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• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ’m laughing, I’m relishing a new, intoxicating sense of freedom that I’ve never ... new MIT frosh go to a bunch of events and check out all the different ... probably a lot of prospective MIT students), that’s a hard pill to swallow

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  Sometimes, its hard to pull yourself out of bed. The uncertainty of ... 're probably feeling a lot of butterflies right now. Butterflies that might want ... little bit of today. Because quite frankly, there's nothing that makes you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal - MIT is a constant whirlwind of PSETs, exams, lectures, and the occasional puppy labs. For several of us, there’s so much more

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  're sliders and levers. Room doors don't have hinges to open into or out of ... length you need. Most of the time, these are cute. They fall into the category of cultural differences like "toilets are heated and have a fake

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  sentences with commas, always thinking of replacements for semicolons, etc. I ... calculated, slower, reasoning System 2. I feel when I type in this kind of ... backspace quite frequently in search of better grammatical phrasing. I do

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  7 Reasons MIT Is Special reflecting on the Institute at the end of four years

  

  time, checking out of the room, walking the stage to shake hands with ... and lacks the permanent feeling of a full-time job offer. Right now, I ... dorm showers—their water pressure, the speed of them heating up. It hit

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  recreates a rough version of an Iron Man suit using parts "borrowed" from campus. Presumably, she spent a lot of time at the Stata Loading Dock ... rendition of Simmons Hall is to the real one. ArchNewsNow   But do

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now ... snippets from the past month. (I've kind of been following my own schedule and not doing many student-life related things because of the time

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  my dorm (East Campus). I've spent a lot of time living by my own agenda ... or to sleep. I seem to value the pursuit of my own goals a lot more ... about image and reputation. Many of my best friends are pretty uninhibited

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... office to catch up on non-reading work and meetings and I spied a bunch of ... by walking past it a few weeks ago (it's a bit out of the way). They

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME ... began the painful process of defroshing. I learned that, no, I was not ... my hometown of Los Angeles. It wasn't bad. Taking four classes was just

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  know many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. tldr ... “closed” and will not be admitting any additional students for the Class of ... updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and effort

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  social media addict does) and found these pictures my family posted of ... .♪ ♫Close up of the red thing in front of a building that's orange, Oh how I ... .♪ ♫And here's your typical pic of the Dome. Still can't believe I can call

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  's missing one of his front teeth. The typical eight-year-old's look. "I'd just ... , when it was built 128 years ago. After an illustrious career of ... , well over a hundred visitors flow into and out of the building. They

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  e-mail from one of our alums, Mitch B. '03, about an underground Ice ... of ice. I didn’t bring ice skates, but Mitch let me borrow his and it ... finished up with skating for a bit, a bunch of us gathered wood and started a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  moral of this story, as you will learn, is that you should NEVER FORGET TO ... . As promised, Sam showed up wearing a suit, holding a giant box of ... (except that Sam was wearing a suit jacket at the time) which drew a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Due Monday important information to make your application complete

  

  posted last week, we have been working through our buckets and buckets of mail since the New Year. However, as of tonight, we have finished processing all mail, hand-checked all filing cabinets, scoured all of our faxes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  kidding everyone... don't worry!) One of the best things about IAP is that you never know what you'll be doing at any given moment of the day. You ... a beautiful thing. One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012