... things that get done with them. i started writing that sentence, only to ... getting to feed the b1ners through finals breakfasts, and being there if

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  extracurricular commitment, then rushed home at 8:30-9pm or so, to finally get some ... take the time to get to know them. Hop in a new acquaintance's car for an ... single person here that I regretted getting to know better. You guys are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  and guidance, I was afraid of being seen as incompetent; unable to get ... , most students who do UROPs do not get to publish their results either ... output.) All this to say that getting a publication out of a UROP

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  . After months of scheming and plotting how to get the words -- lodged ... else to do. I felt so desperate to get the words out, yet so gut-wrenchingly terrified. I needed to get closer to the words so they’d get out of my damn

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  everywhere. Many of these are "early returns"—desperate to get on campus ... freshmen get to explore the dorms, meet the upperclassmen and decide where ... (since last year.) All of the furniture has been moved to the edges of the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Physics in the MIT No bacon apple pies here.

  

  valuable way to learn relevant skills for your field while getting rich at a ... physics major who accidentally took enough theoretical math classes to get a ... Today I neglected to bring a jacket to class. As the afternoon waned

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  ; when everything is different, you get the chance to become someone ... undergraduate hackathon. a hackathon is where people get 24 hours to build a ... The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  started to get shin splints, which, scientifically speaking, is when your ... get in to, like video games, but I doubt that I will, because even if I ... writing. Anyway, this year I'm trying to get actual medical attention

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  startlingly similar to an ELL. “You need to talk to people, you need to get ... to focus their efforts from the get-go. It apparently makes things a ... . It’s not every day that I get to spend a solid hour just talking about

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  you may not to get exactly the position you want, but you should be able ... OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question. Some interesting theories have been tossed around, and I'd like to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  's not— dan: no, look! you turned eighteen. you're all excited to get out ... within me. okay, dan, i get it! i get it. you don't have to rub it in. dan ... that last linked post? cj: "some days im glad to have a reason to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  favorites below. Failure to follow directions: This one never gets old.  I ... 2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the

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

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  , i missed home. a lot. to the point where ‘i just wanna go home’ was ... difficult for me that it physically aches. that it is difficult to focus on ... going through similar things made it easier to talk about it and easier to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  semester has been going. It's been incredibly busy, almost to the point to which I've just forgotten what's important to me. This blog is about the ... wanted for myself. I think one thing that gets underestimated here is the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  me to take a step back and get an overarching view of the material to ... that the class was trying to teach me. What was I supposed to get out of ... afraid of failing too. In that, I learned another lesson. I used to get mad

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  meant to make it the same color as the ones we wore, but I didn’t get the ... I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  classrooms around MIT! I think it'll be a great way to get our steps in and ... coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... which we were originally okay with because it was just like dorm living to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  and journal and plan read a little bit, daydream a little get to work ... never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the ... , reading assignments, projects, and permission not to follow through with any

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  really easy for her to get what she needed." Such a need has been around ... more," he said, "It's getting past the point of saying it's okay to be ... You Are Welcome Here campaign aims to increase the visibility of LGBQT

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  different, so you get to hear about almost all of the proposals: 6. Bamboo ... to blog about them all at once RIGHT NOW instead of putting them off ... interesting to me. I mean, I want to spend my life designing corn shellers for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009