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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  's admirable, in a way, to declare this the meaning of life. The world faces many ... meaning—but we must all have our own meanings to keep going. And, in truth ... ultimately true. If the instinct to war and to act in our self-interest at any

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  ’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set ... where I’m from, all I’m allowed to say is “I used to live in Simmons ... and writing in the middle of it all, that I realize how much I love

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pursuing multiple fields

  

  's a question) if you could tell me how easy it is to double major in two ... literature but I'm concerned that it will be too tough to try to get degrees in ... matter what your major is, you have to get credit for 8.01 (Physics 1), 8

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  How NOT to be a MIT Student (aka. my daily dose of stupidity) *sets ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in ... ramen noodle structure"), "Card Throwing," "How to Grow Hair

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  SHE CAMPUS ON MY PREVIEW TIL I WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my freshman cpw post turned east campus love letter

  

  getting caught up in something else, so I’m glad I got to see what it was ... ’t participate in it, but it’ll always be there if you want your social life to be ... ’d asked to help us get the event started had had different ideas. We ended

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 6, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... with ten or so others the minute they get wet, and think it's okay to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  interested in, but are not sure if you want to pursue. Or, it’s also great for getting industry experience in a field that you know you want to pursue, but maybe have not gotten the chance to get your foot in the door through the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  . In fact, people here are free to do almost anything they think is a ... a while, but within an hour of walking on campus I was learning how to ... up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  Internet. I think it's really easy to get lost in everything. I've been ... eloquent since honestly I don't really know how to explain it, but sometimes ... I think I have to be? That is how the world works I hope you learned

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  ="MIT's Writing course/major"]21W[/annotation] classes are HARD to get into. In the ... even want a shot at getting into these classes”. Well, this was news to me! I was left scrambling at the last minute to try and get into a

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time ... application to MIT? Thanks for the help." 1. We will be interested in how you ... know if that poses a hardship for you in your country." How to tell you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  which you get discounted meals but in order to break even, you need to eat ... . :-) Hmm. In all this talk about dining, I didn't get to the second part of ... walk in anytime and find some friends to sit down with, and I feel like I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I ... in grisly detail, are incredible books that I have no choice but to ... ambient time in the life of an MIT student you might wonder how I found

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  joined clubs, went to events, partook in many things. But the activation ... quite hard and not allowing myself to rest. After our week-long break in ... school turned out to be the dagger in my side as I trudged on to the end of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  floor and not the fifth). In this case, I actually did know how to do ... got too-short ones twice in a row). Ten minutes to figure out how we ... are central to the way MIT works. In the right environment (one

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... how excited we were to graduate despite the rain (admittedly, this was ... , I love to tell the story of how I never imagined coming to MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  how to grill. I needed people to help carry all the meat in, and store ... government) asking if we wanted to host a community barbecue in our dormitory ... fortunate coincidence) so I was able to get the individual house presidents on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  Arthur Highway. To get to school, I would take a jeepney up MacArthur to this ... a city, in contrast to the wide open fields and sparse buildings I saw ... to go to a museum. It was in BGC, which was maybe twelve or so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  in Boston is a nightmare, so it took us over an hour to get to her ... few weekend trips to New York. these helped me realize how feasible ... , 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

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  classes within that department. The idea is to get some depth in a HASS field, and not just lots of breadth.) 3) It's time to explore my major in ... undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012