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• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  , he is admitted to the Class of 2011. Let's back up for a moment and ... that his actions became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Afraid to fail, therefore afraid to try. Now lets take a peek at Stephanie. Stephanie is a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... aesthetic: a single “Spotlight” image surrounded by links to sites ... see here is just a beginning; we will be eager over time to find new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  (which was only supposed to have like 2 kids at a time but we put around 8). My dad tells all of us to take a turn doing something cool for the ... propose a way to spend Simmons funds. Sometimes it’s for things like

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Events

  A Night with Cranium Myth debunking and Cranium!

  

  MIT: Where we make "nerdy" things fun. Exhibit A: Mystery Hunt Team ... entire weekend was not enough, our recent team party included a night filled of Cranium. Some of my favorite quotes from the night: In a "Club

  • by Bryan
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  orientation, every freshman receives a list of 101 things to do before they ... when they graduate to use as a reminiscing tool, or (c) lose immediately ... easy thing to do in the two weeks between finals and graduation, take a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  to make a shortlist of the changes that I made or had to make when ... in a long time, the only person I had to be responsible for was myself ... want to do requires a delicate balance and strong time management skills

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  comfortable around my peers. I didn't really know if I was going to find a group ... realizing how much of a shitshow the movie was, we switched to Pitch Perfect ... online portion, haphazardly completing it to get a glorious score of 27

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and ... mentor’s niece's colleague offered to rent me a bedroom. Everything was set

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

  just a few.) But instead of just throwing them at you, I’m going to show ... to Kresge to get a peek inside. However, it seemed as though many other MIT kids had the same idea to “sneak” inside and take a peek. They

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to ... is belongs to a class of acronymically redudant phrases (or ARP phrases ... number, and ATM machine. But if you want to be a functioning member of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  A couple months ago, I wrote about how to make money at MIT. Much to ... handling their own finances in a day-to-day sense. As someone who notably ... adjusting to prices and scrounging for the best deals, I've found a way to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduling woes advice for dealing with overenrolled/conflicting classes

  

  ’re notified of whether you have a spot in that class are subject to the whim of ... an email to a writing professor as to why you want to take their ... wouldn’t have known to ask.  1. Ask the prof to save you a seat ahead of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Vending Machines at MIT Because it needed to be done.

  

  of this story, however, is that it took us twenty minutes to find a ... have to struggle to find a vending machine ever again. (Special thanks to all the East Campus people who came out with me at 11 PM on a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  describing to you the journey would be a faux-pas on my part, so here it begins. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my ... listening to The Wrens and eating a confetti cookie from Au Bon Pain. About 2

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  've been rediscovering a lot of beauty which I wanted to share a glimpse of ... dedicated to doing a bunch of random projects and learning activities. The goal is to make a community for students to get creative outside of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Tale of 8 Instagrams Low resolution, high flavor

  

  Once upon a time, I developed an Instagramming problem and started to ... retreated, and I woke up to sunshine and a gentle old man painting the Boston ... can change from pleasant to ominous in a matter of minutes. And that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... studying and wrote my last blog post, and had a chance to tick off urgent ... had to rush to finish our 6.810 project and I needed to finish a lab

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the ... scraped off with that one. I soon arrived at Harper's Ferry to a packed room

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Typical Friday Night Done with 6.046 exam, time to chill

  

  by bus) and went to L.A. Burdick, a store known for its delicious ... fell asleep. As a rule of thumb, I'm generally always the first person to ... As you might have read in my last entry, I had a 6.046 (Design and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be ... It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk along the Charles River. Lots of people running along the river (doing a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005