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• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  feeling useful. Productive. Only after six years of losing and almost ... ’t let go of. Things I cannot live without. Only now, have I started to live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  LOL"]FIRST(ish)[/annotation] SNOW OF THE YEAR!! (several days late) We ... :D Even more ironically, the snow chose to arrive during the middle of ... displayed on the TV, a large quantity of fake lei, and half the attendees

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the notes i took in a week riveting stuff, i know

  

  Not too long ago, my desk was covered in every variety of stationary ... …  Today, my collection of school supplies consists of my ipad, my apple pencil, and a few loose pens and pencils that only see the light of day

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  march is a rough month. you are lost, not only in a pile of things to see and things to do, but probably also in a pile of emotions you can ... AAAAAAAAAAAAA. it's the constant screeching noise in the back of your head you can

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  best places to sleep on campus for when your bed is far far away

  

  because classrooms are never this full at 9 am, or indeed any other hour of ... appear in your notebook but you have no memory of writing them. they are ... ire of your professor and thereafter you feel guilty whenever he’s nice

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Questions from Beyond one last blog

  

  Wait. Why am I here?  For those of you who don’t know, I actually don ... new job, and I’m kind of nervous. Well, kind of is KIND OF an ... moment of my life since I was probably 12-years-old being [annotation note

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... comfortable with the big/little dynamics in some of my social groups, enjoying ... semblance of authority? why do people think i have my shit together more than

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  how to draw dotted lines on chalkboards, mit style dotted lines go brrrrr

  

  A few months ago, I posted about how to clean old whiteboards. Of ... ="attachment_65379" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] from the ancient days of hs ... chalkboards on one of his walls. (I talk about this more in the whiteboard post

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  . On Floor Pi, one of our traditions is this event called tea time. It ... communities do you most value being a part of?" But often, discussion strays ... into math, but we have a hard rule of "no math during tea time".) I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  I Finally Finished Intro Programming ...it took 2.5 years

  

  ahead of my peers, so this came as a disappointment. I resolved to take 6 ... of which were 6.0002. One of the four was 6.009, the second class in ... also switched majors to aerospace engineering. I had a long list of

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  some frequent readers of the blogs might know, I have a UROP at the Media Lab that I adore and pour a lot of my time and energy into. Recently, a ... recommend checking out this website. There's all sorts of resources, curricula

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  's Fall Career Fair, but also the day of the Global Climate Strike. All ... speakers at the event (which could get hard to hear with all of the noise of the crowd), including Gina McCarthy, former Secretary of the EPA under

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  , often compared to a baby duck. Here I am on my first day of school some day in middle school. Most of the time, my mom would take me to ... (especially because I never bothered to comb it). But it felt sort of goofy and

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  As I look outside the long windows of McCormick Hall’s penthouse, soaking in the last few glimpses of blue sky (oh no, winter is coming), it hits me: I’ve almost made it through two months of MIT! 60 long days

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / How to Food

  making dumplings jiaozi / guotie / gyoza /

  

  too pour a few cups of flour into big bowl add one cup hot water knead add another cup of hot water knead some more keep kneading ... ): obtain mushrooms of various types. shiitake is pretty good. obtain

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  , for too often they have replaced a human lunch. Soon I will run out of ... .112. Principles of Chemical Science, 18.022. Calculus, and 18.100B Real Analysis ... . Weekdays are a blur of work and socialization, with lines between the two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  Last year, the admitted students of the Class of 2017 got invitations ... hosted by the MIT Club of Northern New Jersey. As the only accepted MIT ... held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha ... to become a better photographer, so I have a bunch of pictures for you ... pretty awesome. MIT designers: Romp Apparel  Ministry of Supply 'e d i t

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  details about the Regular Action deadline. Other than a few hours of ... this post - it is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your ... and counselors because we know they are super busy. We're also aware of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating ...  combination of classes, psets, UROPs, sports, and trying to maintain a healthy social life spirals out of control, and your self-confidence drops faster

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012