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• Blog / Challenges

  Return to Campus x^n

  

  I don't know how to feel. “How do you feel about your last ... (graduation) doesn’t feel so imminent unless I psyche myself to believe so. I ... how am I supposed to locate this day in my life relative to an event in

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 10, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve-wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  Most of my conversations back home seem to begin with this question ... arrived here: like I had no limit to what I could take on. That if I just ... would have preferred to sleep, and had a mini emotional breakdown in my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions to our office, Jenny Rifken and Bryan Nance. You can welcome them to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to my home Feel free to chill in here

  

  week. Thankfully my tests are spread out, allowing me to focus on one subject at a time. After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to ... have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to

  • by Celena C. '12
  • October 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to Boston My summer plans! And some things I wish weren't a part of them.

  

  in time to head back to Boston/MIT for the summer :) This is where I ... shortened my name to "H," lol. I started working in this lab just over a month ... , this UROP manages to be fun, relaxed, serious, and instructional, all at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  , it's easier to believe that there was time in-between I spent studying ... you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens that some deadlines are very, very soon. I wouldn't want to tell you how

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  things are they working on? How far have they come to get here? What do ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  us and promises to be a grand ole time. I'm especially excited about ... opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... , IAP is a really great time to start because you can work up to 40 hours

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  Wow, I have enough questions this time to do a sort of omnibus like Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my blog is starting to take off. Scheduling interviews with ECs Kathleen

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... interested in learning to cut hair; anyone can email and ask for a cut, but

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Looking ahead to IAP My favorite MIT event...period.

  

  I got this email in my inbox: ------------------------------ Hi Eveyrone! I know it's hard to believe but IAP is fast approaching and, along ... Bombers What Bomb At Midnight ------------------------------ Just to show

  • by Bryan
  • November 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  later entry and instead use this one to give you progress reports over the course of the day. I'll update this entry whenever there's something to ... that assembled the admit packs (what you guys affectionately refer to as

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to UROP because you basically ARE einstein

  

  : this is not regular and I offered to be there the whole time, it was not entirely expected/forced lol']11 AM to 7:30 PM[/annotation] running an [annotation note='Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay']ELISA,[/annotation] only to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 26, 2026
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  “Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening ... is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Applying to Grad School How MIT Did and Didn't Help Me

  

  school admissions. Now, you do NOT need to be worrying about grad school as ... -you-were-looking-for-but-here-it-is-anyway take. Table o’ Contents
 The most important thing is to figure out why you want to Do The Thing MIT did not convince me to Do The Thing

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  ;   i recently listened to the soundtrack of next to normal, this 2008 ... interesting songs, at least to me, is who’s crazy/my psychopharmacologist and i ... to preface this with my opinion that i don’t think this is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  Sometimes, you need to let things go up in flames. . . . I have ... of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college ... CPW seems to be, confessed that they are intimidated by such a new ... fellow MIT students this year, asking how to make better, more meaningful

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016