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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  the external examiner (“extern”) for a PhD Viva, and now I’m trying to ... undergraduate and graduate classes, fundraise and manage a budget for a research ... before my move, I was told that “nobody [is ever ready for a faculty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  I noticed that I would be in town for [annotation note ... manhandling at the door. They even gave us free French fries to apologize for ... talking about for days. So I guess this is your sign to go to fancy

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel

  

  Kazakhstan for GTL. Doha was the most common layover when traveling to ... for summer tourists"][/annotation] In addition, Qatar Airways offers a "stopover program," for multi-day layovers with free/heavily discounted hotel

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • January 18, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  been here for only 38 days, I can confidently rank Boston higher on my ... has bikes all around Boston for about $3/ride."]blue bike ... into the Monet room for too long and just stared. My favorite part is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  doing so ensure that we don’t make progress on said problems). or, for a ... curriculums need to be restructured to give students better avenues for ... stand by today. or, for another example, i spent the first twenty years of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• 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