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• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  . What are you doing in 21E? Like Danny and Allan, I am a 21E major with ... computer science classes that didn't interest me made me miserable. The summer after, I worked at Microsoft as an Explore intern where I did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  back to Boston, because my time there really made me appreciate how much ... semester are incredibly exciting and weird and pushing me out of my comfort ... class feels as though it was made for me. It's a special subject class

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  unsatisfied. Where are the clubs? What about research? At least it looks like I ... before I sat in Bates Hall for about two hours and made progress on my ... recovering from the rapid pace of that class. The prior progress I made on the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer doing all the things

  

  opportunities and try on different lives while you are nineteen and free of any ... first commitment I made. Last fall, I was accepted into a tech and social ... fellow who made a viral dating app for his college and also worked on a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 6, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  decipher. Most children are excited, smiling shyly. Some have an expectant look (maybe they’ve caught a glimpse of the soccer balls). Some are simply curious. And then there are the blank stares - the heavy gazes of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  student-athletes are crazy talented. Anyways, all that to say that MIT sports are pretty epic. With all this in mind, as a junior midfielder on ... being an MIT student. I’ve made many close friends and enjoyed continuing

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  lungs lately. Circumstances are ripe for a brash inbox reorganization- as ... went downstairs and took full advantage of the free breakfast buffet. And ... created, ever (free breakfast buffet, seafood restaurant, etc.). The story

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  . Things I read for class These are all taken from 21W.765 Interactive ... be warned; there are many stories and not all of the stories are about ... where you type in commands and see what happens. It involves solving a few

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  be a fruit ninja. Versatile costumes are the key to a stress-free round ... of baggy black sweatpants that are emblazoned with bright yellow ... ’s be honest, regular ninjas are so much cooler than fruit ninjas. Also

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  familiar in a place where everything was new and different. Skating was a ... Olympic cycle. The free skate would be 30 seconds shorter, with one fewer ... weeks, I made certain to prioritize skating above, and cleared my schedule

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  appreciation for the position we are in given our responsibility to provide all ... ; Support We believe that significant change is needed and have made our ... the house. The details of our decision are: All residents who wish to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  signed up for forwarding all my MIT emails to my Gmail, made [annotation ... organized. It made me pretty proud of myself too, taking baby steps from my ... are curious of how this happened, don't ask. I'm still wondering too

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Before you Register for Classes: Tools, Tips, and Resources Scheduling Tools and Tips for Incoming Students

  

  the 3rd floor of MIT Medical in E23. These services are free and ... for academic planning. Here are some essentials: CourseRoad is a ... , studying, and tutoring options. Note that there are upperclassmen tutors

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg Gardens) that are free to the public ... I was heading to Paris for all 3 months of blissful problem set-free ... make it almost cost-free. After I explained the logistics to my parents

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roman Life A.k.a. not-Greek life.

  

  college and in high school, you get occasional weeks where things just don ... weekend. (Fyi, the 1998 Ford Explorer is the best car ever made.) Somehow ... had no idea what kind of birds they were). We made one stop on the way

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 +/- 3 beds (too sleepy to think harder about it); two are doubles, and the rest are singles. We have nice things on our walls. This is something I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  Notebook, but on a scale of sobs, there are tears of sadness, and there are sobs that rack your body, and then there are tears that flow freely ... the most wonderful friend, teammate, and classmate and made the lives of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  during the semester can be hard. Early into the semester, I made a ... on. There are several pages like that, all stapled together ... mostly, I was on top of my problem sets. There was a funny incident, where

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... mathematics, respectively. There are several 'flavors' of course 6 - I ... ![/caption] free trip to india[annotation note="excluding labor costs

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  through my email when I saw the subject line “Decision made for ….’ flash in ... family in Asia, where I’d have limited Internet connectivity. The fourth ... ), so my grind didn’t start until week 2, where I started off with a 14

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019