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• Blog / How to Human

  The long view days, months, years

  

  puzzles from an issue of P&A Magazine together. The last time the Puzzle ... walking from the west side of campus, so with me living in the east side, we ... vertigo I've had checked out. The last time I've been to a physician of any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards ... requirements this semester, breaking the record for the most number of math ... classes go by."]6.042,[/annotation] which I call it by instead of the new

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my ... some 3E lounge or other for the rest of the day. Sometimes, I go to the ... , Charles-facing windows of the lounge. I sidled up to Athena, hoping to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  inside of someone else before. At the entrance of the venue, a woman who ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I ... , if we held our heads just right, we could see most of the stage. As the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

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

  

  ="Am I black in America? Well, that's one of the things I'm thinking about ... compounding murders of so many innocent black americans, the protests about them ... stray comment in the blogger slack about the diversity of the bloggers

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

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  event. The excitement of the new Class exploring MIT is extremely ... a reasonable fraction of the 700+ events to attend? I was definitely one of the more anxious pre-frosh two years ago, so I figured it might

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  I don't think it's a good idea to be on 72 units, for the sake of ... 's pretty much the same then at this time of the year. Although I can ... .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  know how to learn how to do things (ew, sorry for the string of ... lot of people who seem incredibly skilled got that way by having the ... part of the interview process, I was told to (1) Learn about the Twitter

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  and the timing of it all… I don’t know! But it feels good to clarify the ... ’ll delight in for the rest of my life, probably in part because many of my ... , frequent walks around the neighborhood, and yes, a lot of time to ask, what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  the chapel and it lasted five minutes instead of 25), East Campus built a wooden Godzilla monster that carried jugs of water. By the time the ... nitrogen. There was a bungee-type swing between the two parallels of EC

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  living in the middle of the woods anymore. You have no clue what you ... sliver of the moon in your eyes?”. Aw, that’s pretty cute. Maybe it’ll be a ... write it down: When did you get a sliver of the moon in your eyes? It

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  Towards the beginning of the school year, my friend Rachel R. '16 ... . This trip is intended for all members of the MIT community and will involve a brief introduction to the geology of Massachusetts and visits to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  dinner, and then the ensuing food comas, and then the weeklong marathon of ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact, [annotation note="Burton-Conner, one of the aforementioned cook

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  , uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I ... . Pictured: mad geek cred.Building 46, home of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences ... does it mean?!When I first got my grub (on Wednesday-ish of that week), I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of ... critical to enjoy the work that you are doing. In my case, I found a good ... research involving polymer chemistry. I enjoyed the best of a friendly

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  . Shorts! The weather reminded me of scenes from around this time, two years ... in the grass near MIT Medical, doing some sort of stretching. What ... good time, on the grass? Who knows? The powerful sunlight was too much

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  best to get to know them! Remember that your host is fully aware of the ... enjoying some of the best (and most elaborate?) dinner on campus at my ... you meet the infamous cats of Tetazoo!   Erick P. '17 will be

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line ... . Below is a list of ten of the best spaces for both of these activities ... overall, the Law of Conservation of Sleep (or the Work-Tiredness Theorem

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  reasons that this particular mistake happened, including the eclipse of ... , staring at the soft eggshell paint of my ceiling and pondering my exam ... small changes in my choice of classes, rearranging the order in which I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy ... most of the way and only actually hiked the last 1k or so feet of ... soon after, all before the first day of classes. Before the semester even

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017