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• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  September 1st, which is the day classes started. Yeah, it was pretty unideal ... classes despite working on my bed all day, which is quite an incredible feat for me. Having a desk is a game-changer, though—there's so much space to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i [don’t] have covid?? in conclusion, i am the absolute worst at managing stress

  

  So. I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently ... ="when your vision is encircled by hundreds of tiny pinpricks until you can ... calm myself down, which is why I am BEWILDERED about doing it while half

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind ... [/annotation] is really supportive; I've already had two trainings for different ... , cultural preservation is extremely important to me. Given that my dorm is now

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  every turn, I think MIT is like this, so rest assured this is possible for ... to my position as an admissions blogger. But this fall is different ... exclusively through Zoom and our group chat. My UROP is mostly math and coding

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  -seasoned piece of avocado toast with one. 9:32 AM I start work. My UROP is data ... purest form, on top. #helth 1:03 PM My dorm, Burton-Conner, is making a ... reflection for my job, and since tomorrow is [annotation note=" the oldest

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  intangible haze that is the last chunk of my semester.    here, i ... is [annotation note= "...debatable"]worth talking about ... Bombergiving is a potluck event and yearly tradition of [annotation note= "we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  your core values. For example, picking a restaurant is probably not the ... and empathy. When my mind is foggy, workout, write, or go to sleep. I ... . Doing challenging things outside my comfort zone is the only way to grow

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  . Other than that, it was a successful trek. This is my 4th year here and ... , yellow, orange, and red is present. I forgot the Head of the Charles is this weekend! The HOTC is a huge crew regatta and the Charles was full of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... considering my athletic ability is that of a peanut). And I cry with them when ... for me when it comes to watching a game is listening to the pundits

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  conference is happening all weekend. check out the livestream at ... citizens can understand how their data is being used. MALIKA SAADA SAAR ... . she also talked about how racism is complex and systematic; it's not a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... Hasan is worth ten goats, really likes chicken seekh kabobs, did Kumon ... ! I’ll leave it up to you as to which answer is the better one, but I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  than a year. this is my class schedule: i'm taking two econ classes ... interested in and excited about. it is really, really, really nice to wake up ... , and i also went to the first-ever social action fair, which is a fair

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  even be mailed an absentee ballot to their dorm. TurboVote is a classic ... making something that is difficult (and shouldn't be) easier by partnering ... . One of those people was/is Christina Couch, a recent alumna of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  in the kitchen. somebody always makes sure the stovetop is clean and ... . somebody always finds things to do together on weekends. this is a nice ... campus or senior house or wherever else home is. seattle nights are warm

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  MIT folks and wherever else MIT folks. I bet one of you is in space ... startups fail but at MIT that number is more like 50%. I bet another one of ... -blowing new product. This product is a limited edition — and it’s extremely

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  would post updates from my West Coast trip after I returned, so, here is ... students (you can read my trip reports for ISEF in 2015 and 2016). ISEF is a great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for international students

  

  and the world." I quote: MIT is profoundly American. The Institute was ... time, and without the slightest sense of contradiction, MIT is profoundly ... with the travel ban, or to the people affected by it. What I do know is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  allowed five pages. I am convinced that there is an inverse correlation ... format, but are usually necessary. My first approach is to comb through ... cheat sheets is no walk in the park. They can take hours, predominantly

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  firmly believe that Boston is severely under-explored by most MIT students ... , directly across  is the second-tallest skyscraper in Boston, and the ... is low enough to the ground to appear to extend forever - people on the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Do We Fall? so that we can learn to pick ourselves up

  

  , someone is always going to undercut you and counter your "I only got 5 hours ... maximizes the time you spend on problems, which is, surprise, what the exams ... guide. It's hard for me to admit that my studying is still inefficient

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 26, 2015