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• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  Starbucks on Boylston St. in Boston. So, the only suggestion I can give in ... making friends in an environment where you dislike most of the people, I can only say it is worth it. I didn’t like many of the people in my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  . On this note, I love that we can argue in this class. I disagree with ... hanging around and talking. I can see how I might not enjoy that in a ... campus for the first time. The novelty of that comes in waves. I love

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  awake. The rest of this post will be about things I did yesterday in ... CourseWare version of the same lecture that I witnessed on Friday: In ... Christmas gift wrap. I mean, economical gift wrap. (Bonus challenge: In the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  host: I worked in an Augmented Reality lab, where they research how ... The host: I worked in a small software engineering team that are ... ;if you can survive in India, you can survive anywhere else

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  , Maryland, down the road from Goddard Space Flight Center, where I'll be ... ) before second semester start in February. And I'm alone. No classmates down ... Maryland in our hard-earned car to go grocery shopping. I wasn't exactly

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  I’m in my Uncle’s home in Virginia, typing the word ‘word’. And now ... during the semester can be hard. Early into the semester, I made a ... with my roommate. I suppose that happened in the first half of 2014, but

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

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to ... design. Every year, Ring Comm, the group of students in charge of ... details of the 2019 ring include the euro symbol in the background behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  still send in supplementary materials and, if so, until what date can I do ... visit. ------------------------------------- Anon wrote, "can i send in ... to you? I can send it in by using fedex." You may email or mail us the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the world. And people are half that equation. Last Friday, I led my wonderful new ELL (Engineering Leadership Lab) team in a Diverse Connections

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  myself instead." You can see where this is going. Especially because I ... ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  'm forgetting, but these should get you started. Anyone know where I can get a ... I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the ... Corridor. The Infinite is essentially a 4-lane road with 2 lanes going in

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  22 Hiatus Adventures stories from my time away and my first semester back!

  

  in 2014, where a DIY dye job left me with orange hair — I think this ... sharing a story that I felt was still being written. I can’t just pick up my blog where I left off — the version of me typing up this blog post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  Before you ask where my blog title ("The McGann Factor") came from, I ... primes (if you can factor nine-digit composite numbers in your head -- and ... awe of Josh's ability to slip in the clue months beforehand. I feel bad

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... you where to go. Note that you can in fact capsize in these boats! And ... , ethnicity, and sexuality in both critical and creative work. Limited to 13. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  a little over two semesters left in this school, I wonder what impact ... engineering degree in media studies and computer science. I've joined things ... I eventually tire and leave them and join new things in hopes of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year ... like. I didn’t visit many colleges outside of my local area in high ... getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  made my way down to Chinatown, where I went shopping crazy for my peeps ... Chinatown (and I live in Minneapolis, the state's epicenter), so I HAD to make ... throughout Boston, is unlike anything I've ever done, and I can't wait to do

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  playground. And it felt pretty darn cool because I was no longer in a rush to ... freshest MIT admits, and over the summer, if I can make it, it’s time to ... events. Before junior year, I spent the whole summer in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  name and address in almost every frame, that I can never post it publicly ... day in August, I checked my parents' front porch for a package from IS ... unboxing it. It was quarantine week, so I had to hold my phone in one hand

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  my time in [annotation note="Physics 1"]8.01[/annotation]I was failing ... hemisphere that spends 90% of its life in the air. An Albatross can go up to 6 ... sleep in the air, meaning they can spend years without having to go to dry

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024