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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  seen. Seen in the sense of sending a message to someone, but they just ... verb in any language to act as the deliberate version of [annotation note ... framing this post in the form of a Letter To My Past Self. If 2016 Abby

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• 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 / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Indulge me for a moment. How many times have we seen the movie in ... he lives, thus he is reactionary in his approach to education. Mills ... with little effort. Performing well in the classroom and getting good

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Lies in MIT, lies about MIT these are the lies that i tell myself at night

  

  lying, then, to call these lies? Five. In What getting an education from ... you've handled this many classes in the past, so I'm going to approve ... , chose to do difficult homework, chose to not go to parties. In these ways

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  get to design and manufacture plastic yoyos in this class! Definitely ... 'm getting used to some big changes in my life. The first change that I ... being able to get to class a little earlier in the mornings and having

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  actually getting any exercise this summer. i don't think i'd want to live in ... flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... code to work. i won't miss my long morning commute and getting around LA

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... total n00b when you get to MIT. I'll help you out. First, pronouncing ... . Very few people actually know how to pronounce "Stata." I've had just as

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting ... and get lunch at a coffee shop. I’d be able to study there too!   ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• 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 / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how ... ’s much easier to carry groceries on your back than in your arms. When

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nemo Found the effects of cabin fever

  

  before we realized we simply just needed to get outside of our room. We ventured outside behind Baker House, only to get knocked over by the blizzard ... snow I've ever seen, and I've still been trying to figure out how to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  attachment. It's easy (especially to do a UROP summary), fun, and you get to ... news headlines include: *Macular Degeneration Induces Reorganization in ... *Why Do Insects Stop "Breathing" To Avoid Damage from Too Much Oxygen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  is down, thanks in large part to their parents' concern for their ... engrave these words to describe how I came to understand the true source of ... memory of how they got there. This turns out to be the ideal state of

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

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  excellent introduction to maker culture and allows you to get dirty in hands ... get taught to use them, and if you already know how to, you just prove ... not had the energy to do so this semester! Let's get right into it

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  being able to shut the door and get a good night of sleep. (Or, point in ... 's nice to get in early, get everything done, and get home around 3 PM. And ... , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  !). 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 ... especially helpful at the end of the weekend. How to get into their room

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  to see how the totals turn out. 13. Get ready for your freaking sweet ... worsened my mood. I had gotten in to MIT. Now, I can't help but feel that ... offer you admission to the MIT Class of 2012." Which, don't get me wrong

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get ... posters and programs in this blog, and get paid to store my memories here ... another two hours. once i finally mustered up the willpower to get up, i

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  to your major and how many people within your year in your major want ... . Everything seems to be falling into place. My birthday fell in early January ... access to really great live music in Boston and Cambridge. I definitely did

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  it is in Boston or Addis Ababa.   How do people “get” water ... used the word “preventing”—to me, it shows how in many places, we take ... our utilities get to us—in fact, I can say with certainty that I know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016