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• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (and free food), but I don’t try to get involved with them at any deeper ... nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would ... about twenty people. The kids in the classroom seemed to care much more

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Changes that I’m making this semester wow it's already March isn't that crazy or what

  

  Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to work with actual research, and can get ... really hard not to show how angry I was at 6.009 and myself. A week after I ... need to have in order to graduate."]7.014[/annotation] to my schedule. I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  in Boston for the summer is a very, very good idea. I got to get to ... to October...) and building gliders for it. Running away from getting ... .  (4) She had to retaliate against getting cake smeared on hers. >

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  wanted to preface this post real quick by jumping in and giving a little ... we were in Random. As a joke, Raymond decided he wanted to "secretly ... months I have been secretly training in chess with hopes to beat Aidan

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  much to say in this entry other than to give a brief update of how my ... nights I've trudged back to New House in the wee hours of the morning ... yesterday when I was still sitting in 8.01, worrying about understanding how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Computer Timesharing in the 1960’s an extremely influential solution to computer bottlenecks

  

  people around New England were set up that allowed hundreds of people to ... actually in Building 26, which is now home to MIT's most well-known lecture ... support staff, were funded in part by IBM, How is timeshare computing

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  of getting better at art, or feeling immersed in how enjoyable it is ... needed to take part in a challenge to motivate myself to explore new ... 's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  get *accepted* to these programs, and would be in school for another ... 't really know how to get here anymore. I tried being a software person at a ... to participate in and enjoy gaming, but don't really get to *create

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  goodbye to the room I had in New York, at one point asking my parents to ... tendency to wax nostalgic when I get lost in my own thoughts, and going from ... could get to black without my parents becoming upset with me, and an

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  capabilities. If you're new to how MIT shows off your grades, then I should tell ... If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you'll get a B at some point ... -inscrutable concepts racked my brains to no end, had a few guest appearances in the 8

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  Panhel rules like how sororities aren't allowed to throw parties or go to ... , semesterly dues every month, the possibility of having to live in the house ... that I was chosen by lottery to live in the house and my options were to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  knowing how badly i keep in touch with people, i'd have stopped talking to ... . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... my summer in Spain. It doesn't reeeally say what I want it to, but I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool ... much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can ... everyone around me in new and different ways — that I’d be inspired by their

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... will consider joining totally new activities in college. 8. You gotta

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  to eventually feel comfortable in this new growth in a way that I don ... ’s not just academic exhaustion. If it were, I would know how to handle it ... Ave to get groceries from Target and H-Mart helps clear my mind a little

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  From One Cambridge To The Other A year away from the Institute

  

  did this mean getting to spend some time in Europe but it also meant a ... got a list of what colleges we'll be living in and I'm going to be ... From EC to Trinity Hall Last year First East was graced with a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 12, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  Italy over IAP. In October, I applied to MIT's Global Teaching Labs ... students qualified to teach Italian high schoolers some science, in English ... it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  organizations to carry on my values, as new members come in with their own ... them. They are checking the new grass mower… Out in the fresh air and the ... is down, thanks in large part to their parents' concern for their

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  contagious. Campus feels festive. We get to meet new people. There’s free food ... !). Your host will know how much time to allot for you to check in and meet ... . How often they want to check in with you, if at all. You’ll probably

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018