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• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  can actually do well in - all my years of being good at English class ... have been a Course 7. Other things I'm doing this semester: UROP: One ... do a good job and gain a lot of experience in planning and managing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long ... dialogue: “Ravinder, you can do calculations in your head that the average ... , when do you add salt to your okra? At the beginning? Or the end? (student

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  and different ties to groups in need. Do you know what that means to me? Do you know what message that sends to a student like myself entering a ... revolutionary force doing just that.   Class of 2018, I invite you to open up

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

   whole year had passed. I remember my Pi Day very clearly, but I do not ... of why I fucked up. And you know what? Next year I’ll probably do the ... do enough. But think of it this way: you’re here for a reason. Find

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  that do us good. It traps in and uses dead air as an insulator, keeping ... ). And even if you do have a healthy set of lungs, constantly breathing in ... word). I have seven pairs of gloves (why do you have seven pairs of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes you just gotta relax (putting this out there as a message for ourselves as much as for anyone else)

  

  to do it had our freaking amazing friend not helped us from 11pm - 2am ... here is a picture of us and our grandma doing our massive amount of ... really do just have to relax. We were pretty bummed that we didn’t get to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  Consulting Group. I'm also staffed on a travel case and will be doing a final ... another and with my classes I don't even know what to do or where to go ... emails. Disclaimer: I do forward and keep the important ones in my personal

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  , but students do not have assigned seats and are encouraged to move ... amounts of information and, by doing so, acquire critical thinking skills ... like Uber and Amazon, as well as creation of their own start-ups. They do

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  ’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for ... I do in this area for a summer job?” Experimenting in College Stuff I ... . Conclusion: college has been fun, but I still have no idea what I will do in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  thinking, “hmm I wonder what happens if the glass gets cold how do you even ... COOL BUT THEY ARE ALSO REALLY HARD TO MAKE BUT I ACTUALLY WAS DOING WELL ... minutes to do something that took me like 20…) made another great creation

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  I cared more than I do today. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad ... talk with are reconciling their freshman dreams of doing important and ... to procrastinate psetting, and doing routine things that aren’t fun

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break A week in Iceland.

  

  no good photos of that night, I do remember having a good time dancing ... 't catch the aurora on our trip, and this was our final opportunity to do so ... and I'll see what I can do! I unfortunately won't be at many scheduled

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  surprise letters to each other (you still do). You escaped school (legally ... . Do not apply to MIT because your life goal is to go to MIT. Apply ... application. Ask yourself, why do you want to apply? Are you ready for either

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  . Solving racism has less to do with politics and more to do with--look around ... 't look like you, you are not doing enough. If we're willing to broaden our

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  that this is not a feel-good post. i do have many strong opinions on the ... fairly say that i knew Matthew; but i do feel as if i know myself (a bit ... things i’ve told you, we could probably be considered friends. so do me a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  activities all pushed into my day, while all I wanted to do was sleep, eat ... crossed the bridge, MIT campus, East Campus courtyard. All I had to do was ... MIT always, but I do now. No place is an ideal match, but I guess I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Blog: Operation Overgourd A different kind of pumpkin drop (by Lauren H. '16!)

  

  can do here. Thanks to Lauren for letting me post this. Oh, and it ... do some aerial stunts (I had no idea you could do loops in a Cub!) and

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  1 day in the life of an MIT student

  

  . I think about what I'm supposed to do today and open up my laptop to ... 's considering doing a UROP in Brain and Cognitive Sciences as an EECS major. But ... companies do, and then for the rest of the time, you play board games, eat

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Stop and Smell the Seasons Before it's winter and your nose is so numb you can't smell anything.

  

  guess is pretty hard to do if you don’t have any actual leaves. Even the ... family and my home, because I do. But after only two months here, I ... didn't make me any happier. All you can do in life is try to solve the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged ... !" and banged his fist against the table. "By doing history with science ... environmental history of Europe since the Roman Empire is underway. "We are doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013