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• Blog / Challenges

  必须好 – pt. 1 just keep swimming

  

  common business practice for Chinese immigrants to open small restaurants ... life compared to other students. For as long as I can remember, one of ... sense of jealousy for other people who don’t constantly have to be on

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 23, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  UROP office -- they provide fellowships for students doing research. To ... here is a million dollars to start with. Remember to come back for more ... latitude with regard to their projects sometimes. Adam, for instance, goes in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything again & again my senior iap

  

  to see what changed for me and what didn't. Here are some things I did ... : I had to take a break from exercise during the fall semester for ... 't, oops!); coded for fun (also meant to do that and didn't); wrote something

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

  MIT is hard and I still don't know what I'm doing

  

  , despite it being less relevant to the career paths I see for myself. Course ... The class average on the first [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms ... trying to figure it out and then, once I'd gone to office hours and been

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 12, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  close to being on campus as I’ll get for a while now, so I’m enjoying the ... introverted, and my social bandwidth is limited, even more so when it comes to ... face-to-face interactions in the hallways and classrooms. Obviously, this

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  fun thing to do is go chairing down the tunnels! Cook for yourself for ... for my friends to use, and they'd later feed me with whatever I provided ... to get more experience in cooking for when summertime hits and I no

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  continue? to which I had settled on “probably not” for each. Brenda applauds ... , felt silly for a second, then stepped out to see where I was. There was a ... ” to change everything in his life, and joked that he might run for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So ... thing. I shouldn’t be waiting around for things to slow down, I should be

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  worried about it and have been studying hard to make up for slacking on it ... 's able to rest for a bit now that classes are over. Good luck with your ... paper for my [annotation note="21G.038(China in the News)"]CI-H class

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  desk a few days ago only to discover that the mechanism for opening the ... On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally unproductive weekend, was to make a to-do list. I was then faced, however, with a

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing is difficult みんな、がんばってね!

  

  graduate school applications amidst the back to school drill. For my survival ... to DO things, but writing is difficult. So, I have decided to write ... postponing for another 47 days of drawn-out anguish at the accumulating height

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

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  back to California for a highly anticipated return home. I hadn’t had the ... apartment that she was to live in for the next three months. It’s nothing like ... all day to make up for the noticeable absence of air conditioning. Our

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  retreating and proceeding favorite thing about mit's campus? leaving it

  

  facilitators. This is a great opportunity for first-year students to get away ... fried pants for dinner. I was really excited to have found a great ... (Looking for a CPW Post? Read Rachel's! Looking for retreat

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... middle school-aged son thought it was mean for someone at the Oscars to be ... been married to for 9 years, the father of my kids, and I was cleaning

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  packs of 5 for $3) and they're great to store in the bathroom. Wash them ... to MIT for an education? It helps to bring notebook paper, binders ... of now I think you can make local calls for free. If you're like me

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  friend Chris '09 back to Plymouth with us -- his dad works for the ... silly for him to fly all the way back there just to turn around and fly ... Chris to good old American consumerism. I bought presents for my mom, my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don't eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to take my healthy lifestyle to the next level and train for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... my dreams, and senior-year-me couldn’t be happier to be there. I was

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Inspired Brainstorming Three pieces of advice I employ

  

  for now, I’d like to share three pieces of advice. These three pieces of ... “Study hard” or “Eat your broccoli.” As I prepared to leave home for MIT ... think its a good way to start, but there's no substitute for just going

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I’m still here. Promise.

  

  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-credit class that meets twice a week for an hour and spend the rest of my time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2006