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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style ... assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least ... what is to come to me as it just so happens I was and the in the items in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  many opportunities in life to not get in to someplace where you wanted to ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out ... to process STEM-related content in the mornings than at night. Doing ... steps. Get up. Grab a change of clothes. Wait for the shower to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  DO stuff. Whatever it is you like to do, get out there and get it done ... on my application, do you think that's enough? Do you think I'll get in ... what you tell them, so it's in YOUR best interest to be honest. Because

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  tw suicide mention and angst!! to the skeletons in my closet ... your demons than to write them away."]it's taken me days to even get ... me that is still so, so bitter that you get to move on with your life

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  from Hasbro to get us in. Remember, it's Thursday and Toy Fair is on ... take a trip to Hasbro's world headquarters, conveniently located in ... . The show is claimed by the promoters to be the largest toy trade show in

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  invest in this class and the environment. Each day, we uber to the ... head to a lecture or museum. The variety of museums in Brazil has proven ... , so I try to tackle that. My first week, when some friends were in town

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  as close as you'll get to a home-cooked meal. On a weekly basis, food ... really don't get to eat freshly fried, extra crunchy, warm on the ... Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Adam had finished a 16.100 (Aerodynamics) lab. We got to Plymouth in time ... , even though it was pouring rain and freezing. I elected to stay in bed ... think dinosaurs are cool too.) After shopping, Adam's mom needed to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  's already broken - what's important is getting to the root of the problem in ... , "I can't wait until I get to MIT and brush shoulders with Nobel Prize ... of C. elegans, works in the lab right next to my UROP with the same

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Wiimote Fun in Spain What I'm actually doing with my time over here, when I'm not learning Spanish insults…

  

  provide support to students who wanted to study or work abroad in Japan ... to start MIT-fill-in-country-here." Then, sometime in 1994, someone had ... early in the year to talk about the details and logistics of the program

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 25, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more ... off of jazz. It really made me want to get back into music; I've played ... celebrating music in all its forms, it was probably time to head back and finish

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  side of the road for free water in paper cups then getting right back to ... gets thrown around a lot in the context of life, MIT, what comes after ... training, and there's no time to dwell on anything else except the feeling in

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  sometimes hard to learn from the smarter people in the group, who ignored TEAL ... MIT weighed in, my TA and several essay assignments encouraged me to ... captions. (This is getting to be pretty challenging.) 5.12 - Organic

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  in search of a reset day just out of reach

  

  doing things well to try to get a return offer, I could essentially focus ... 's also nice because I get to do things that I wouldn’t have time for ... later on in my high school It seemed to me a little cruel How the right

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 20, 2020
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  in the US so you don’t have to immediately worry about getting it ... might be able to help you around campus. I got in touch with the Pakistani students at MIT and it helped me a ton. I was able to get advice while

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

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  major in social science. If I had studied social science prior to college ... STEM and liberal arts. In another place, perhaps I wouldn’t have dared to ... in. I would’ve gone to the “right” college for the wrong reasons. So

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to ... much that it's starting to get cliche, but I love the people here! I ... As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  best. 2. Get a good night's sleep. Every night. I've been in lab as late ... Yes, I know it's a Sunday, but nonetheless, I went to lab around 2 ... in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to ... bought so he could send it to his girl back home. I agreed. We were in a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014