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  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

   MacArthur 'Genius' Grant winner - held a reading of his new book, This is How You Lose ... I got on a bus this morning to go home for Thanksgiving, fully prepared to entrust my productivity to a flaky Wi-Fi connection. Once I got

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  on campus as of late concerning how to best achieve a safe, caring ... midterms was not much better and I began to get really concerned. My fiery ... something I learned to do well in high school. I talked to TAs and LAs, and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  letter to my 2023 self from: 2024 janet

  

  home in New Zealand, in MIT, in all the friends who you have come to love ... in 2024 and wrote most of it then; but then i had to work on a bunch of ... relieved to hear that I’m actually travelling now, in contrast to last year

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 2, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photojournalism and answers to some questions

  

  Morgan Sheng's lab in the Picower Center. I didn't get to see much of the ... 'll cross my fingers for that. In either case, I'm planning to take my ... carrying an umbrella in a snowstorm doesn't make immediate intuitive sense to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  . And now, with the congratulations out of the way, it's time to get to ... First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  how you decide it'll be. Here's just some things to keep in mind as you ... 't be afraid to take a nap (they'll become your new favorite pastime). If ... participated more in recitation and made sure to ask questions, and at the end of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  How Are You? because it's not just a simple question

  

  failing to know how the people around you are really doing. In the past few ... lives. We see that one kid that sits behind us in lecture. And to all of ... finished. I want to hear about how the semester’s been tough. Heck yes I want

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 19, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  -a-sitcom lifestyle. In order to get there, I have to do this first, or I would probably ... ="I was supposed to go in kindergarten but I VIVIDLY remember lining up single-file to get on the bus, and on the way out of the classroom I threw

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  ’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably ... guess my point is - all of you heading to MIT soon, GET EXCITED 'CAUSE ... just have two other relevant things to say- 1) Seriously don’t get caught

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  power to decide whether you will stay in them or not. This does not necessarily apply to McCormick, I'm not sure exactly how that works. 3) Your current roommate is also temporary, although you will get a chance to keep

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The November Rule 2: Electric Boogaloo the one rule you should not break (take it from me, kids)

  

  promptly thrown into a slew of new experiences; they have to learn how to ... how to be an independent person in your first semester at MIT is ... experience and zero clue how to set boundaries and communicate in a healthy way

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  and how MIT helped (or didn’t) get them to their current level of ... as good as it gets. I get to oversee all aspects of student life and ... ? Given the interest in and demand for interdisciplinary careers, how can

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Love Affair: 11.027 & New Orleans [by Janet Li '12] Spring break in NOLA.

  

  in New Orleans, from buses to streetcars to the ferry. We biked around ... wonders of the buildings, both new and old; to the increase in intricate ... down to New Orleans for the summer. What are your summer plans, and how

  • by ARTalk
  • March 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... routine. I invest in acupuncture and massage appointments to help my muscles ... , partly because I wake up at 8:55am to get to a 9am class. Every morning I

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Time Management Reading this article adds +15 to Time Skills

  

  see how that applies. But it IS possible to balance it all, and in fact ... some pretty awesome classes and extra-curriculars to participate in. (If ... in all the things that don't change from week to week. Like, say, class

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  confused applicants. I'm not going to tell you how to get into MIT. That ... conducting mine. It was really easy to get a new EC. I just had to make a phone ... players' average skill level. It's super easy to get involved in any IM

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  ! You should also look into how you will get from the airport to MIT. MIT ... in the US so you don’t have to immediately worry about getting it ... "]PCP[/annotation] at MIT Medical and get a new prescription made as soon as possible

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  us scattered in 17 rooms on the first two floors of New House, one of ... maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is really to come and talk to us in person, as iHouse is just too diverse and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  buttons that allow you to zoom in or out, get background information and ... , sustainable difference in how well and quickly students learn, how much they remember, and how fast they can shift from absorbing facts and concepts to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  "shopping period", in which they get to sit in on classes and decide if they ... New House, which basically means I get to help cook dinner once a week ... everything else I'm already doing, I don't know how it's going to fit in. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006