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• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... , being a beginner is scary. For many students (myself included!) the ... at some subject, then you probably like it a lot, which is important in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  pretty proud of how far i've come. i've been thinking a lot about ... is a hotspot for birders!) joanna always being willing to grab lunch ... ... and so so so so much more. i don't know, man. this is probably going

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  , and while the weather leaves much to be desired, there is still a lot of ... , and there is a lot of room to grow. It's exciting to be around other ... ), which is a weekly drawing class offered through the MIT Student Art

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  of getting into any single school is quite small so you have to have a ... attend. Don’t forget to breathe…often: Applying to college is so much more ... . While MIT is a special place for me, the school you ultimately attend will

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  :00. Every Thursday, there is a pset due, except for review weeks. Every Friday, there is a quiz, except for review weeks. This class has been great. I ... A is anything about a 93, which is...questionable. But aside from that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  equilibrium, there is a limit to how much I can handle and still be happy ... five classes or four classes plus a UROP is a reasonable workload for me ... that’s unique to me. The middle of the semester is a perennially bad time

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  't walk quietly through a room in the early morning, think about how precious life is and feel grateful that you have it. Time is a currency that ... think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  from my house to my office, and although the Rhein river is a little ... Harvard to small highway to Watertown. MIT is in a prime location for you to ... Lois McMaster Bujold once said, "My home is not a place. It is people

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  least, but it just goes to show you how much there is to do during IAP ... How To Love Him" is remarkably similar to that of the second movement of ... same sequence of notes. There is so much I wanted to do for IAP for no

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  sort of Occam's razored into [annotation note="feat. Frenship. This is a ... here but thought it might be a bit much to post a tweet that starts with ... in a place like Cambridge where paying with cash is a hassle. If I go

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Events

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

  

  to appreciate how Katherine is photobombing since she's not a sophomore ... Ring Delivery! This first one is a 3E tradition - to take a fancy picture ... would be me in a year. Well, this is that me ^^^ from left to right and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  This week has been a battle for all of us – I just finished my Multivariable final this morning; let us waddle in the Aftermath for a little bit ... , looking for answers – why you were rejected, deferred, or accepted, how you

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  will learn at MIT is not a collection of facts, but how to think about ... student here, learning how to think is still the most important thing anyone ... sheet or a textbook isn't going to help you much, since tests are timed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  of them: Chameleon Chameleon is a body art studio located in Harvard ... pierced, what types of piercings I wanted, and how much it would cost. At ... is a sort of rite of passage in Boston to get a piercing messed up at

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather ... change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a ... saw: Sometimes, a paintbrush sounds so much more attractive than a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  . What I will discuss is how the current dining system at MIT operates ... Dining Membership House Dining Membership (HDM) is about as close to a ... how much money you're spending on food. You also won't be tempted to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  , probably as a separate post because of how much attention it deserves] I don ... potential new ways of analyzing how in-context information is used by a model ... artistic experiences. I have a much better model of what it means to be a

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  supposed to be one of those posts where I talk about how much I've grown over ... sentimental farewell to our five graduating seniors (this is in a 17-person a ... . In about a week, I'll be home in California again--in three, I'll be

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  news is that I might still get to meet a reality show contestant--I was ... Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he ... Senate. It was a good, good night. MIT had some event to celebrate the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  advice is to ask colleges directly how much weight they place on ... college admissions-themed issue -- it is also worth a read. Here's the TIME ... rules in US college admissions. While some people think this is a bad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006