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• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my ... the place. I found out how kind people can be, though - the strangers in ... in a fancy dress (it was the last day of sorority recruitment, so I was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  again was right smack dab in the middle of finals week. Sometimes I like ... away from a little town and a lot of who I used to be. In retrospect, it ... one random dude in Moscow. (Of course, some things never change. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  Museum of Fine Arts (MIT students get in free! Can't beat culture for free ... for me both in terms of the way I was taught to be a first ... /attending a school like MIT is that in a milieu of such strong students, it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  for Battlecode with two of my friends. In junior year, I worked on a ... candidates (and I did!). I think one of my most fulfilling experiences in all ... mornings, any inch of skin exposed to the air goes numb in minutes. But this

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  prickling in the back of my mind again. When I was in middle school, I wanted ... in the process of artmaking. I loved using my hands: rubbing charcoal ... conversation between me and whatever's in front of me. I wish I had more of that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  river in East Cambridge. I think the Back Bay area of Boston is very ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... middle of the Charles River, across from MIT. See the graphic I made below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... when it can do good. I'm also not implying "high-achieving good ... experienced a lot of failure in my sophomore year, it’s not a dramatic

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  of the tardy-writing-mountain** I keep purposefully shrouded in the ... the other. Therefore, I apologize in advance for the scattered nature of ... Writing is difficult. It's the last day in July.* I find it very easy

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • July 31, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  relatively [annotation note="so far, i can count all of my semester's bad days ... much faster than a lot of people are used to when they come in, and can ... something I can’t help but feel proud of as someone who struggled so intensely

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  in their underwear. Who isn't a fan of that? Seeing as I fall into neither of these categories, I put off of grading 5.112 problem sets (which ... sororities are directly in Boston, in Kenmore Square) - and so I bring you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  matter whether it goes in the trash or into the mouth of somebody I know ... This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid ... saw the aurora borealis. I'm a little too sleepy to blog about all of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... , but are a few that I'm familiar with and can think of as I'm sitting ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  . On one level, I still enjoy being a member of hall and participating in ... me that I used the word "care" here, in the sense of "care about ... summer i hit my ceiling of the amount of things i can work on at once that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  uniqueness. I can name a number of fellow students who have taken time for ... ’s up in the front line in Cambridge, and I’m not. A lot of people are ... my own instinct - but in the back of my mind I do keep considering the

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  .  Instead of having to ship my laptop off to some Dell warehouse in Texas, I ... I like to pack light. Maybe it's some combination of old hiking ... once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  be of age. Then I just need to find a partner. I need somebody who can ... Everything else, I can take care of. Any takers? Anyway, since MIT Cable gets ... until I can get home and watch the show in its full glory. Yeah, I really

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  only thing i can do right now. i'm getting enough sleep, but i don ... ...which makes me think of how much time i had this summer to do things!! i took advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  .03. I left the class in a bit of a haze. I still can’t really remember ... semester, which resulted in a lot of stress. I’m glad I made that mistake now, though, so I’ll be more mindful of my workload in the future. I’m not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  glory of Tuesdays, in which I get up at 7 to bus over to Harvard for a ... applications - i.e. in yesterday's lecture, where we discussed the limitations of ... only is it a pretty big line to get in your head, a lot of the times I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  what you hear from colleges in the next few weeks, you can and should use ... skills you'll receive in college. I am confident in your abilities, and ... We've come to the time of year when many of you readers will find out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006