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• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring break Q&A: Part 2 where I FINALLY answer the rest of your questions :'D

  

  Thanks to everyone who left questions in my Q&A! I haven't gotten to the second half of the questions I got, so I'm going to answer the ... as I hoped it would, but I think I still have interesting results to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Year Sticky Notes mainly thoughts on post-grad life & friendship

  

  lot of time to think about all the things that weren’t deemed time-sensitive enough to focus on during midterm season. I’ve also recently gotten into ... restricted elective that I get to pick from a relatively long list. In total

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 3, 2026
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I don't even remember what sparked my interest in wanting to get one (it ... lot more water than I was willing to actually have sitting on my desk

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  present all of our really cool research to the big industry sponsors funding us. And so, MIT tries to get as many researchers as possible to come to this by bribing us with things we would otherwise not be able to afford

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  comes to mind might be math competitions, chess matches, or some form of ... ."]NCAA[/annotation]National Championships, the NCAA Woman of the Year (which is given to the top female ... records — and that was only last year.  According to our athletics website

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  opening plays memorized, but to be entirely clear, I’m not one of them. My older brother didn’t have the patience to play chess with me (I had a tendency to just sort of... not follow the rules), and as a result I never

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  Infinite is a student-run magazine and group dedicated to the ... magazine hand-out at the student center, but this year, the board chose to take a different approach, hosting an entire event to celebrate Issue 11

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  I've been taking the time to explore some classes and activities in ... you have something horizontal to hold on to, which makes holding ... for poetry writing, though, so there's that"]annoying.[/annotation] To

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  the hours i've spent in bed recently have added up, pointing to one ... least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... have to begin treatment within a few days of symptom onset / a positive

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  i ran out of social energy and other great ways to say no

  

  just gonna talk about things i've been up to lately. fall is already ... courtyard for rush, and this year is no different. in fact, i signed up to be ... lead on the project i'm working on knows how to cad and do physics and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... there also was [annotation note="i remember last-minute deciding to apply

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a student here at MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... , drawing, playing music. It's no secret to my friends that I consider myself

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  the morning. Quickly assemble breakfast. Head to lecture. Cook lunch, or ... to more lectures, or recitations. Then a student group gives an ... one of these events. Or I’m going to one of my discovery classes in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  Power tools East Campus brings to mind rollercoasters and huge ... and they looked ready to start the next layer. The plans say it would be ... days. Part of me wanted to help, but part of me was scared. Sure, they

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  program or grant to get you there. And it’s not just study abroad: there ... ’s time to share the wealth, so I’m here to lay out for you all the tips and tricks to getting yourself around the world on MIT's dime. Start: 0 mi

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester II: v. hosed tl;dr: *loud screaming*

  

  You know you’re hosed when it takes you a week after classes start to ... , it looks more like this because who even goes to all of their classes? Definitely not me - I decided to write this post right after I decided I wasn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  to say some things. As a prefrosh, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when it came to housing. I didn’t go to CPW, I didn’t look around at ... . They are released at the end of May for the incoming freshmen to decide

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  , so I decided to compensate by only taking two technicals and two HASSes ... . Everyone at MIT is required to take one "HASS-A", or "arts" class as part of the humanities requirement. Qualifying subjects range from music to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  jobs and summer and what I want to do with my life was the last thing on ... adjusting to my new schedule and new classes (also more on that in a later post!). But as always, everything at MIT seems to runs on its own

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  college decisions being sent to their inboxes. Such a beautiful season. If you’re like 92% of kids who applied to MIT, then you probably didn’t get ... , regardless of admission or non-admission to the Institute, you probably applied

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015