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• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  't belong, especially going to a place like MIT where people are just so, so ... you back up again and take care of you. TLDR: Find a good community to ... this a lot, but I'd rather go to a hard school with a collaborative and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to ... think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I ... applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email ... a very challenging year in which to select a class. Nevertheless, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... Ξp is what it sounds like: a week dedicated to working on the house.  t ... like to propose a distinction between wholesome grungy communal living

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  [Guest Post] How to get paid to be funny by Abby S. '26

  

  starts with a now MIT alum who introduced me to the wonders of the De ... considered the most incredible event ever to happen at MIT—a giveaway of 1000 ... everyone to take a little positivity with them in the shape of a potato. At

  • by Janet G. '27
  • July 31, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  promised to be or maybe you didn’t but i stand by the tree with no rope but a ... of my presence is wafting through the air so you will know where to ... ="113884" /] oh, to be a mere celebration of oneself. [carousel image1

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo it, ruffle through my thoughts to find a thread I can tug on, but find ... ; specifically what comes to mind is the Schachter-Singer theory, where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  to fill with people. It was AWESOME. A great way to start my mini ... (text here) and I instantly began to receive a ton of email, both good and ... , but suggested that they might dare to have a sense of humor - or

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  considered me a friend taking time to check in on me. Another common thing I seem to hear alongside these check-ins are "I don't know a Cami without ... 'm plunging into the unknown and seeing what it's like to no longer have a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  MITERS. It's a really incredible atmosphere to immerse yourself in, where ... members of the former convene together to celebrate a 10M concentration of ... show off their unique cultures, get to know you, and help you get a

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  know where I'm going with this -- this blog was more of meant to be a ... being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... to post this update since I kind of left off on a somewhat unsure note

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  . Sometimes, you’re in a situation where you need to interact with someone else ... ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... weeks, the fact that such a renowned place as MIT decided to fling open

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  a favor, and introduce yourself to me. I'm very friendly, promise. To ... their application. In light of this, I'm going to tell you a story. Maybe ... . She had applied Early Decision to Cornell and was expecting a decision

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  , you will get a sense of how much things cost. If you’re new to buying groceries, here is a reference for food prices. In general, to see how ... benchmark items, such as bananas, eggs, and milk. To learn how to cook on a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  education, to which there are a few common responses: 1) Not following up ... small talk mode. We don’t have to have a deep conversation about math, but ... forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ‘Live to Eat,’ where would you rate yourself?” The question was asked at ... partially true? However, I've been able to find a really welcoming and social

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  . Other students find a classroom to work in. I always seem to have bad luck ... . I did not want to repeat a class – that would put me way behind; I ... had to memorize the process. This put me at a disadvantage at MIT; my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lonely but exciting road and choosing to traverse it

  

  listening to cellophane by FKA twigs. cellophane is a vastly depressing song ... . Why was I listening to such a sad song? Because, of course, it’s great ... something, have to move forward, bring the world forward somehow. Maybe in a

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka, where we walked through an open-air produce market and into a large ... finding them, we did have a good time looking at the math, history, English

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  memory phenomena emerges. We want to find how simple may a system be so ... To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014