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• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT have a first generation community on campus?

  and personal development of first generation students at MIT. MIT's 17 ... building a sense of community among first generation MIT students, faculty, alumni, and staff, and raising awareness of their unique experiences
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  -computer interaction conference) at the end of April in Montreal! I’m super excited ... stressful. Over the course of my time at MIT, my relationship with work has ... . Typically at that level, there are some stressful weeks, but generally I feel

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  a dank bread mold on the underside of a loaf hidden at the back of the ... We often discuss diversity here at MITAdmissions: specifically, the importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant ... commenting is acceptable behavior or not. I'm guilty of being one of those

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  . At first, I thought it was just a random piece of trash.... but upon ... Some of you that frequent the blogs may remember that last year ... over the US! It's pretty awesome that we can find a set of these around

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... , at least in spirit, as soon as we were kicked out of our dorms. But I ... My first year at MIT has officially ended!! That's crazy!! Spring

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  how good you think you are at taking care of yourself, so it's nice ... So I'm sick right now. Again. It's some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I'll spare you the details of, but basically, I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  calendar was a solid block of commitments from ~8-8, and the remaining hours ... adventure to see all. of. the. pretty. trees. Through a combination of biking ... , looking for any and all signs of fall. My only directive was to maximize the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I ... is a group that screens movies on campus) and one of the movies was called: "Sin No Mbre". Puzzled, I stared at it: "Sin No Mbre" Now I don

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... feared the finality of it, all at the same time. I find the act of ... into a deep thought spiral. Then, sitting at the coffee counter, I start

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  terrible inside joke for people who went to MIT at the time of Spring ... It's the time of year when the blogs get a little wistful. I attribute it to a few factors. The sun goes down at 4 pm. It's cold, so you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  well, do I? All of us at the debate. From left to right: Dwight, Chris ... campus issues in the tasks ahead of them. Throughout my time at MIT, I ... irregularities of the discipline system, or any other matter that concerned me at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  pictures. But some of our cruft are better at words and cameras than me, so ... of others, I traveled to northern New England to see the total solar ... ="alignnone" width="768"] what if we gathered in vermont and stared directly at the sun

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Another post from Marilee A note from Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  "Whaaat? The letters were postmarked when?" by Marilee Jones, Dean of Admissions at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The decisions are in the mail They're on their way...

  

  The postman departs with the last of the decision letters, at 1:52pm EST.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  I have about 30 minutes before the first midterm of the semester. I ... always had eggs before a big exam. It's become one of my pre-exam routines. I missed dining hours this morning so I'm at Anna's Taqueria because I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a hell week do not try at home

  

  experience a lot of stress and snap at people you care about and wonder what in ... , i went to not one but two P.E. classes because it was the last day of ... thursday evening section of CMS.307 coincided with a 6.867 exam, so i had to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  Does the smell of latex make you smile? Think Grey's Anatomy is the ... -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I ... out with McDreamy...there are plenty of Patrick Dempseys in the business

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  work expands to fill the space available

  

  ! that's the least number of classes i've ever taken in mit, and the least number of classes i can take while maintaining full-time status, which is a requirement of being on an f1 visa. in theory, i should have less work to do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  : spelled with a “z” at the end to feel more casual. There’s a whole other set of ... : aka Course 9, my new minor, because everyone should take at least one class ... own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017