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  scuba do or scuba don’t? under the sea

  

  of Wang are like the backrooms, and after taking a few turns, you end up at the pool. The first time I went, I thought I got lost and ended ... worth two points, and it’s a slightly convoluted system.  However, there

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • November 17, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  what to expect when you’re expecting a bad grade, that is

  

  . The content was totally fair and just challenging enough not to be ... made the mistakes and realized what the right answers were as soon as I walked out. In light of this, some serious cheer is in order, and so I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 29, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  of buildings around campus, MIT would rather have pipes and wires and such along our ceilings than actual ceiling tiles and what not ... for me, regardless of where I ended up. In hindsight this was true, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  ’s Valentine’s Day, and that restaurant has three dollar signs,” one of them said ... interest clear and I would have to turn him down. And didn’t I owe Mike the ... up in person and talk about it,” I messaged him. The next day, we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  floor in despair and baking cookies for my [annotation note="electricity and magnetism"]8.02[/annotation] [annotation note="where I am really ... resets my “send help I am So Lost Right Now and I Know Nothing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  , a nap, more goodbyes, more packing -- and then suddenly I was turning in my key and walking out the door. I knew it was coming, of course, ever since I moved in. And in the last few weeks my mind had been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love ... to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering ... with me. And are, in turn, who I am. For each story, I'll share useful

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  weeks. I had a pretty good time, but I was a picky eater and hated the ... ’ve written and deleted this sentence describing it a dozen times. As the semester ended and May faded into June, I was still dealing with everything

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  extracurriculars, get my homework done and still sleep at night. And it was true, but ... not enough time to have all the lives I wanted.' and I really felt that."]I cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  Classes Is this what it’s like to be an upperclassman and only take classes you enjoy?  I'm taking just four (4) classes this semester, and I'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many ... , first picturing ourselves in the 10+ companies we applied to, and then in ... -minute to apply to grad school. And just 2 days ago, we officially were

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  ’ve hit that milestone this semester and would like to share 21 thoughts I ... ). Pick my battles. I was incredibly argumentative as a child, and I learned ... that make me happy close. It’s also alright if they drift apart and the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  , Italy through MISTI’s (MIT International Science and Technology Initiative ... computer science, math, and physics at Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo. Day 1 ... customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  To Those with Dreams Deferred in which Selam of Pi Day Past rants about how things are arbitrary

  

  , but for a Set of Inexplicable Reasons it did not go up in time and has ... (and this might make a lot of people mad), whether you are an INTJ or an Aquarius or Year of the Horse is Not Important and you don't need to base

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One Day in the Life of Dora as told by the one and only Dora

  

  I interviewed my roommate Dora ’18 about her day today and here is a ... the morning so I woke up around 9:30am and then went to 14.01 recitation ... interface has a bunch of different methods and if you create a class… I DON

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 4, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  MIT – and specifically, you teaching at MIT. What? There are many things to love about the MIT student community, and one of them is that we are all teachers – whether it’s working and learning together in the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  Fraternity rush and sororiety recruitment, cornerstones of the ... , the President of Panhel and Evan Wang, the Programming and Recruitment ... words: "Fraternities and sororities mean having a great outlet away

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  Leadership Laboratories (ELLs), and one thing I’ve realized since I became a ... ; Urgency to Deliver, Initiative, and Decision Making   It’s safe to ... calls upon the GEL 2s to conceive and operate a unique ELL. We started

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious. (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and ... architecture studio sometime during the day/evening and leaving somewhere between

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  academic year is completed, and as such, it's also the time of year that MIT doles out various awards and honors to those who've made significant contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010