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• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  " and the responses I get are usually somewhat bland. "Everyone wasted a ... , Call me and I’ll tell you a joke Oh shit... Should I be joking at a time like this? I was only really able to process everything and anything

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  'm going to do the best that I've ever done at this school, and I'm super ... three parts. Classes I'm super excited for my classes this semester (and ... the Course 6 foundation and header classes! This basically means that I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Year’s Affirmations can i run MIT affirm id be so good at it 🥺

  

  could help me (and my roommate) achieve my (our) dream of running MIT ... the way my friends and I speak (MIT AFFIRM my speech is INTELLIGIBLE ... , poor, nasty, brutish, and short." We had to improvise. My roommate

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • January 1, 2026
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  signed copies of your I-20, your letter of admission and proof of funding on you when you travel. You will need them. And of course, your passport.  I only talked about travel-related and international

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  what blogging is like, how the job works, and how it feels to be famous ... of summer. You have to answer a few short questions and write three ... back and re-read the sample posts that I applied with a couple of times

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  through, I felt like I was drowning.And hardly anyone knew. -- Way ... more day, and she said yes. So I flew home on the 23rd. On the flight, I ... about how I was doing fun things to keep my mind off of finals and having

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to ... takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The ... no space to breathe—no space to post. And yes, there has been time for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  time I went home this fall. It was mid-October, and I don’t actually ... and I have no regrets"]bathtub.[/annotation] Laying there, staring at ... ; I’m intimately familiar with the feeling of overworking and of

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  "]anonymous Gamemasters[/annotation] and funded by the de Florez Fund for Humor, dormspam ... while [annotation note="the top 10 scorers win $15 each and the next top ... involved "wits, skill, and the teensiest amount of luck," to quote the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  -track during Independent Activities Period (IAP) and nearly NR-ed (no ... ="The attitude that your grades don't really matter and you should do the bare ... an identity and confidence that didn’t depend on my grades. At the same

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student ... prototyping sessions and fluid analyses with subtitles like "real engineers ... -called brass rat, a touchstone of MIT culture with a long and illustrious history

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/15/16, at 6:28PM ET

  

  check your decision on the 15th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to verify that you will receive a decision on the 15th, you should visit decisions.mit.edu and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  -ups and spare parts all over the floor? Some do. Others are less techy and more artsy, and a lot are somewhere in between. But everyone does something to personalize their room, and they're all very creative in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  It's been over a week since the May 2 reply deadline, and we know ... . At that point, our wait list will close, and we will not be admitting ... wonderful updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Wednesday, 12/16/15, at 6:28PM ET

  

  ET). To check your decision on the 16th, visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password.   In order to ... decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  first two weeks of November, and then last week was suddenly too free. Now it's Thanksgiving break. Next week will be absurdly busy, and I am not ... there, and then almost missed my flight back to Boston. I grew restless

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  dinner with my brother (MIT '17), aunt, and uncle (who live in Boston), and ... balancing family and American culture; I identify strongly with the main character Gogol and also, to some extent (and not without shame), the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  -pretty-maker/organizer, Annie L. '15, a photographer, Raeez L. '14, and I set out to accomplish ... (our web designer), Amanda W. '15 (graphics/layout), and Piper L ... of the beautiful ladies of the east side of MIT's campus and culture

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/13/14, at 15:16 ET

  

  , visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password ... , you should visit decisions.mit.edu and log in with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this now. Strange things happen to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 5, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  of them have in common though are the scale and weight of the exams. Another non-trivial difference between academics at Cambridge and MIT is the way exams and grades work. MIT runs under a continuous assessment school

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014