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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Group Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Survivors three bloggers face the horrors of public transit

  

  . Nobody will know that I shrieked and ran from a guy in a pigeon mask. On ... and skills—ranging from puzzle-making to set design—to put on a spooky ... living at Next House for 3.5 years, I still hadn’t done Next Haunt. My

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  other form of transportation. The route to MIT from where I live in the ... or get a flat, I can speed past all of them on my bike. Needless to ... , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  lot of my activities into a few days of the week, so I can enjoy my lazy ... -party type. I, for instance, haven't been to a frat party since early ... capable of doing a problem set in 45 minutes. Whoa there! I'm not that

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  bought a smaller corkboard for p-sets. Now everything is visible and I can ... . It was a big, nervous change for me because I am not only change ... I can’t bring my laptop or a book to bed unless I want it to fall out

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  this song. But apart from listening to that song, I am a sad sad toaster ... week! And training for a marathon! What was I, Superdude? Seriously, the ... , dreaming about a time when I could have joined them for one of the greatest

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  student by Alex M. '21 throughlines by Paolo A. '21 I’m Still Here (for ... staff member"]them[/annotation] all is being a blogger for MIT. I am ... their entries from most to least crufty: It’s been a long road… by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  to get. Usually you can buy older editions of textbooks for a lot less ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my ... Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  engineering exam. I thought I would go to a school in India for the longest time ... semesters. My previous semester involved engaging in a UROP, where I honed my ... skills, and there are many others where I see room for improvement and

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... sinking. Actually, that’s how I felt for my first three and a half years at ... This isn’t really a “last blog post,” since I’m sure that every now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT.nano where I immortalized one of those pictures as a solar cell! [caption id ... . These classes range from 3-hour-long “etch a tiny image onto silicon

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  am reminded that I am not at MIT. I am away from the buzz that defines ... international study abroad program, but that I also dove head first into a liberal ... program. While I have been throwing numbers into my classes when I can (I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  one more lap around the track, has been so that I can be a better soccer ... that we can hear them from across the country. Wow, I will miss it. I ... -year future where I would one day be done playing competitive soccer – has

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  mentally equipped for about 4.5 classes a semester so I've been sticking to ... time for a fifth class (turns out I kind of did)"]4.110: Design Across ... concentration and maybe I regret it a little"]21H.273: From Coca to Cocaine: Drug

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  less from itself by a culture that wants this to be so. I think it ... higher capacity for spatial reasoning than females. A large-scale 1995 meta ... intelligence. Example of a mental rotation test. I’m guessing that you

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just ... Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard ... it this far if you didn't have someone in your corner. For some it is a

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to decide which classes to take amazing classes and how to pick them

  

  varies widely, and a twelve-unit class can average you anywhere from four ... just want a starting point to jump from, here's infallible advice ... want to have a plan for when you'll finish each part of the GIRs

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  at MIT...will it?) Melissa similarly queried: I'm coming from a school ... like to be in a class where I don't know everyone's name, and not ... a good GPA is an important factor in applying for grad schools (I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  pick out a piece from their collection that they can hang up in their ... , I was looking for people in history with whom I can personally ... last year, i got an email from sandy, the head of house at east

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  5 Historical MIT Videos looking back on what we left behind

  

  and political issues. I came from a high school debate team where we ... . This resonated with me – from when I first arrived on campus for my FPOP ... intelligence research. I hope we can become as strong a leader in identifying and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 4, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... East Coast a bit... unfriendly?" Now, to be fair, I still can't answer ... work to do) at MIT that I haven't spent a whole lot of time in Boston

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010