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• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  was on a huge social high. I was let loose in a candy shop of ... I relied on aren't the same any more. The first couple weeks of the ... , especially on academics and atypical hobbies that didn't revolve around the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  enter the first of two exercise floors. There are cubbies on the right to ... , as well as more cardio equipment: If you look out of the windows on ... Center. A few of you were curious about the facilities, so I thought I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  leave it out at room temperature without fear of food poisioning. This new ... went on during IAP." noun -- the location of one's UROP "I'm on my way to ... , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  hallway to climbing a rock wall on the side of a student-built wooden fort ... community for a week, was where I saw some of the most unexpected things on a college campus? Sadly I missed out on some of the more thrilling activities

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  new opportunities (I'm sure many of you are similar). In the past, I ... starting to feel the weight of college applications on their shoulders.] In ... ... but I've been really hosed these past 2 weeks. -Freeze- For those of you

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  , I get to haul a soggy pile of clothes from the washer to a dryer on ... up on some work and two week's worth of laundry. It's not fun, but ... It's Sunday. I've had a particularly draining week. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  'm more organized — i've been taking notes on my beautiful new iPad and using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of ... solving it is the highlight of my week. i'm a soPhoMOre — now, i'm on the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  saw my name on the list of recipients for a carnation, from the sorority ... of chocolate chips while at Shaw's, and invited me over to New House 3 to bake cookies. We made something on the order of 100 cookies, I think

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... aiming for a class of about 1,040 students this year. Based on our ... -- approximately 5.5% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  Newbury Street could fit on the palm of my hand. So I puzzled for a while ... Walcott Lounge, one of the two lounges on hall, which is normally a ... Today - or I guess, now yesterday - was a special day on 5th East

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Listing It All Out you get a list and you get list and you get a list

  

  Places To Take A Nap On Campus, Ranked Barker Library - The pin drop silence of the reading room is honestly better suited for taking ... -600). There’s nothing like the anonymity of a large lecture hall Banana Lounge

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  here, right now I want to focus on an aspect of diversity I never fully ... . Last Tuesday, on the first day of classes, Jeremy walked into the ... best clothes on the first day of class." Upon hearing this, I instantly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  large puddle of water on the steps of the subway station... and land squarely on his butt in the middle of said puddle because the area on the ... Well, I've reached my first "last" of the year... I just put the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I've noticed that my outlook on things has changed dramatically. It can be ... years of this and I'm gonna run the w-OH MY GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING THINGS

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  psetted, whilst having plenty of time for movie-thons and Guitar Hero on a ... same things, you can focus on the new stuff you have to make time for. 2 ... 'll be well on your way. 4) Find things to do in small blocks of time. Did

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  Like you might have read on some of the other blogs, the EA Telethon was last night, which is always a lot of fun. I was in class until 9 PM ... Friday when I was still in New Jersey. A couple of hours after that I got

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8 ... minimized. However, graduating on June 8 means you have to move out of the ... ="There are always plenty of people who do both of these freshman year, or on

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... 113 days. As of yesterday, I am officially a second semester senior ... of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Companion #2: Cat The Boston Globe discusses MIT's four cat-friendly dorms.

  

  pets in dorms, and the number of pet-friendly schools appears to be on ... institutional focus on the growing mental health needs of students," Pals said ... cat for a couple of minutes and just de-stress." On the third floor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  because on the rare occasions I visit it, so much of what's on it makes me ... got a 2 on AP Calc and I still got into MIT! Hah!). Of those, four of ... University of Chicago New York University somewhere else I forget Rejected

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005