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  LIVE BLOG: see MIT through my eyes On a very normal, inconsequential day

  

  Hi guys, welcome back to the channel - it's Hala! I've been wanting to do a "day in my life" blog for a while, but kept waiting for the perfect day. A day when I had a blogger meeting or plans to go out for ice

  • by Hala K. '29
  • March 9, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  system of the first semester worked for me, and I had adjusted to it. Then ... an infinite collection of past lectures, and tried to sort through my ... , challenges I found myself learning to deal with as time fled. I was part of the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A reading list for a week at MIT All my classes have required reading this semester!?

  

  ++, which I have never used before, in time to implement the first assignment ... this schedule; it’s the first semester where I’ve been able to choose a ... my time on weekday nights has been dedicated to studying scientific

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • February 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  of time” is far too vague. When do I need to leave my room if I want to make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular basis? Which do I walk on a whim? To answer such burning questions, I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  was the first on the chopping block. I loved commuting to Harvard every ... wrote about all the clubs and classes I was doing. I've decided to revisit ... perspectives to analyze texts emanating from these debates, and present their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  application essay. The key is to find the right balance between giving detailed ... relates back to the question they actually asked you in the first place ... or three miles away. I was going to get there first, or die trying. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Castle, a Jack, and a Beanstalk hacking culture @ MIT

  

  . Numerous posters in the Infinite advertised concerts, dinners, and movie ... MIT hacking culture. (If the term sounds unfamiliar, make sure to check ... hack “refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  First, I have three very exciting pieces of news to share with you ... OUTSTANDING so you feel very ordinary, and scramble to become distinct. At first ... infinite every now and then. I regret not making a point to exercise

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

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  This is Anna Ho, reporting live from her transition to being 21 years ... that whenever you go to the doctor's office and state your birth date ... /husband/estranged son-in-law/daughter/stepson). Everyone seems to know one Halloween baby

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  little better, and wasn't that always the goal in the first place? To make ... impossible to think, or to make any useful decisions at all. I wake up and feel ... activity I’ve done in the past day. This unshakable exhaustion is not new to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , you have to at least look into it, right?” the first place i looked was ... ! anyways, i’m here to talk about IAP! i used my first IAP to rest from 1st ... partner was MIT’s Lincoln Lab (which we were able to tour during the first

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Time I Underpacked a trip to Istanbul, courtesy of MIT

  

  college. Not even for a bit! (I'm starting to think I'm always more homesick ... opportunities MIT churns out every year to send my friends everywhere from DC (okay, that's not really abroad!) to London to Paris to Seoul... I just

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  Academy works so well. The key to the success of his early videos, he says ... professionalism, was the necessary component. Also key, Khan says, is to enjoy the ... roast chicken-mashed avocado-jicama sandwich and talking to my sister on

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  would be fun to read. Be warned - I may (read: will) overdramatize a good ... day tubes made it to South Florida, Neha '10 (that's Mr. Neha to you and ... came, so she drove to school to give her the tube. Kris '10 and I were in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  ’t able to cover in class time. For me, these videos were the first step in ... Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... the first Festival here. This post is the second of a series of three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST Robotics Kickoff Things go into Overdrive at a reception at Dean Kamen's house.

  

  in Bedford, New Hampshire, home to inventor and FIRST founder Dean Kamen. Today is the kickoff to the FIRST Robotics season. And, as is the ... , FIRST Overdrive (competition animation here), is sure to be quite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  more time in my life than I’m willing to devote to it. The key here is to ... video creators sharing various approaches to being more productive, having ... , and can easily spend an hour watching videos about how not to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  first through the tunnels under the infinite corridor (she wanted to go to ... one stop, to cross the river[/caption]   Last Friday, the first ... back home to New York. I took my last final exam, for [annotation note

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  directly related to software engineering while also granting first ... sophomore without a first-year or faculty advisor to approve the registration ... computer science). So why am I taking (and planning to take) so many course

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  desk[/annotation] beseeching us to pick up our packages: Hi all, The ... Amazon’s six-month free Student Prime trial, I would like to offer a personal apology to the BC front desk (and also mother nature) for being

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023