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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Love Letter to Tetazoo a valentine's day post

  

  I sit upon this couch in stasis, with many better things to do ... cacophony to any other, yet to me they are the song that tells me I am home ... upon three years ago and now can’t bear to leave. As I near the event

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 15, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to teach them how to use Illustrator so I've decided to write a blog about it instead of trying to find time to meet irl. Illustrator is basically MS

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Learning Communities were created to allow you to branch out in these classes ... , allow you to avoid the negative sides of GIRs and go through your whole ... to your professors. I found myself in ESG (Experimental Study Group

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Went To The Ballet! 💎 color me refined 💎

  

  This past weekend, I went to my first ballet! Unfortunately, my ... ="I was supposed to go in kindergarten but I VIVIDLY remember lining up single-file to get on the bus, and on the way out of the classroom I threw

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when ... grand master list of links for any and all of you going to any college at ... surprisingly long time to research and put together; I hope you all enjoy it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  electronics to the point of designing them, and that had been something I'd really been wanting to remedy. Specifically, I wanted to learn how to ... was a completely opened ended opportunity to design your own printed

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  't really like, and didn't end up pursuing in the long run. I worked hard to get into MIT, but really had no idea what it was like. I looked to a ... onto fictional worlds to motivate me to soldier on. MIT surprised me by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  What really happens during a 9-to-5 job? Is it possible that people ... working at a large tech giant, and the perks were an added bonus to the ... me a through the molasses stereotype of a 9-to-5 desk job. I’ve blended

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  Song: Down to Earth from Wall-E. “I found myself pleasantly surprised with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content ... education. But in truth, I can talk to anyone. Well, mostly. Some people want

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  -land without anything to tether me down to things that actually exist. So to hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old everyday physical objects, starting with "How To Make (almost) Anything" (aka

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a ... excited about CPW! There are far too many events for a single person to

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  , studying, and socializing, you're forced to choose two. Well, they're almost right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... 's complement & bitwise ops are a good way to wake up. Oh, by the way: today

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas." Ahhh, New York City, winning the lottery (for Avenue Q), gourmet French Fries, Taboo, Mitra and I got TO SEE ... I am, I got to Boston's South Station at 10:28 AM ready to depart for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told ... : I don't know, I didn't listen." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  Hi folks, Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or two. I apologize in advance to the folks who have asked chances-related questions - I don't have enough information to

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... really feeling all that enthusiastic about studying. Plus, I had to go back to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  To set the mood: Come Home by Baynk. [caption id="attachment_38993 ... first week back. #nofilter.[/caption] Returning back to the 'Tute “After a ... eventful return back to the Institute. It's odd how quickly everything felt

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  -professional clubs proliferate like dandelions—I’ve found it reasonably simple to avoid ... passion. To be fair, MIT may have cultivated a different culture than these ... direction, I would have to continue going to boring meetings surrounded by

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to Make a Flashlight MIT-style that is.

  

  ? Well, it's this wonderful machine shop that MIT students can use to make ... taken some photos for you guys to see these machines :( But this just means I'll have to swing by the shop to make something awesome so I can

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 2, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I really appreciate how so many from the community talked to me and reached out to me. Video Games Free games to play with friends skribbl

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020