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• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  Undergraduate Education at Sloan. i was connected to him in my first week on ... shoulders sag against the railing behind me and throw my backpack to the ground; it falls with a feeble “clunk.” exhaling, i attempt to mentally

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  they can. We had a lot to celebrate. First, we're so proud of the class ... , it's time to say farewell to the class of 2009 and hello to the class ... pleasure getting to know each of you this year. You are amazing, talented

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10,000 Ways That Won’t Work

  

  provides academic support and resources to first-year students."]associate advisor[/annotation], I’ve given talks to bright-eyed first-year students ... , especially at my level, is probably not a realistic goal to set in the first

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 27, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  rehearsal, “We’re going to Brazil!” Suddenly, samba music began blasting from ... first-year fall semester when we performed our first Hearing Amazônia ... works for several years. In fact, the trip to Brazil would likely have

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  Pigeonholing boxes = semesters, pigeons = classes

  

  class. This is due to a few reasons: Firstly, I have never had a semester at MIT where I didn’t want to be taking the classes I was taking. This is a somewhat privileged position to be in (and given some of those

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 13, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  [Guest Post] One Year Later Some things changed, some things didn’t

  

  tale. If you insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist.   I first came out to my mom ... out to his family. Here's his story.   A little over one year ago, I came out to my mom and my dad. Since then, things have settled into a new

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 11, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  finally come to an end, and with it, my first year at MIT. For me, the end ... letter of admission and screaming to stepping foot on campus for the first time ever to turning in my first p-set to blogging for you guys

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a walk down memory lane in the form of albums

  

  lot of attention and I remember listening to it for the first time and ... of the first songs I tried to teach myself on guitar after I got my ... . Cole - I remember listening to this album for the first time and just

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 1, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  my first Instagram account in the 6th grade to watching Twitch streams ... and pursue because I know that passion is the first step to ... I'm currently on a six hour flight back to my sunny, warm, and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  video, Shruthi ‘16. She was one of the first dancers to ever truly inspire ... . The first decision was easy. We had to dance in heels. And if Shruthi ... A few weeks ago, Ayomide F. 18, better known to longtime blogreaders

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  note that one of the first things I learned when I got to Paris is that ... [By Anjali T. '09] This summer, I didn't happen to pull off what ... once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  my unfinished first task. I felt my body tense, and my nose began to ... additional context: hello! the writing below was my first ever attempt at blogging—funnily enough, i only started this writing to apply to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  to worry about it in the first semester, which is pass/no record.) It ... Boston and Cambridge invited 76 teams of spoken word artists to engage the stage and compete to be the year's top poets. MIT was even lucky to host

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Numbers are names too What, you don't speak entirely in numbers at your school?

  

  sounds silly, but I'm first afraid that if I try to get a position, no one ... this is great for MITers, but it seems rather arcane to the outside world ... they make no sense to anyone who's not here, I decided to ramble at some

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  Black”). It was my first outing since coming to India, and I was really ... used to all of that. At first, I was terrified to cross the street, but ... ethnicities, due to a variety of reasons; for example, Arabs were the first

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking ... off to college.  I won't try to cover everything you should bring (if ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  number of fashions. First, on a day to day basis, athletes have fewer hours ... competing in my sports. I want to share my perspective on the pros and cons of ... decided not to continue playing their competitive sports after high school

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  it's been a pleasure to have him as my first freshman advisor. - May 15 ... feeling when someone is explaining something to you multiple times, but you ... early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Currently listening to Currently with: Raymond, Lucy, and Shannia ... course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if ... to be here at MIT without you and all the lessons you've taught me

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is...? (Hint: see the title.) Aren't you fortunate that I'm here to help you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007