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• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  some ways more than the actual act of being sick. I proceeded to text the ... it was due to the first two semesters being virtual. And sophomore year ... sick hanging out with a sick friend and be unable to do that work. But on

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  should be aware that growth can happen in any number of ways, not just by ... 't want to be the Show Coordinator. and since the president slots were ... felt motivated by Mocha, and since I felt like I'd lost a lot of time to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Siete Ciudades de España A very busy IAP

  

  me the program ended up being essentially free. I was on my way to ... in high school, and I hope to be trilingual by the time I leave. And ... convenient times to travel, but being an MIT student can make it pretty hard to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  think in general it came down to (1) being hosed and (2) wanting to avoid ... cycle of being overwhelmed by my classes, my jobs, and my personal life ... the perspective and tools needed to achieve it. I want to be kind to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  way that you might love the gym. You go in all excited to be healthy and ... I really ought to be well-rested if I want to be up and ready to stuff my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  by itself, but it becomes a lot cooler when set next to the "I forgot ... and rearranging and unpacking... I love being able to paint my room ... 'm slowly making my way through descriptions of classes, I might as well talk

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  prohibited. Consideration should be given to the rights of roommates at all ... mechanical eng.,MIT being my foremost preference followed by CALTECH and ... admission to MIT.how can i improve them.? any help would be highly appreciated

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  . There are also many ways to play. Sure, you COULD just beat the dungeons to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... . The long term goal is to be able to correctly fill in a blank map of MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  , and his place is a thirty-minute walk away. And the fastest way to ... tolerate being outside for long enough to watch them. [caption id ... activity of a city, of having everywhere I'd ever want to go be a few minutes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  been hiking and exercising a lot, and trying my best not to get burned by ... freely go and do my favorite outdoor activity! To be honest, I'm feeling ... when I get back to campus it'll be back to IHTFP, but in some weird

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  . Fact: Learning is a process, not a competition, and I’m excited to be ... way that I related to quite a bit: she personified imposter syndrome as ... my head[/annotation] to win similar to Park, but the way she described

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  happened to be on a business trip to London so he decided to stop by. Anyway ... that come with being in a foreign country, like not knowing which way to ... Morecroft, started it up again. Except the Hong Kong club, which seems to be

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass Ave Bridge into Boston. I planned to run a quick errand on Newbury St to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  ’m referring to the Boston Marathon (won by Kenyan runner Geoffrey Mutai in ... celebratory atmosphere. I made my way from North Station to Kenmore Square ... going to tell you how to spend your weekends, but do be sure to spend at

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  straightforward. In most of these cases, I was asking for my response to be ... time at which a request was reviewed and responded to by a grader. Using ... (61%) resulted in points being added to my score, helping me achieve

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  hatred will be temporary, and eventually you'll go back to loving the place ... for admissions work, but for years it has been taken over by students ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s First Annual Q&A Kidding about the annual part. Catching up with my blog comments... finally!

  

  regarding my essay to MIT. Basically I want to tell you how being in a small ... to get good competitions (all by my own effort) to follow my passions ... would be a perfect spot, assuming you don't want to use your main essay

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  applying to college now, you probably know what I mean. I remember being ... perfect applicant—you are not, and you do not need to be. Rather, essays can ... obstacles3. Remember that you are applying to be part of a student body, not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  are on campus to see a lecture upstairs by Nobel Prize winner Ted Hänsch ... can't join in, because I really need to be reading applications. As I ... ," followed by what I'm sure will be a nice reception with the students. Ian

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  situated next to a beautiful new open space, and across the way from the ... option, by far, is to drive to campus. The traffic is very bad, the roads ... .g. Alewife, South Station, etc —  and ride in from there. In addition to being

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021