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• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  don't write travel brochures.) After a brief eternity of staring at ... McDonald's where a group of high schoolers laughed at me and my intro ... On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  a half at MIT, that worked spectacularly. For most of freshman year I ... was also building up the next stage of my life at MIT. That same ... interning at my goal company in Seattle and hanging out with a bunch of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  (which I don't), it's mandatory to have at least some sort of meal plan ... IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second ... the IAP acronym, and then spending a quarter of an hour trying to come

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied ... at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live ... different suite) every year so far. Not only have I painted all of these rooms

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  again and again to offer help to them. I was one of few women in the shop ... building project is like a sidequest: fully unnecessary and a lot of work, but also what is the point of the game if you do zero sidequests? I do

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  on their final projects, which they showcase and present at the end of ... remember really trying to encourage her because at the end of the day, speed ... , practically buzzing at the endless possibilities that Scratch offered, reminded

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  the ground—at home I did a good 40% of my homework and 90% of my You ... [annotation note="courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O."]the front ... stacks of packages are reaching NBA-player height, so if you've received an

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  production of a musical  I went with Silu S. ’24 to watch Six at the Emerson ... for no reason). I learned that the singularity is at the center of the ... underwatering or a mix of both.  at the beginning of this year, with some

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  wedged itself at the back of my head: that I had never actually Done ... . At the end of the summer, my project wasn't really "finished" -- I ... , at any of the research institutions I'd been accepted to I asked a lot

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  up, down, and out some moments from the last month

  

  Boston to Hynes Convention Center. The vaccine clinic at Hynes is one of ... , almost, at least. It is the end of the semester as well, and the weight of ... the piece's syncopated rhythms. None of the audio of us at that moment

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  As the final hours of my first semester at MIT come to a close, I ... that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... and emotional at the mere idea of even having the privilege to write

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  up At this point, you kind of forgot that you sent an email to your ... in mind, as opposed to emailing all three at once. And on top of that ... For our very last semester at MIT, and our very last course 6 class

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  offer. if you're interested, look at the dorm pages and check out their ... handful of dorms at my CPW, and ended up ranking Burton Conner #1 later. tip ... Bloggers - Friday at 8 PM in W20-307: come say hi to all of us and ridicule

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  local coffee shop while others gag at the smell of coffee. Pretty sure you ... sit at a desk in a library with a stick of gum to keep me awake but no ... unfiltered. c. Staring at the ceiling – I do some of my best thinking while

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  ’s common to feel stuck in a rut at times, and there are ways to get out of it ... . After a long week of interviewing, I accepted a position at a company that ... My second year of college just ended. I’ve been trying to think of a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parent event offerings based on feedback, requests, and questions. Some of ... Services Session for Parents: Friday afternoon at 1pm, Director of Student ... , whys and whens of financial aid at MIT -- how we determined your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  shades of brilliant, MIT handles grades. On a 0% – 100% scale? Maybe “A ... Spiral of Doom? Never fear! It’s similar to what a lot of us used in high ... screenshot of how your MIT grade report looks like online. Note: Your grade

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  being and took the hint, offering us lodging for the night on his couch at ... things as those at MIT. Ursinus students apparently slide down some of ... sitting by the fountain at the Tomb of the Unknown American Revolutionary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (An Incomplete Guide to) Summer Opportunities for MIT Students Pantsuits, stress, hyperlinks.

  

  of companies send recuiters to set up booths at MIT. It fills up an ice ... more time at MIT). I don’t think I did a very good job of building these ... for something related to your education, MIT offers a lot of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  to talk about things that they write at the bottom of lists. In ... selection of friends at some random time in the middle of the night and ask ... they were doing. The result would be a mosaic of diverse happenings at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009