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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  appreciate the ups and downs and in betweens of life for making us the people ... For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... predictions for outcomes. But every time you consider more details, you do more

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  -based financial aid this year for undergraduate students — up some 70 percent from a ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  ago quite a bit. it's inevitable; each day, SnapChat memories pop up and ... situation especially bittersweet. for me, it's my former dorm, Burton Conner ... to think about it, after all—but it shapes how I've been planning for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  a tour of New Vassar also known as west garage

  

  , through the building, and up to my room on the fifth floor. We'll start ... choices made for this building. The color scheme in particular annoys me, as ... ="I know theyre important for energy efficiency, etc,, but they have these

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  Looking back, 2020 was a very chill year for me. Ridiculously so, if I’m being honest. To understand what I mean, you need context. For the ... nearly enough sleep. I could go into the reasons for this – wanting to do

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  food diaries pt. 3 amazing restaurants around MIT

  

  restaurants. When I tried to go in person last year, I gave up after waiting for ... Central for two months during the pandemic than I did during my ~6 months at ... ...my experience living here for the summer only proves that I didn't take advantage

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  grew up in Valenzuela City. Its longest and busiest road is MacArthur Highway. To get to school, I would take a jeepney up MacArthur to this footbridge, cross the street, then walk for two minutes. On a good day, the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  I think I speak for every undergraduate when I say: holy fuck.  The ... will see again. There's barely any time for real goodbyes, for send-off parties, for thank-you cards, for savouring the moment... Even at the best

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me ... sucker for romcoms. And it's ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE that MIT Lecture Series Committee has access to resources like this. The moment I finished up the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  program or not (and was supposed to find out before i left for Christmas break), i couldn’t register for the class. as a backup, i signed up for ... planning on taking a class to satisfy the culture course requirement for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for ... blogs for the rest of the month, b) alert Californians to some interesting

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

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule. "Normal," meaning not going to bed at 3am and waking up just in time for ... 2016 -> 2017 On Tuesday the 3rd, I packed up what was left of

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Virtual Reality, Startups, and Donuts in a particular order

  

  for lunch and just wait for dinner. -Minutes later- I was walkin ... little thing in front of me: Ain't No Rest for the Hungry. After taking ... the new Vice President and Dean for Student Life, Suzy Nelson. I sat

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 15, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Forget These I forgot to bring them when I first came to MIT.

  

  to pack extra pants. When I went home for my birthday, I remembered my ... that reminds you of home. Your dorm is your new home for the next eight ... , make it stand out. Get a neon sign and hang it up. A lava lamp. A bonsai

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic ... report is slightly different from your transcript. The grade report is for ... /listener subjects, academic warnings that do not show up in the transcript you send

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  Building.  That's because those nocturnal diurnal (what's the term for "does ... you may or may not have noticed, I've been absent from these blogs for ... 've been up to:   UROP in Langer Lab  I've been dying to tell you guys

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... versions of that application, asked for several others' opinions on my essays, and revised, revised, revised. In order to compete for scholarships

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  for all. I grew up in Florida. The state is flat. There are no mountains ... for all the children in the world, but I will give you my take on the ... ? The application volume is such that there is more capacity for students

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during ... learned on Java. (for all you coders out there, let me go ahead and say ... Sabar drums. I'm super excited for this. 21W.789-Mobile web application

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  . It was pretty ugly. Checkout the iCal for this past week. [Calculus ... , Physics Quiz, CLASSES!!!] For the moment, I have no profound thesis for a ... that happened amidst the massive blue busyness up there. MONDAY 12:07 AM

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009