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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in the box? why is spring cleaning a common phrase but not fall cleaning hmm

  

  trying to debug the worst code i’ve written in my life." hopefully you get the gist. this game popped up in my head today as i was digging through ... programs from events i’ve gone to in the past year or so. the exams were an

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  for MIT. I had never rowed before college, but I fell in love with the ... with you because I think a lot of you might be like me and would feel the ... : Growing up, I never thought I’d become a college rower. I was a swimmer in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what's been ... was pretty emotional, although I didn't show it as much. In the weeks ... would probably be the only "free" summer I had since everything was remote

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  tables and charts in excel etc. In fact, to avoid being overwhelmed I ... roommates in the apartment, and I spend about $100 a week on groceries. That ... me and I use it all the time in place of my debit card, then just pay

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... discovery. I spent my first few months on campus checking the UROP website and contacting professors who had research projects that I was interested in. After

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  classes I’m taking this semester, but they're still in flux. Instead, I ... something related to course scheduling. In many of these instances, had I not ... prof?” So I did. It would be an overexaggeration to say I poured my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  dance." Cynthia O' '16 and I swooned in our seats and ate free shish ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... 'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  uncomfortable, a foreigner in distant lands, comfortable with uncertainty as I ... and every moment, and take it all in. Most of the places and people I met I would likely not ever see again. But I didn't want that to stop me

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  once in a while. I've been feeling kind of floaty these past few weeks ... . But seriously, guys, everything's really up in the air right now. I ... cabin to stay in, but, you know, we're not losers. I am, however, kind of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some ... that I would feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of STEM in comparison ... figured I would try recruitment just in case. Recruitment week is a lot of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.

  

  'm excited that I'll be sharing other people's experiences in the future with ... Programming Competition, and the website that gets the most Facebook likes in ... from the Boston side of the river as the humble brownstone I call my

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... 've noted an increasing number of what I would consider bad usernames. The ... said, here are some tips I'd recommend... In my circle of friends, as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  one is one of my favorites and I get a number of emails in my inbox from ... couple of great courses dedicated to Sustainability in Business and I ... One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  I’m a food blogger now enjoy reading through 700 words of personal digression to get to the recipes

  

  food in a pan Almost exactly twelve months ago, I had never cooked a ... /wk. dining plan) thought it was crazy that I was considering living in a dorm ... needs. But when I'm on my own, why would I go to the dining hall and have

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  things in high school (I harboured this dream that I would ace every test ... the UROP website. 4. "I'm not sure what I want to major in.  Is that ... pretty sure that I would be majoring in something bio - Course 6-7, or 7

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  Well, I'm back home in the great state of Ohio, getting ready for ... to be home for the first time in six months, and I'm looking forward to ... object lesson in what not to do. As I've said before, I had decided to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  in my life would hold this against me. I missed a month of school ... and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... windy because I was scared that a tornado would come out of nowhere, while

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  's basically the word "nonsense" in plural noun form, and I absolutely love it ... Spanish, so I don't feel out of line putting it in this blog. They ... curse word I can think of becomes a filler word in Spanish. I'm not even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013