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• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  is almost as if it is impossible for me to last a week without creating ... am heavily considering attending more MIT [annotation note="this is a ... classes during my entire time at MIT thus far. This is my last fall at MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  mental health problems? is your BMI over 25? have you ever smoked?), you ... . you know that feeling when one side of your nose is clogged and the ... , i'm not necessarily resting--my sleep schedule is all messed up right

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  think GPT-3 is super cool. After exploring a few ideas of what my ... could ask my bot "what is the recipe for strawberry shortcake?" and the ... aficionados, I'm sorry if these instructions are deeply inaccurate; the idea is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  place at MIT. What good is it to be at the best school in the world if you ... . There is no summa cum laude or overall GPA ranking because it is meant that every MIT degree is made equal, whether that means a 5.0 GPA or a 3

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  lifting heavy objects and the grungy basement gym

  

  basement gym, but I kinda like it. The paint is peeling off the walls. Thick dust gathers in the corners. The equipment is shaky and old, and there ... . The gym is usually empty when I come down, however, so the lack of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  clear that this is a tech school. Outside of classes, people are making ... computational efficiency. Even still, there is - yes, truly! - an arts side of MIT ... learned that for me, one remedy is to create. I decided to pick up art again

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  significant is this number? Does a ratio of 5:1 mean a lot when you can have a ... college is the big, spacious rooms where lectures take place. When I ... wind up feeling highly impersonal. Now, what is even more ironic is

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  , though, is that I wanted to write something perfect and meaningful and ... ) This is my first semester with no finals, so Dead Week marks the start of ... strongly underestimated how fun it is to work hard and then have an

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  reiterate: LA is not a city made for walking. like, in any sense ... [/caption] this is my daily commute to work. it usually takes about 5-10 minutes ... the kitchen is stocked 24/7 with chobani, cereal, and coffee - the 3 Cs

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  infamously brutal 6.031 (Elements of Software Construction). This is what we ... -or-less) resolved! We are set on sticking with our current major 21E. This is because ... Image Processing. This class is probably the class we enjoy the least, out

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  right now. My guiding culinary principle is “Keep calm and add ... of ways, MIT is my adventure. I hope to share it with you :)   ... feeling it. In all honesty that is how most all of my writing goes. When it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  you know what? No introduction is really needed. There are things that I ... . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all ... knows enough bad words!). Prof. Diaz is an incredibly eloquent and humble

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  Venus is a fairly predictable thing.” He paused, switching the settings on ... cardboard eclipse glasses. “Is that it?” “No, honey, that’s a bug. It should be on the top right.” “I don’t see it. All I see is the sun. Do you see

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing ... , in my home town of Pearland TX, the highest point of elevation is ... taillights in front of you. Climbing as a sport is essentially non

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  ” is October 24th, which is when the first paragraph was conceived in a ... Simmons Hall is supersaturated with tiny windows, or the thrill of hearing ... truth is, I probably made up the last sentence. In retrospect, 9:00 AM on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  discussion, but I just don't think this is the place to do it, considering the ... credibility. But allowing the blogs to become a full-on soapbox is a slippery ... something than to experience it? While I still hold to this “experience is the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  're still with them. This is especially true for all you high school seniors ... drafts for my main essay. This is like a world record for me, since I am ... is not due to blind confidence either, as I really felt that my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  realized that frat rush is a great time after orientation to meet some ... Beckinsale is a vampire, which you can tell because all vampires always wear ... "lycans," which is pronounced the same as "lichens," so that's what I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Tour of an MIT student’s notebook my brain is a mess so my pages have everything

  

  Note: This is not a guide to keeping a notebook because everyone has ... recently completed one, which I finished a month ago is also multipurpose ... .   Diagrams and Technical drawings If I had to pick, this is my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • July 8, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  our collective dismay, there is another side of the coin: spending money ... in a very expensive city was difficult.  Boston is consistently ranked ... there is no non-response bias even though it was an opt-in poll, mostly

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025