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• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers

  

  holds an event that tells freshmen about different options for their ... for science courses or are they thought to be there to fill seats in the ... 're not in that range? Is it hopeless for you? MIT is my dream, but I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  getting fit. Please dress for activity for first class. Juggling In this ... 's Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER) is in ... 'll save mine for then.) There are lots of sessions for PE classes -- 2

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  of long-term (read: quarantine) goals/habit trackers in an old journal ... of dopamine obtained from shading in an infinitesimal square to floss ... i indulge in it to grow as an artist, not to attain some arbitrarily

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  solely residential area: an older Japanese woman pushing her mother-in-law in a wheelchair, having a conversation with an older man down the ... , I think, and I start to get defensive. What's in it for her? Why is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  people do not start until college. In rowing, for example, the size of the ... unique schedule for an MIT student (I generally go to bed at 11pm and wake ... alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  for CMS as much as I expected to. We debated for an entire ninety ... Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day, and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  know freshmen. For my part, my first task of orientation was to build an ... O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the ... noticed a severe drop off in the number of blogs, which may make perfect

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  trust how do you decide who to trust when there are lots of untrustworthy people?

  

  . for instance, i remember when i was in elementary school, my parents ... every time an adult passed me i’d tense up and brace for the possibility ... disappointed in myself for not having helped out and for never having noticed

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  crippling laziness and go for a run in the woods behind my hotel, but until ... who asks me why I chose CS, that it forms a good foundation for me in ... , I instantly get an open smile, and I find myself smiling in return. My

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality ... class (6.004—Computation Structures), and to Kresge for an info session ... introduction for my UROP tour (which was later in the day).    

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam ... joke here] Term is in full swing: pset parties are everywhere, the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  been an incredible journey for those of us involved in TIMtalks, and I am ... . Inspired by the wildly popular TED talks, the “TIM” in TIMtalks stands for ... said he was excited to be involved in such an event: "I was particularly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  ! For the last six months I've spent time in cyberspace talking to your ... -ending campus visits. I know that this process is equally stressful for you. In ... experiences come in handy. Draw upon your life's journey for inspiration. As

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  to convince your regular friends to participate in an activity like ... means you need an additional model for what to do when your partner is ... spoilers for the movie arrival (and by extension, the novella story

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  development for [annotation note="It's a running joke in our friend group that ... here in hopes that someone will gain some interest and pick us up for a ... 't gotten an offer from a single one. All I really want for this summer is to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  'm already stressed about finding an internship for next summer. Shaking all ... ’t started yet. He lived in Boston for a semester, and he showed me a great ... , parties, and other events in an effort to attract new members. Last year, I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  paper, this summer was a bust for me, but in the long run, I think it will ... guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy for my life right now, I just lost a group stage match, but I still

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Residential Life

  four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales

  

  and slander your peers) in hopes of securing a bid (an invitation to ... I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... Ep."]tΞp![/annotation] While work week in Greek life systems outside the MIT bubble might refer

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  lightning snaps Boston in two. Most people had already run for their Back Bay ... everything that is usually in shadow; I once saw an old man holding a bouquet ... sprint across the dark streets in soaked socks, rain tickling their tongues

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  that I haven't yet found a rhythm that works for me in terms of finishing ... motivation was at an all-time low in the past year because, uh, the pandemic ... centralized in its teaching for each class). It's frustrating—one of my math

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020