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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  (where I am now!) for... Meeting #5: An astronomer in Leiden, the ... with their advisors to sign up for classes. The day before the first day ... our new freshmen, Sarah '17, is amazing and cooked a few batches for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  . Then, we sat in the car for half an hour behind a zillion other cars who ... for forty minutes in the mud, inching forward slowly, waiting for the ... a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  you signing in for?" - "beewa" - "sorry, which group?" - "B. W. A ... at the same time i struggle to put my experiences out in the world for ... Part I August 2020: I read a stray comment in the blogger slack that

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  recruitment in the fall for freshman and sophomore year because frankly it ... for 5 hours, whether that be on Zoom or in person, being thrown around ... fighting for this five because my sophomore year wasn't in person. I never

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  concord market is finally here!!!!! feasting at MIT's on-campus grocery store

  

  see what Concord Market has in store for us! [carousel image1 ... The day I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. For over 20 years ... . Maybe it's existed since the beginning of time."][/annotation] Sadly, in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  in your wallet?” “I’m not telling you.” For some reason, I didn’t want ... just paid my sister dwarfed in comparison to what would be my tuition for ... When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  % attention in endless zoom classes and to not lose my shit for no reason all ... [annotation note="highly recommend for everyone !! you don't have to be Really In ... ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  was not made for walking >:( i'm used to walking almost everywhere in ... are no trees and the sky is so big. i've lived in new england for the ... 've wanted to go to E3 for about 5 years now :) in short, lots of fun

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time for a summer update. i'm in seattle! again! this time i ... 's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... -night craving and wandered to safeway for ice cream, where we discovered that

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

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a small handful of people answering emails right now.   But for all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by the January 1

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  , started traditions, and made plans for life in W1. September 2010: Just ... Here's the story: Long ago, in a land far far away (far from Hawaii ... was loved by all who graced its halls. One day in 2006, the MIT

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  looked at my decision, in order to prepare me for the statistically ... feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first ... place, it's perfect for me, but I definitely understand how people can be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  taking measurements of toxic algae concentrations while you’re on a boat in the Pacific (for example…) The 8 P.E. point requirement can be fulfilled by taking 4 gym classes, or by participating in 2 seasons of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  getting fit. Please dress for activity for first class. Juggling In this ... 's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in ... 'll save mine for then.) There are lots of sessions for PE classes -- 2

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  conclusion, where, for the first time, there wasn't one. Was it a ... stayed because whatever options I had for leave felt worse.  And despite ... 't fit in the other me, the one who had trouble getting both in and out of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  me. I studied Spanish for about 7 years in high school, but after my ... . Okay, so I get this major in robotics, and then what? I work for i ... 've forsaken for years in order to bang my head against various engineering

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day ... in journals. I'm approximately four weeks into my second semester, and ... pillow to the second it hits the pillow again, I am moving. For the sake of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  'm finally here to enjoy all of the great things it has to offer! For all of the Trader Joe's lovers out there, you are in for some good news! The ... down dorm row). There are a few other nearby options for groceries as

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any ... difficult to describe, but essentially it was a very moving, for lack of a ... everyone is sitting in a small booth, inches away from the rotating cylinder

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  work // life trying to figure out the balance

  

  interns wait for someone to pick us up and take us to a welcome and orientation meeting in a conference room somewhere. we watch a prerecorded video ... in my case is my mentor, since my team's manager works in cambridge. my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 17, 2019