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• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  in the moment. It's also nice being able to think "I would like to do ... most may take a quick glance, but soon after get caught back up in their ... whimsical sense of humor. She's so willing to try new things. The lens in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  LED rocks and the capacitive touch sensing to detect a user's hand. In ... , getting around in the rain safely and protecting your wheelchair from short ... Floe, not as a product to get rid of ice dams, but to create channels

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Falling in Love with a Language at MIT interviews with two of my inspirations

  

  popped up and started speaking to my friend in Chinese. I hardly even got ... came to America from China in 2000, having just finished second grade ... Chinese before coming to MIT.) How did you first become interested in the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  startups to make returns. As an entrepreneur, being in their good graces and ... 's from all different industries were going to be gathered in one place less ... could pitch their startups to the venture capitalists and get feedback on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students to campus these past two weekends. Many of you have explored our campus ... many of you got the chance to explore the Cambridge area. So, I figured

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  it to make a program that did things on the Internet. In fact, I ... account, typed a few lines in Python, hit F-5 to run, and...there it is ... 've never really had any formal SolidWorks training (in fact, if you talk to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  wanting to return to physical media, things i can hold in my hand and feel ... favorite memories from visiting seattle in summer 2022 was going to pike ... speakers and listening to the album in the order that it was meant to be

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  , I've already returned my MIT mug to the Coop. MOM: THAT'S NOT FUNNY. Okay, so, in retrospect it may not have been the best idea to freak my ... . After we toured, we were put in random order from 1-136 and allowed to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... found more fun to sail in than the FJ’s we sail at MIT. (^Also PC to ... team to finish in a combo beating the other team (ex: your team wins if

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  by bike, by train, by wind, by rain getting around different cities

  

  the AC in my car dies when it gets too hot. I always pause to appreciate ... exposed to other ways of getting around, I'm thinking about what I want to ... [annotation note = "not that such things seem to exist in Copenhagen"]big pick

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  get to choose whether or not they’re going to be the person they are, or ... ’s important to see the people you look up to engage in self-compassion. I know a ... something, but only if I feel inclined to. In the meantime, I’ll be eating

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  feelings from the summer I wish I could describe more accurately partially inspired by ducks, newburyport

  

  less productive; the joy in just getting to spend time with friends, even ... piano a satisfaction in being able to play decently well, surprisingly ... of desperation as you get closer and closer to the end of the day; a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 5, 2024
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  to Learn at MIT. It's about - surprise! - learning to learn in the MIT ... - are general to all those interested in enhancing their education ... problems on the test. I had to step it up and give it my all in order to pass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  you get to know  Now I’m in a big city. I don’t go out into Boston as ... learn, and there are many cool MechE classes I won't be able to fit in to ... , just from talking to people, but I know so little about the programs in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

    I learned some valuable life skills in Denmark, from how to turn on an induction stove to how to balance on a bicycle in unfavorable ... summer, a slow period in countries where people get sizable vacations and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... way too much studying to do. And regretted it, as I sat in my room for ... . Eyes were wide. Slowly, residents gathered in the hallways to listen. And

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Supposedly Fun Thing That I’ll Probably Do Again On July 4th, I reenacted The Old Man and the Sea, minus the old man…

  

  succumbed to a four-hour soak in liquid described by writer Bernard DeVoto as ... legs to be amputated by radioactive flesh-eating eels in the Charles ... body from the kneecaps down was jellified in a wet, cold numbness. Ships

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 7, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  essentially visit anywhere in the world for free, while getting to gain ... University. I was thrilled, here would be my first chance to learn in an ... uber to my Airbnb and after meeting my host and getting the run down on

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  entails being able to tread water for ten minutes (hey - you also get to ... intensely disliked in high school, would follow me to college. However ... , sometimes even looking forward to another afternoon on the Charles River. In

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  me, existing one day at a time

  

  coming true. in fact, way back when, i made a wish at 11:11 to become a blogger—and here i am. i wished at 11:11 to get into mit, and here i am ... free, and you just have to come in every so often to help out with

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