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• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... around the end of January. Unfortunately, this year hasn’t been any ... wear willingly to avoid the empty feeling of weightlessness. I’ve always

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  This is just one in the onslaught of many posts to come about what ... which I stole the title of this post. Freshman year I was busy taking classes; junior year was lost to the fog of the pandemic; but sophomore and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  after completion of the fall semester or second quarter (if your school ... . This is similar to the Self-Reported Coursework Form from the Part 2 of ... looking for another essay here. The Midyear Update has a maximum of 250

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  All the advice you’ll need for the next twelve hours not clickbait

  

  letter. That moment, you will split into two versions of yourself: the you ... facets of who you are. Neither can the words "accepted" and "rejected ... . It's impossible to tell, from the outside, which of these factors

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  , Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, by the Seattle Post ... Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  past year consisted of things much bigger and better than the story of my ... my own to the collection: Thousands of people showed up on ... rat is physical proof of my being halfway done with MIT. I can't believe

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventure Coming full circle at MIT

  

  22 other amazing people over the course of the semester, and we pulled ... show! One of the most amazing parts of 2.009 is the final presentation. Over the course of a short semester, 8 teams of 24 students came up with

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... (unfortunately, the rippling surface of the fabric made the code hard to scan), one ... opportunity to implement all those bad ideas they've had over the course of the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... disasters before, but never of this scale. We got off the plane, and the ... rode through the mostly unpaved roads of Port-Au-Prince to see signs of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of ... tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the ... how the syllabus disguised the test worth 22 percent of the final grade

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  My first installment of The Adventures of Team Bemis: Some extremely ... followers. 3.) Trace the outline of your hand (preferably the hand you do not ... greeting of the coming holiday. You can tell a lot about someone

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the main thing that has helped through the ends of my world. Whether it ... unknown in the ether of my mind, has somehow always soothed me. As if, as ... spritely age of 11. I looked through the catalog of extracurriculars

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  tl;dr: As of this fall, any member of the MIT community can use Turbo ... . One of those people was/is Christina Couch, a recent alumna of the ... ) immediately below.   Last September, at the height of election fervor, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Facebook & Google Plus open thread on social media. teach me something.

  

  months, in the hope of generating some kind of useful conversation here in the blog comments. The MIT Admissions site was one of the first higher ... respect, understand, and integrate the importance of social production and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Latino Christmas An introducción to Next House's newest student group.

  

  Latino students paraded through the halls of the dorm playing accordion and ... list: "Apparently a lot of people are curious/furious about the parade ... the night of the 24th of November...(remember remember the 24th of

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  impending school year; the end of August is coming up soon (how is this possible? Did July even happen?) and that will mark the end of my 19th summer ... .) There are six-ish hours of lecture during the day, and a bunch of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  are at the beginning of Easter term so there’s panic over the last ... ;m sitting at home while writing this. Most of the other people on the ... Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  that as of last night, more than half of the applicants have already ... substantial time to process all of these forms that come in right at the ... to finally click the "Submit" button? For those of you who finished

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  along to the end-of-year dinner at the Wine Cellar Restaurant, just across the Harvard Bridge from MIT. We had an exquisite dinner of cheese, meat, and chocolate fondue... paid for by the Office of Undergraduate Advising

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  yesterday. I watched the first 80 minutes of regulation play in my apartment, but couldn't stand the intensity of the game so I went out to run ... possession of the ball. During PKs, I heard an Italian trattoria erupt and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006