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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Simulating Catastrophe and learning to speak up

  

  about becoming a section leader was that I was responsible for helping to ... Director was told to organize his or her classmates into a shelter team, an evacuation team, and a Public Relations team. The Director was to achieve

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • April 17, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  of my life—the SuperUROP corresponding to 6.UAR, a year-long class ... having to work out a plan for me to do the requisite work during IAP ... than I can chew—sometimes, to the unfair detriment of others—and a maybe

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  Components If your Evaluation A or B is missing, click the link to check ... recommendation through this system, or fax a copy of their letter to us at 1 ... Shortly after 4PM ET we sent out the following email to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  In Transit: Summer Edition A guide to objects that you could theoretically use to get from point A to…

  

  apartment to South End has become a weekend routine that consists of a thirty ... Frogger without even batting an eyelash. Please try not to get hit by a car ... into the wilderness on your own, but after a few rides, you start to get

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start ... + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I ... to a clothing consignment shop. I learned many things about current

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  approached. Not wanting to look like a complete weirdo taking pictures of a ... observing a job postings bulletin board. Having nothing better to do except ... Massachusetts Avenue to reach Building W20, the Stratton Student Center, home to a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  incompatible, emotions, a few of which I want to name and honor: - Sadness that ... it is normal. It is also okay, and it is normal, to feel a sense of ... ’ traces to a 1382 English translation of Acts 19:9: “Summe weren endurid, or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

  still need to take 6.033 and it just so happens to have a final. Anyhoo ... Monday, so time is money, which leads to... create a study plan I start off ... wake up (I'm awake enough to concentrate and focus with a clear head) and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... winter break and boiled down to a couple of basic, but essential, facts: 1

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  for a game set in ancient Rome, but I was ready to get back to the more ... , Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy, just to name a few. Last Thursday ... composers in order to arrange and perform these songs with a live orchestra

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  cycle. i wasn't ready to write dozens of essays and go through interviews ... too", and a lot of "time to focus on regular apps, then", and a lot of ... enough to give me a small idea. it must feel worse to receive decisions

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  a number of events and fundraisers on campus to raise the $65,000 we ... together and “buy” their friend for an impressive sum. (I hope I’m doing a ... time I do something CK-related, I’m reminded of how lucky I am to have a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  , and this year I signed up both to host a prefrosh (it could be you! ...if you're a girl) and to lead a tour of my UROP lab. But the one thing ... assigned to each department is a matter of historical contingency, and doesn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  (Paint)Ballin’ Hey, if you're already hosed, you might as well have a good reason for it

  

  From May 9th to May 13th (a Friday, naturally), MIT students endured ... 's like calling everything and everyone a flurg - you start to wonder what ... most forest-y, most outdoors-y place you've ever been to, and dump a few

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 19, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  things i miss and don’t miss who is this guy? 🤔

  

  kick out the people in control. Are we buying into this? I am a very old ... since I left! I miss this place a lot though. I used to write here, but ... miss? I miss being able to eat a Huge Wrap from this eating place at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  ready to exit the aircraft, a moving vehicle on your uber app will guide ... behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days ... sane, please take a few moments to locate your nearest exit. In some

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  planned to go on a campus tour (which started every half hour), but missed ... , not used ones). W/ such great availability, there shouldn't be a need to ... apparently, many of the prefrosh are early risers. We had to wait a long time

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s always day 1 a meticulous account of my last first day

  

  such thought, I am instead going to erect a shrine to it by documenting ... ! part 1: getting to class 8:50 AM: My first alarm—a primer alarm, just to ... "getting to class exactly on time" down to a science; I can afford to waste a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  something to do with magnetic monopoles and/or the Freemasons. (As a point of ... thought after signing up for a 10 pm trip last Thursday to Wallace ... Students. Thanks to Sara '10's vice presidencing skillz, MIT SPS borrowed a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the ... both asked a version of: When/why/how did you switch to course 9? How is ... intelligence.. etc. I switched from course 5 (Chemistry) to course 9 by getting a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008