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• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  Supercuts or whatever. In the summers I’d get a buzzcut to stay cool, and my ... looks so if I spend money to get it cut I just go to technicuts in the ... don't know where in the Culture Norms brushing your hair got linked to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  because it's hard to get your brain together when you're in panic mode. So ... extracurriculars, the negatives and the tragedies all add up to be, in a way ... them all away. I went to a new counselor in the morning who taught me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  important step. If your EC has not gotten back to you, and it has been a long ... you to work on your MIT application in the meantime. Working on the MIT ... may take us up to two more weeks for your materials to show up on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  debating the finer points of reaction scheduling in a batch process with our ... you laugh and to keep you from crying. So just remember, when you're exhausted and you still haven't started your pset that's due in 8 hours, you're

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  forty pages flipped in a minute). I prepared. I found some integrals ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion ... Hamilton-listening time took a serious hit. Partial fractions continued to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  breaths in a cramped bathroom stall, hands shaking as I forced myself to ... in a...less toxic way. I'll go out to more study breaks. I'll try and ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  Context: I wrote a post in March called "I Moved to Maine" . You can ... in with my parents. About a month ago I decided to go back home for the ... than this, but you can petition to take a final exam at a later point in

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  's probably smart." Because when you get into a capital-g Great school, you’re ... didn’t refine my short answers for hours or give them to a second party ... Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... right?" or use brute force to solve the problem in a way that took 20x ... lot of fun and still get good grades in your classes!) Believe me, there

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of ... applicants: I feel your pain. In a perfect world, I would be an investigative

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  as good as it gets. There are a lot of things I'd like to accomplish ... . But the break felt so short, and once I was back at MIT, I was in an ... [annotation note="I am extremely lucky, and my apologies to everyone else"]only had a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... alone. It’s hard to value companionship until you’re starved of it, and ... find a few ways to pass time. I wrote. I wrote a lot. I taught

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  service. Exercise more. In 2018, I went to the gym three times a week. I ... to find a UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) where I get ... empowering to do so as a woman in STEM, but nowadays I also feel guilty about

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  (You’re about to get hit with a wave of sentimentality, braces ... in too much of a rush to get here – enjoy this summer, spend time with ... and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Are We Waiting For besides this video from the freshman arts program

  

  (appropriately) to the MIT Movies Emeritus page. In its place, you can find "What ... If you're returning to our site today, you may have noticed that we ... Nikita Khlystov Lili Sun Zach Tomlinson I also want to give a special

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2011
• 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.

  

  went to the only Starbucks in a 10 mile radius (formerly the greatest ... the group over winter break, I knew that I had to pick a winner this ... realized that frat rush is a great time after orientation to meet some

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

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  prestigious private school I was in love with. I didn't get in. I went to a ... I'd short in a second if given the chance. The truth is that if you're ... that doesn't have to worry about cultivating diverse perspectives in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  , in fact, qualified and smart enough to get through it. I don't have a ... something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of ... . It's a way to teach you that you aren't alone and that your weaknesses

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  finally came to release the video, a latent panic set in. The fear of ... about being discovered via a Google name search that we almost resorted to ... A few weeks ago, Ayomide F. 18, better known to longtime blogreaders

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 2

  

  as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about ... financial aid office says they'll get it to me next week. Are they really that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2006