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• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  fundamentally broken, or psychotic, in some way, or that it was only for people ... someone? i opted for the more conservative hi, i’m here for walk-in hours ... through some really bad stuff in my life. in the scale of things, it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Airplane boy strikes again Adam writes about his UROP.

  

  't feel that way are probably in for a somewhat rude awakening come next ... have a test tomorrow?] So I, the gallant boyfriend, am stepping in to write the much anticipated UROP explanation thing. In my three years at

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the ... I decided that the comment would be too long. Because in addition to ... also, I guess, because they can help explain a slightly lower GPA in some

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summiting Mount Monadnock camping trip!

  

  England's forests for a respite; a cabin in a place like Sunset Pond, a pen ... .M, Putz was ready for bed. We all settled in our tents to sleep, but not ... with my living community :D. Saturday We left in the afternoon, driving

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  particularly special class because it is required for everyone majoring in ... converged again for this one class. Walking into lecture the first day was an ... research projects we would be working on for the rest of the semester. It

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  other friends in the class, my top advice for picking classes. i love how ... ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least ... requirement of being on an f1 visa. in theory, i should have less work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  beyond anything that could happen in current times; we were dancing for ... ...viscerally uncomfortable. Is time real?? I've already lived at my current house for longer ... into people in the hallways or dancing with 30+ other people in the floor

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  This is a short appreciation post for fun., one of my favorite bands ... classes haven’t gotten in the correct rhythm yet. I couldn’t find a ... evening to Sunday afternoon, for an ESP retreat. It’s been a lot these past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Quantifying Angst the most course 6 thing we've ever done

  

  , because it is a truly angsty experience that has been in the works for ... Three weeks ago in 6.009 (Fundamentals of Programming), we had to ... to implement takes in any text file and spits out a list of tuples of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  . Also, for those who use MITX, seeing Professor Grimson in person was the ... begun working towards my degree has settled in. This semester, I took 54 ... both are insanely accomplished, and the stuff they have done for the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  tunnel systems. In theory, there is no need for winter jackets, which is ... . Completing all the sidequests means that you’ve 100%ed the game - in other ... campus one single time, I consistently have no idea what building I’m in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  , more than two, but only two matter here) lists in MailChimp for any given admissions cycle: a list for admitted students, who receive updates specific to ... that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble ... : “Alright, you have a packet in front of you. You have 30 minutes to complete ... situations. Did you take one of those leadership training day camps in high

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  ) in the Interphase program. I was responsible for holding recitation ... what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant ... had to name one aspect of myself that has changed the most in the last

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Making an Entrance On being helped to my feet.

  

  On my first day at MIT, I fell flat on my back in the Student Center lobby. Rewind four weeks, to a field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I ... field. I donned my Rooney England jersey that morning, in the hope that it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech ... Repertory Theatre (aka A.R.T.) in Harvard Square for the play/musical The ... the college application process was over, all the complications in life

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  in training for a triathlon before the semester started. That stopped ... operations officer for Boston NROTC. So what did it cost me? 1. Academic ... ’t do particularly well in any of them. I ended up with a 3.9/5.0 semester

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  of year for end-of-the-term dinners, and I've been to two in the past ... , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I ... until September for this kid! (I have a feeling part of my inability to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  mostly snow, in fact nearly 3 inches, for the first half of the walk. Three ... for the previous semester, but in standard MIT fashion, I ran out of ... last stop for the bus, I considered setting an alarm to wake myself up in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  Hello everyone, prospectives for the coming years and prefrosh alike ... about MIT the instant I got my acceptance letter (deferred, got in regular ... 'd been accepted to (awesome engineering schools in NYC, Pittsburgh, and

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007