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• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  talk about it for that long– I just need to know that the conversational ... forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just ... . Perseveration is when someone gets stuck on a topic or an idea. For me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  10 Fun (and REAL) Facts About MIT! Incredibly Correct Facts about MIT!

  

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is globally renowned for ... for sure that it gives off that quirky MIT charm. “Did you shrink ... “Kendall Cube,” a popular area for MIT students to find summer internships

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  do things. take this post, for example. i’ve been sitting on this post for nearly two months (?!) - i told myself it was writer’s block, but ... you think you’re on the right path for you at the moment, you might wake

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  , comes from repetitive motion (like typing). For me it shows up as pain in ... off for years, sometimes better, sometimes worse. I think it was worse ... myself, why are you stressed? For the first month or so, it just hurt. But

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  their ballots today. Here at MIT, employees are guaranteed time off for ... exams to help students have more time to vote. For students and staff who ... pulling together – because, for all that we have in common, we do not agree

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  to a project that preserves some of that energy for this year's ad ... my first semester at MIT, which I’m beyond grateful for.  Since then ... communities and art styles. While unfortunately our original plans for CPW and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

   this semester, I set some goals/rules/guidelines for myself. I didn't stick to ... hike Mt. Washington, and leave Boston for a weekend. I want to stay up ... schedule for next semester is theoretically 11 fewer hours per week, and I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  't bode well for my dish. Well it turns out there's a big Whole Foods ... than a "village" of around 1500 people, but for a short while it served ... paving the way for the signing of the Declaration of Independence months

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  . At least for one person, MIT is significantly cooler.   A Trip ... supposed to be practice for adult life: dress nice, be on time, sound smart ... movies, being scared for over a month after, and experiencing some

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  requirement or disciplinary focus. The list for fall 2017 includes ... suit your skills. All but ELS provide subjects for complete beginners ... -H  | M. Roe Smith Theater Arts 21M.603 Introduction to Design for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  making contact with this molten mess would be quite unfortunate for both ... part of the creation (you also pour a little water on the neckline for ... would most likely fail and all his snowman friends would laugh at him for

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  Hayden for the next few hours.” I hadn’t thought about experiences like ... necessary part of growth. For me, coming to terms with the fact that most of ... think for a while I tried to fight the feeling of ordinariness and

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  purchases to the cashier and slide my card and pay for my things, but then the ... for my project at work, a new and important project that I completed ... scene. If he would pursue me after shouting at me for so long. If he would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Cory R. '14, who were questing for employment, and Luisa B. '16, who ... , substituting olive oil for butter is not just wrong but noticeably wrong, so for ... to have tiny Santas). The recipe says to bake for an hour, but in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  rolling out the MIT bubble and into an alien world. For the few on hall, the ... a capella group and promptly proceeded preparing material for our ... has a flair for the mysterious and thus has already been mentioned under

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  uncommon perspective in and enthusiasm for mathematics; appropriately, she is ... written several novels, and is currently working on another one for her ... invaluable tool for procrastination planning your future at MIT. Danny wants

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... on the project. When a newspaper calls me up and asks for comments, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m sitting on a bus and am SO sleep-deprived.

  

  , for an 11:15am flight. I made it in plenty of time. Got on the plane ... Airport customs for something like an hour (can someone please explain to me ... for Fastest Credit Card transaction, then another for Fastest Sprint

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  (2), ironically out of respect for my physical health. On the way ... medical test for broken toes and bullet wounds is whether or not you can ... . Fortunately for society, I was able to ignore my toe pain and battle the alien

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  sentiments: *dislike* for not recognizing your own awesomeness, but *like ... very much, but uh... why?" These comments aren't fishing for compliments ... . Prestigious institutions are particularly fertile soil for pridefulness: plant

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012