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• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  , where my family is and I return for the holidays, where I can get behind ... carved into my memory. A home base, if you will; a place where I'll always ... introspectively thinking what I, personally, needed/wanted from a school and as a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  do a single sport until college, where I started fencing in freshman ... day after not running for a while, I shocked myself by running my first ... hours from sheer exhaustion. I had run a half marathon out of sheer force

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Short Answers to Big Questions Stolen from the MIT Housing Panel.

  

  moved to England when I was nine and a half, where I picked up an American ... remember feeling conflicted, because I wanted to emerge from college a well ... excitement for a topic, and that I have a knack for public speaking. One of my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 18, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and ... particular decision has brought me back to a place where I can truly be seen ... I have been absent from the blogs for the better part of eight years

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer '10] For the final art blog of the school year, I ... from MIT and Wellesley, as well as faculty from the Center for Advanced ... had been given a Director’s Grant from the Council of the Arts, as

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  England, where I learned to work with people from a different culture and in ... are a vital and consistent support network for me: I have reached out to ... Hey folks, TGIF! I got an email from Tanya '10 earlier this week, who

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  ). and over the past few years, including a period of time where i myself ... in a few weeks, or in a few years, I hope that you can do that too." i ... than i can say for having the chance to know yow, and more hopeful for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  ="or brave the rain like I did when I lost my umbrella for a week last semester ... free food—that reminded me how much I enjoyed exploring MIT for the first ... , I wanted to highlight a few pieces of general advice I had

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  I’ll get too anxious to continue. I have this problem a lot, where the ... time of year where every MIT student can choose to do whatever they ... time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  District (where I buy hair dye when I put green streaks in my hair every so ... Newbury Street could fit on the palm of my hand. So I puzzled for a while ... picked out a nice, simple black skirt for $8 (I love the Garment District

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  Ageing: for all the all-nighters I can no longer pull off, and all ... (plus, I can attend pset parties again!). Frosh (of First East): for the ... -purposefully buy extra clothing for a reason to go downtown (to return it). Results

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  inside an app like Facebook, I look for ways through which I can request a ... is going on. For example, when I've visualized the data from a game, I ... it locally from a file on my computer. Or, more often, what I do is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  and a circular saw. I found it fun enough that I signed up for MakerLodge, a training program for first-years on how to use various tools. I ... , nor rough, they’re just bumpy and smooth. I signing up for a second

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA, where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 - 100 ... , objectively, but for me it’s a big deal. I finally have HBO access. Another in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  . I have a Macbook Pro for goodness' sakes!!" ANGER: "What do you mean ... Square). Anywhoo, for me personally, the only inconvenience that I can (or ... doesn't own a laptop, I commend you from the bottom of my heart. ps

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thinking Positive Sophomore year was kind of awful. But there were happy things! I'll focus on the…

  

  week, so it'll be a rush to pack up, but I can't wait! I think it'll also be nice to get a break from the institute for a little while. I Wrote ... got a Pretty Camera I'M SO HAPPY! I finally saved up enough to buy the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 17, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I ... Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It ... eyes, took a deep breath, and flipped to a random page. Little did I know

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  for the rest of your life. Here is a small piece of advice I want to ... result of attending MIT, but the reason for it. I graduated from college 10 ... (webcast embedded from commencement website. I'll return to this blog

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  can also keep in mind that I will be repaying tuition loans for the next ... his USB drive into the door using a makeshift rubber-band slingshot. (I ... history who learned the Li√©nard–Wiechert formulation of potentials for a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  shopping yesterday because it was nice out and I needed a break from studying ... I had a biochem exam today. It did not, uh...go as planned. What was ... just a list to pick and choose from. 1.  Eat a Lot of Food This is the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025