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• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  Too Much Noise once or twice a semester; my homework was now digital and ... ; ...and I had to learn how to drive. There are a terrifyingly large number ... turn in a pset or three, but that’s what P/NR is for, and I stopped

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  yesterday. And September is also pretty much over, which shows just how quickly MIT is zipping on by.   During last year's Career Fair, I ... It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year ... school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee ... debate and class-wide discussion about why this happened and how it could

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  the first Festival here. This post is the second of a series of three ... . This post is just a fraction of the fascinating information I absorbed at ... Program MIT ESP is a student group that organizes two of the most beloved

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Look Ahead The fight's begun but not yet won.

  

  ) - but there is a big difference between knowing something in theory and ... to head back home for a week ago and see my family (Boston is amazing but a break is nice sometimes, and besides my mommy misses me), the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  have them take a look at me. Being sick in college is not fun, no matter ... of other stuff - which is kind of convenient since there's a pharmacy ... 27 Dresses and Empire Strikes Back; the night before that, A New Hope

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  answer is a big fat NO. it is literally because there aren't enough ... what my friend was going through.  Although sadness is not a crime ... what a titration is." "On behalf of the Admissions Committee… Wasn

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  , so this is a nice change. i blink at the brightness of my room -- my ... our projects last week, and this recitation is about how to turn those ... coffee, which is crazy because it seems like it's literally just a coffee

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  that I’d be living with Kosher keeping people, much less on a floor with ... half of these have to be Kosher. The result is a weekend extravaganza of ... , hence our being known as Burton Jew. One suite even has a Kosher oven and

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  on average? How much does a character tend to say? What does this say ... whatever word you want. In a bout of curiosity-fueled insanity that is not ... them through such a rigid standard. My purpose is this: What do certain

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  change nonetheless. I am left thinking about how much has truly changed ... change. And I hate it. I hope one day I won't hate it so much. A Glee ... one) room. The camera once again pans around the room, revealing a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... 's not too much a price to pay to stay stinky for the day, at everyone else ... list, about a week ago: "Does anyone remember how, when the elevator

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  is the same. With a sigh, I walk into 10-250 and try not to think about ... fears do not really grow. It is just a new day, and we should be able to ... phases of reason and tolerance, and this is just a blip in the movement

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much ... witches element, but I learned so much more. Irish folklore is quite vibrant ... unworthy — witch trials are a clear example. That juxtaposition is so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  skills is maybe printing a haphazardly CADded moon on TinkerCAD in my junior year. My only experience with coding is AP Computer Science A, a ... me is sad to let go of the prospect of being a bioengineering major, or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  For Those Weeks When You Just Cannot We all have those weeks, sometimes you need a break

  

  okay, it is really hard to actually feel okay. So I took a break. I only ... some really great techniques on how to "ground oneself," which is when ... of those different aspects. So a part of my homework is to cuddle with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  Hello everybody! My name is Katy and I’m a senior studying electrical ... ’m pretty much living the dream. I’ve always been a somewhat cautious person ... find words to describe how much better I’ve gotten at skiing since that

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  ; about MIT) on my own graduation day in 2013, but how much, in hindsight, I ... , just a moment, to think about how you will make the world suck a little ... #Commencement #MITAlumni A post shared by MIT Admissions (@mitadmissions) on Jun 8

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  about Johnny and how wonderful he is and how a brand-name school is the ... show up with a check in hand asking how much it will cost," she says ... From The Chronicle of Higher Education (via a friend at Harvard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  : I very much liked how they integrated string instruments into their ... technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note ... mean the memories of the seniors I was talking to.  Since I'm a freshman

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013