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• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  , because to be honest, I’d been feeling weird about UROPing at all. I didn ... -seated anxiety and a general feeling of not knowing what to do. All the buzzwords ... overcame some of my fears. I'd been meaning to start the UROP search earlier

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 2, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  surreal moments that have happened while I've been here. *** Cut to the ... shops and randomly decided to eat at a fancy restaurant (Brasserie Liberte ... , "Just books?" As much as I wanted to impulsively blurt something sarcastic

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Some Art About Other Art it's super meta

  

  my bookshelf, at the perfect vantage point to scornfully watch me. It ... ’s house. I underpainted it pink. It looks bad, and I don’t have the time to ... of guilt, pushing down the desire to grab my paint brushes, because I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  of the projects were interesting and enjoyable to work on   i ... theory classes at mit. it assumes the ability to read knowledge as well as ... project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  /disrupted], and my 11th grade teachers barely got to know me. I feel like my ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my ... of regular and advanced classes, but..." — but they all boil down to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  .” Okay, it’s actually supposed to say “one week ago” but it definitely wasn’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... a topic in mind to guide the conversation, I just wanted to see what

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... the entirety of the MIT campus. Indeed, what does the Stud have left to ... Dunks? Without a question, the only place the Stud has left to its name is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for ... with me past a good night’s sleep. Hichki (which roughly translates to ... . And as I’ve navigated my way through those dangerous waters, I like to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week 5 now, and I've gotten used to taking the ... and Diseases of the Nervous System, 1-4pm—the final elective I need to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... immediately endorsed his proposal: to develop an ongoing undergraduate primary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Because Racecar Guest post by Kevin C. '17 on the MIT Formula SAE team!

  

  wrote about his awesome experience traveling to Europe with the team! You ... people travel to western Europe to see cultural or historic sites, my friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 2, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop ... to Harvard. I even had a recommendation lined up from a Harvard professor. “But,” you might ask, “aren't bloggers supposed to love MIT?” I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  position for creative media stuff, and I think to myself, do I want to APPLY???? I applied. I interviewed. And now, I'm back to where it all began. What a world, amirite? Except it took me so stinkin long to come back to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge ... , but boy does MIT know how to throw a party - I'm told the weekend was a $10+ million event.  It's not every Saturday night that you get to see

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  activities rather than taking the month to rest. But it was a good busy, a ... feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found little ways to fight them off at this point. But, back to IAP. I wanted

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• 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 ... not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

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

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Today, May 15th - which happens to be the International Day of Families ... decision, including the 52 to whom we have offered admission. At that point ... the time and effort you have put in to letting us know how much you love

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Do You Wanna Build A Snowman? And thanks to an awesome friend, I built my first one!

  

  , like unicorns or people that don’t like Taylor Swift. What’s not to ... friend and I were taking the same Intro to Java class this IAP, and spent ... happened consecutively (from 9pm on Thursday to Noon on Friday). Ever since

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining at MIT How to not starve

  

  regardless of what you call it, there are many, many ways to acquire sustenance ... of clubs whenever they cater Chipotle to their meetings Chipotle ... , so I’m going to talk about my eventual decision now that my schedule

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 29, 2014