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• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  your story. ...I often wondered how I could be drawn to Japanese culture ... . In my essay, I describe how I came to embrace Japanese culture after a ... -watched the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The show, which happens to be the No

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch of cool things i had applied to (externships, GTL) in order to go hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  to stay on top of my work.” How I look at it now is “I have made a ... !   How many MIT students does it take to figure out a swing?   ... ’ve seen of the archaeology site, I thought it was going to be underwhelming

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  , opportunities It never ceases to amaze me at how many opportunities there are at ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I promise I haven't been trying to avoid blogging... but the last week of IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  was awesome. I'm learning how to cook. And the food came out really good ... Whew. It's been awhile. Um...so what I've come to realize is that IAP is supposed to be this easy, carefree "ooh I'm going to take one three

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  much as a person that it kind of shocks me to look back at how different ... something about how they care (it's cool to care!) about the work they ... pebbles off a beach. they can do that because MIT teaches you how to learn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  people hang lounges upside down.. notice how the light is on!!! I got to ... 'm Abir, a prefrosh, and I was fortunate enough to have the BEST host ever ... asked me to guest blog about CPW and I am going to try to give a glimpse

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  family/friends aspect and making new friends =)" Moving away to college for me was something that I looked forward to and feared at the same time. There was one other person from my high school coming to MIT the

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Decisions “I don’t know”

  

  , we are going to… well, you’ll see. Danny: “Now, I don't know” is how ... vague and confusing. And regardless of how many TA’s explained it to me ... dependent on how good I was at it, not in general and not in comparison to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  "advice you can give me on how to move forward from here." I thanked them ... LIFE - forget how it felt to receive that e-mail. If I go crazy and ... about how excited I was about my summer research, etc) and wanted to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Next House Thanksgiving 2016 (sort of a guest post) A (very late) recount of last Thursday’s celebration

  

  been used to describe Next House's annual Thanksgiving celebration. I wish I could tell you myself how wonderful it was but unfortunately I was not located at MIT during Thanksgiving break. However, I was able to ask

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • December 1, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  disabilities services to talk about how I can get around and get caught up in my ... there to help us, no matter how many times we tell ourselves or others ... 'm sticking to my good friend, the air-boot-cast. Before you all go "WHAT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  physically building things. Even though I would love to learn how to construct ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... ). I’ve been to county fairs with craft exhibition booths and ventured to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  at the fair. More information about the essay contest and how to submit ... Hi prospective students! I’m writing to tell you about two events ... interested students were disappointed that they did not live close enough to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  completely innocent and simply limited to showing me how he could use water to ... Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back to his room with him to see his hydraulic door. To this day he insists

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  least for now -- "How to Succeed at the MIT Mystery Hunt by Being Really ... 2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  learned when I was at MIT was the way that MIT taught me how to learn. We ... With all these applications, it's tough to find time to blog. There are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Study Break!

  

  sounds weird. Trust me, I remember coming to campus for CPW and taking ... breaking abilities. But now I know. =) I first learned to appreciate the ... . But I have no idea how they do it. Anyway, I had just reached the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 6, 2005