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• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  probably a lot of prospective MIT students), that’s a hard pill to swallow ... can’t study for. It’s an unpredictable, amazing, terrifying whirlwind that we’re simply sucked into; things are bound to go wrong because that’s

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  him haha jk). No, it’s because as a member of RingComm he had to be at ... towards! It’s crazy to think that we have been planning this since last year ... had on their website, everyone was mesmerized by it’s ornateness and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  my plans are. It’s a fascinating revelation. Senior year of high school ... I learned. It doesn’t feel like much, but I think that’s because ... new paths. It’s horrifying sometimes to think how much knowledge there

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  To fully appreciate MIT’s location, venture to downtown Boston. The ... Campus. From there, it’s an ~11-minute walk to Chinatown, State House ... ) Faneuil Hall is both a reminder of Boston’s glorious revolutionary past and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

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

  

  always bring an empty backpack when going grocery shopping because it’s ... step, I always end up squishing all of the bananas, and it’s very sad ... Campus La Verde’s, Campus Convenience Generic college convenience stores

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  pamphlets, hand-outs, and websites, all expounding on their respective college’s ... same dilemma. On MIT’s admissions website, we claim that “MIT is one of ... until the night before it’s due. WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG POST WITH AN

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  , I’d just flop over and fall asleep in my bed. It’s ... around the room. My roommate's art (she likes them Greeks ... ://listart.mit.edu/student_loan_art_collection. It’s a really cool program that lets you keep art for the entire

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  it’s about MIT students doing what they do best: Awesome stuff. Last ... send a text message to invite friends or post to the user’s Twitter account! The contest was hosted by OnStar, GM’s in-vehicle operator, which

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... for a real adventure. It all started with my mom’s DVD set on National ... hair is definitely not used to the bay area climate. We left dry, mid-90s

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  each other within a certain area of the bird’s brain, and the ... animal’s subsequent behavior. She also injects dyes to see which ... ’s work! I asked several professors about openings in their labs

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  "mother"? It’s from the same root we get alma mater and matriculate. It’s ... untouched, in the sense that it’s whole, or complete; compare intact, or ... mahal kita. It’s neat that kita is a pronoun that doesn’t just indicate

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get up in 3 alarm snoozes. There’s a two-step strategy to this: first, say ... . The commute to the Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, my UROP’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  : what am I doing with my spare time? Sleeping? No, that's what I ... direction. Oops. Danfoolery: A Radio Show There's a really deep and ... ?" "Dan that's ridiculous why would we do that" "Why not

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Year 2 at Hogwarts Holy Hell, I'm a sophomore

  

  Computer Science. It’s been a year since I came to MIT, slightly over a year ... !” there’s p-sets and a weather intent on killing me. Close enough. What’s the biggest change since becoming a sophomore? Oh, that’s easy. The

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  . What you’re looking at is a screenshot from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & ... promised him I’d be civil) of Luhrmann’s adaptation. Away we go! For those ...  was made in the 90’s by Baz Luhrmann (who also directed Moulin Rouge! and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  by the Class of 2021's struggles to adjust to the Institute. This post ... something to offer and something to learn—it’s how every class year gets built ... services such as S^3 or MIT Mental Health. You matter. You are not taking up

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot ... that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  to the 2019s in anticipation of pi day with love

  

  Dear Applicant, it’s 3:14 am, and i'm sitting in a smoky kitchen with friends. there’s coffee and crepes with nutella and romantic spanish ... no role in a student’s success. “you can make it anywhere,” we want to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post. NOTE: You needn’t have worked in a lab nor done research to enter. It’s that time of year ... competitions, but I REALLY, REALLY wish I knew about MIT TechFair’s THINK. It

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  . It’s always neat to explain your work to people who know so much more ... skills. Saturday night was my sorority’s annual Fondue Dessert ... , and his wife. Of course, no AXO fondue event is complete without Matt’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007