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• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  1) Start a major Somebody once warned me joining the military would ... 's, and C's do."] ABC/NR. [/annotation] For me, it came in the fall of my ... tired. It took me all of sophomore fall to learn that difference. I was

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where ... you. Also, I personally love it when students let me know about ways in ... be gracious enough to give me your feedback on our process, including

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  actually are. Also, summer is sort of nebulously defined for me as an MIT ... really like the movie 500 Days of Summer, so bear with me here. This ... with me in East Campus over the summer as well. But the first two weeks

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  . And because I have no will-power, when they smiled at me, I smiled back ... something… Here’s what an average day at work looks like for me: 8:30 AM- I ... something physical to do after a lot of mental focus all day really helps me

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  out of class contributed to mastering the material. For me, I cannot ... are so many things within my reach that can easily distract me. Due to ... bike ride for me since I live at Next! 3. Long Wharf Although the

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  postpone taking. Also the class that gave me a new friend and a renewed ... major has taught me some important real-world stuff! Hell weeks: weeks when you are perpetually Hosed. Unclear if they've happened to me this

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  love and commitment. here are some of them. sometimes for me, this ... look back on it and smile. for now and hopefully for a long time, for me ... part, everything that makes me busy this semester is something i want to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  place that fostered unconventional paths through life. MIT gave me the opportunity to take a semester off, like many others before me, and yes, that ... grounded in very much in particular. It always struck me that if you look at

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On the Scattering of Senior House or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Acknowledge the Bomb

  

  videos gave me secondhand embarrassment in a matter of seconds; I had to go ... pictures that really grabbed me. One of them was just some guys sitting on ... rooms and somewhat vanilla culture would keep me from being distracted. In

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 12, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  -ever Cherry Creek High School robotics team when we started in 2013. That's me ... listened to. Stories like these both encourage and dishearten me. It ... reminds me of the very real dangers of harassment and discrimination in such

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... ’ve terrified me earlier. But East Campus is home now, and any person should have ... place that makes me so comfortable, content, and excited, while also

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  , and others who are concerned. Even my mom texted me about it saying they ... ’m not about to drink Kool-aid from the firehose that tells me a failure to ... think this aspect of the culture was what drew me in, though it’s possible

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome People of 2016 part 1 of an incomplete list of the greatest and coolest

  

  great inspiration for me in PHIL 179 Race and Social Justice, one of two classes that got me to declare a Philosophy major. She was always so nice and encouraging. And this semester, R was delighted to see me again and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  way to the Kendall T-station. Let me give you an idea of exactly how ... Infinite in the middle of night, it struck me that this was my school. Long ... people that made me really happy. A niggling part of me wondered if I was

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tales of my first Career Fair Among other things, shirts for the next 33 days

  

  and pseting, I get an email reminding me to sign up for Career Fair and ... upperclassmen. "OF COURSE IT IS! GO FOR THE FREE SWAG," they all encourage me. So I register online and the second step of the registration tells me to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  A: the sweet flyer that lured me into taking one of my current classes ... .   It’s Lucy!   The main thing that Faith impressed upon me ... . That piece of advice stuck with me, and I carried it around through the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  out of my last final, this was me: I was so happy. It was an amazing ... , who's on the exhange with me, got these great photos of my friends ... students with questions if they have any) have literally saved me so many

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  interests would make me a valuable addition to an undergraduate community ... . Sophomore spring, a friend told me that his philosophy on life is that one ... - that comment made a strong impression on me. The wedge drove a crack: I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  Victoria will be staying with me!!!   Although Victoria and I planned for me ... prefrosh CPW preparation really got me thinking back to my own CPW. It was ... from me, and every time I see Anthony around campus I get really excited

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... me run down the classes and what's happened so far. 24 ... , 24.900 will allow me to get some provisional answers as to why, even as

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012