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  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two back-to-back 3-hour neuroscience electives. I only needed to register for one… I chose both. It’s Week…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I’ve slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things. To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all. But things…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  (sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love MIT A shocking confession: one time, I almost transferred to Harvard. I even had a…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  .S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor The Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, is a three

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere.…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  ” napped ’19; Victoria the J-walker ’18; Joanna the pun-k ’20; Jackie aka

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  My Freshman Pre-Orientation Program (FPOP), Discover Exercise and Wellness (DEW), was amazing. DEW was nobody’s first choice of FPOP, at least not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  O hai A reintroduction

  

  low-key fangirling Jess K. ‘10 ever since I was applying to MIT like a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in the “sleep through it” way, but rather in the “harbor a feeling of longing for lessons past”…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  To fully appreciate MIT’s location, venture to downtown Boston. The Institute campus combines the chillness of living Cambridge and the proximity to a big city. It only takes 10 minutes…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Summer Reading Challenge Read with me!

  

  Series (yes, the whole thing) by J.K. Rowling 13. Things Fall Apart by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  “It’s not just a working tool. It’s a thinking tool!” pronounced the award-winning makers of Snipmap, a Google Chrome extension made during the Festival of Learning Hackathon. Snipmap’s slogan can…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  I checked my Timehop today and saw a tweet about how I was stressed about college essays. It’s interesting how life changes. A year ago, college applications were at the…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  , Martin Trust Center, MIT $100K, Startlabs, Sloan, do.it@MIT, E-Club, Sloan

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  This weekend, I was an invisible woman. Flashback: There’s a festival in Davis Square with an array of arts and crafts vendors. I’ve been to several similar events already. A…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  (for a visual summary of the trip, scroll down for pictures) “Let’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long weekend. I…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester customary end-of-semester blog post: sophomore spring edition

  

  I’m huddled in an office chair in a tiny box-studio in Lexington, MA, where I’m living for the summer with my partner. Campus is 40 – 100 minutes away. Getting…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  Note: xTalks: Digital Discourses is a seminar series from the MIT Office of Digital Learning designed to facilitate awareness, deep understanding, and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere. Last…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016