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• Blog / MIT Life

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  state as a pre-frosh at Campus Preview Weekend. I was one of those admits ... and not at all reflective of our general government process lol ... and soaking in the Boston sun on one of those early spring days where

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  festivals involve a good deal of standing still for hours at time, which means ... , however, I spent a good chunk of my free time exploring Boston, and made a ... , given how much work we have at ALL times. surprisingly, I was able to pull

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  at MIT. I mean, come on--he grows ears out of the backs of lab mice ... DID YOU KNOW? Michael Stipe played an ice cream man on one episode of "The Adventures of Pete and Pete." Happy Groundhog Day! Wow, thanks for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  depleting it at a great rate. But as I've heard many of my peers say more and ... unironically, wholeheartedly believe that Kanye West is one of the greatest artists of all-time, not just for his incredible lyricism, production, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  something that's made me view it all differently. At the essence of what he ... this place. My semester has been a literal oscillation between weeks of a ... get better. Rather, you get better at being at MIT. It's the little

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit limit, and that you should pay it off when you can. This kind of all goes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Best and Worst Places to 💩 on Campus

  

  's one of my favorite classes I've ever taken at MIT (even though I had to drop it 3/4ths of the way through the semester). One of the assignments ... 's least favorites. At the top of each poop entry is the averaged ratings and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  ...which makes me think of how much time i had this summer to do things!! i took advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... , if this were a normal semester, i'd be dancing upwards of six hours a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  setting up a house will it take an entire semester? stay tuned

  

  At the beginning of September, I moved into a new house! It's 10 ... desire, start a growing collection of Digimon plushies at the foot of my ... downstairs with two sets of fridges, washing machines—sans [annotation note

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  of the two main hip hop groups at MIT"]Mocha Moves ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I ... held at MIT in December, so we talked about options for making classes

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  realize, about yourself and others, at only this level of understanding. But ... in search of more friends, new experiences, and potentially a ... 's gotten to know me better than nearly anyone else at MIT. He inspires me to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of January. The weather forecast for my first day of work. Granted, this factors in the mysterious element of wind chill.  I was graciously accepted

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  charity banquet called Grains of Rice This year's featured band was Cake! I ... huge fan of either, but then CAKE came! We were able to get amazingly ... yelled out songs that they wanted to hear. Some of the songs that they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  . (Jessie lives at East Campus, which is one of the less restrictive dorms ... make?) Also, if you don't paint the room back at the end of the year, you ... sitting on the bed is Ace, April's friend who came to watch us do all of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... terms of competitive college admissions and how we (meaning all colleges ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  being aware of who you are for the wrong reason, at least you can avoid ... 2023 is now live. While some have jumped at the chance to scope out the ... virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  some truth to both of those explanations, but i think another relevant factor might be that the presence of other people forces me to think at a ... questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  Raymond and I recently moved out of our Honolulu airbnb (blogpost coming soon) into a new one in the heart of Boston. Unbeknownst to us ... 't realize there was no kitchen at all, just a sink, a microwave, and some

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... (and this might make a lot of people mad), whether you are an INTJ or an Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  Experimental Biology). I glance at my watch, which of course is on my computer ... . Something feels different for me—among the usual buzz of activity ... feeling of competence and belonging. This place is my jam. I'm writing from

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015