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• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  a bad idea. Most of me viscerally cringes at the idea of doing another ... psychiatrist staring at me in disbelief and telling me to get new priorities as I ... semblance of order instead of confusion-despair-and-fear, and suddenly my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  learning about Things!! cool classes explained in easy words

  

  After three and a half years of being at this school, I've taken ... Better So People Listen More We gave a lot of talks to get better at ... easily repeated. At the end of the class, we had to make five tens of a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mini-Guide to the GIRs Now I've been through them - don't make the same mistakes I did.

  

  the rigors of the MIT curriculum, living away from home, and making new ... of them for your PE requirement (yes, there's a PE requirement at MIT ... Classes you should definitely ASE or AP out of (or take at earliest

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  magic and rabbits out of hats." "Okay. New game. wildebeests. In Africa ... range of people, with a similarly broad array of interests, passions, and ... opinion, this diversity is one of MIT's greatest strengths. Although I could

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Something to chalk about “These murals are f*cking rad” – Petey

  

  we have a whole new batch of murals, thanks to the talented artists ... , and nowhere is that more apparent than at Simmons Hall – my beautiful ... ) or crayons though, but with chalk. I blogged about some of the awesome

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and ... 's Tumblr. Lifting weights, riding bikes, making things out of clay ... ago, when I went up to him humming with nervous energy (a mix of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a ... I thought I would share: 1. At a networking event, always wear a ... . Also during your introduction, give a little snippet of information about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  question, just to ensure that all of me, or at least nearly all of me would ... , you chose which one you lived with.  I remember looking at the sea of ... , you chose which one you lived with.  I remember looking at the sea of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  'd flip if he knew I barely ate any fruit at school. That train of thought ... words of one of my friends, ‘reshuffle my cards’. I feel spoilt- the company I’m interning at put us up at a very posh apartment-style hotel in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  cheerleader, was pulling some of her belongings out of the closet at the time ... sort of insufferable if I had continued the same activities at which I ... Biology if I could handle it. At the beginning of sophomore year, I realized

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  percentage of students had picked another dorm at the end of Rush (or "REX", as ... summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on ... got one of their top three choices). When you arrive on campus, a period

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  , Fred Harris (the director of MITWE) was going through the semester ... the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The ... in the Sonic Jubilance concert in the second week of the semester. You

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  busy semesters and how to manage them it's organizational structures all the way down

  

  my best to set up good practices at the beginning of the semester, but ... very different from a lot of the other technicals I've taken at MIT ... ; I intake all of the assignments in one fell swoop at the beginning of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 10, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  lot of time to show me things. (Each crew must have at least 2 people- a ... -scholarship =/ I was at one of the summer programs, but my RA said that MIT in the ... engineering that was based off of my initial comment that I've never experienced

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  the disconnect I feel, and I'd probably feel out of place at any of the ... at least some representation of Devi and her mother understanding each ... . 1 trending series on Netflix right now, garnered a lot of attention

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... - alison"]midnight[/annotation] Fold a piece of paper 21 times Watch 30 minutes of cute animal vids Delete all the phone screenshots you don’t use

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  for processing of all materials at this busy time. Interview reports ... Eastern Time on January 1. *NEW* If you are having trouble submitting Part 2, please go to the bottom of each page of the document, select save

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer restaurant recommendations Some of my favorite restaurants.

  

  MIT iGEM team, was on his way to eat with some friends at a new (for him ... , here is a good summer list of restaurants for students (and campus visitors!) to try. They're many of my favorite places! Cafe Baraka: A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  Pig...no joke :^) So as of yet, you have not been introduced to my best ... pick me up at the airport. The message said, "I don't know if you know ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to ... 'm more organized — i've been taking notes on my beautiful new iPad and using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020