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• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Things I would highly recommend bringing, in no particular order: 1. Cell ... , thanks to free nights and weekends, I actually get to keep in close contact ... . Getting a bicycle is not absolutely necessary, but I would recommend it if

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  just on the horizon. I wanted to share what my daily life looks like, in ... much. No matter how I procrastinated or fooled around on Friday, I wake ... our weekly house clean-up from 11 to 12. After that, I settle in to work

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  fit this 2020. I learned how to properly lift things and I became pretty ... was home in October, I spedread a bunch of different books that were set in Boston/Cambridge because I was curious and I read American Panda by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Today A Trader Joe's monologue

  

  . I like their windows, and how their tenets leave them open. I like the ... covered in chalk drawings. Then, I feel an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I ... exactly how they smelled back home. I'd never seen a woman smoke a Marlboro

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • April 23, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  I would have been in Random Hall, on BMF, at my desk with the door ... me an excellent view of anyone coming or going. In January 2015 I would ... your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  was 8, and drawings along the margins of all of my notes. I learned how ... elementary school, and for a long while I would draw things by hand on paper ... could color them digitally. In middle school, I’d saved up money from

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  tired and busy and tired and busy and tired and busy and

  

  how to be human again, but in the meantime, I will try my best.   ... meetings a week and DPhiE the same and I would love time to just sit and do ... schedule and I'm just feeling very disappointed in myself for not living up

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 15, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  ... In December 2020, I learned about the MakerLodge training that first-years could participate in, and I immediately did the online portion of the ... campus. I registered for one of the first in-person trainings because I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  living away from home lessons learned

  

  sometimes or know how to fold their clothes in a more efficient way. I ... I've had my fair share of time with roommates and friends in the past year and I've learned a lot. I lived for the first time with friends in a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 10, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  kind of situation) is to make lots of plans, so I had ’em ready in spades: I imagined, as realistically as I could, how it would feel to be ... Shuli J. '22 (2018): I knew I would be nervous when the time came, because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  tables and charts in excel etc. In fact, to avoid being overwhelmed I ... . Tally up how much you make in a month, subtract out anything you HAVE to ... roommates in the apartment, and I spend about $100 a week on groceries. That

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final projects from the fall three coding projects and an alien in disguise

  

  've taken. We learned how to create image-editing effects in C++ that would ... understand the documentation and how to make sense of Drake in general, but we ... to reflect an aspect of human cognition in some way. Unfortunately, I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  "low warning" sign. I have $1.70 in my TechCash account, and the reason ... account (not that I'm out buying couture, just caffeine drinks and Thai food ... . But also, not in TechCash. Day 6: or why I've been banned from Anna

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  few days ago, and I don't even know how I feel about that. I'm going to college! In less than three days! Wait, I need socks? This list, as well as Melis's, is actually pretty helpful, although I'm not planning on buying

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus No exams woohooooo

  

  I've actually been involved in TMG since the spring semester, but without any exams to worry about, I can now put my UROP in the center of my schedule. I used to watch a lot of the Media Lab's content back in middle

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First term freshman year A horror story, I guess... but one with a happy ending

  

  in point: At 1 AM one night in November freshman year, I was studying ... problem sets were hard... and I'd never learned to manage my time wisely in ... place. I skipped class a lot more frequently than I did in my upperclass

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  GIRs, and I would never have to take another physics class in my life ... gaps in the blinds. I rolled over, and realized - to my delight - that I was back in my "own" bed. I half expected my sister to open the door

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  my life. I think now, in college, it recently struck me how differently ... journaling as much as I've wanted, and I've slowly transitioned from writing in ... .) Buy/Make Holiday Presents Practical suggestion! I like making any sort

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  ramen in one night), I’ve been spending virtually all of my IAP at home ... 's invaluable in many ways. For me, it was mostly that I had four pristine weeks ... summer, but decided that ultimately I hadn't devoted enough time and would

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  because it was all I had lab experience in and would be the easier route, or ... 'm in the latter group.  I came to MIT intending to major in something Bio: Course 6-7, or 7, or maybe 20.  I had loved AP Biology in high school

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013