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• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... people who does and has known since they were five, i am in awe of you ... , thinking that maybe i'd be happier in this one or the other. melissa in a

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Thing-A-Mah-Bobs Never walk up to a duck trying to cross the street

  

  spot for the summer, the friendly neighborhood Starbucks. I was in for a ... I discovered it was rather impossible to make any logical connection between all the things I wanted to share about the last couple weeks. I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  , but I would discourage you from choosing your college ONLY by the amount ... questions like, "Do I want to be in community with lots of other high achieving students or do I want to be in an environment where more students

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  . Long ago I spent a year at MIT (my “junior year abroad” in Boston) so I thought I knew how the place worked (not quite, Dad!). Our family has a comprehensive medical plan that I buy through my employer, who negotiates with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  in kerosene. (I could probably write an entire blog post about how much ... ="attachment_88380" align="aligncenter" width="768"] How it went down in my head ... comprehend how it was all orchestrated (pun intended). It all started in my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  was all my lab had left, so I figured it would be better off in this ... in the quilt. I can always buy another shirt. MIT equation shirt ... internship ever, and a shockingly great summer in Seattle that I never would

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... 's when I'm most productive," high school me would've told you. That wasn't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  knowledge gained in 8.02 (Physics II-- Electricity and Magnetism), I would ... hike. I was in a strange mood. I`m a student at one of the most innovative and progressive universities in the world and I always have loved

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  the summer before senior year you've changed...

  

  seniors in high school. I am now a rising senior in college. It's crazy how ... songs. I learned 3 things. The Girl described in "Girl All the Bad Guys ... school and growing up, I thought I should write a bit about how different

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Write Academic Papers a look into how i wrote my final paper

  

  been intrigued by Twitch as a platform and medium so I thought it would ... Check After brainstorming, I usually settle on a main idea and come in ... topic and come up with some key questions to focus in on before I do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would ... only woman in the room and I would love there to be more gender diversity ... year here, I joined a business club because I was interested in

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

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  this class? Will I thrive in the class? As much as I would love to be ... undergrad/grad offering. For example, here’s how I would read a random course ... taking. In order, they are: Will I thrive in this class if I took it

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to “Teach” Leadership Please find the probability that Shakespeare diffuses into my GEL classes given that my schedule…

  

  the “p-set zone,” it helps us think in different ways than we would in ... last thing I want after a week of lectures is a lecture on “how to be a ... these classes is that, while I gain the engineering skills in my Chemical

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Camberville

  

  'd had the money, I would have taken a cab, but the three dollars in my ... student at Caltech) was in town and going to be there. I like Anna, and with her being in Pasadena, I don't get to see her that often, so I figured I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 15, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  Ideas IAP started off just how I imagined. In the first week, I practiced ... Ideas Weekend was my calling. I sent in two event proposals, and thought ... wood, or even how to use any power tools whatsoever, I was confident that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  to figure out housing. I thought it would be easy, but seeing the huge ... though I definitely didn’t need to invest so much time and energy in it, I ... easier than it is (and honestly, I thought it would be easier than it was

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Misery Loves Company: Part 1 You might fit in at MIT if...

  

  fully that I would only seriously approach a small number of them. In ... one thing in a day, like get groceries, I can almost guarantee that I ... things I want to and need to get done than one in a day -- when there are

  • by Cam T. '13
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  About two years ago at school I was sitting in the computer lab ... standing around in Best Buy, confusing every single customer and employee ... my mind. That was until this last Saturday while I was sitting in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yes, eat all our shirts! See MIT through the eyes of my prefrosh.

  

  (how the heck was I supposed to know what Ihrer meant? it's in some crazy ... would have actually worked out really well for me because Adam is in his sixth year of German, whereas I'm in my sixth week of German. He had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  rush dies down just in time for the weekend, which I will be spending out ... out, so I turned around just in time to duck. I was one of the closest ... time. (I look clean, but my clothes were not.) Anyway, seeing as how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006