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• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  Emmanuel A. ‘18 is a member of my own class year (as is Pelkins A ‘18, who I covered last week) and therefore someone I’ve interacted with a lot while…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  , I drank the biggest cup of coffee I have ever seen in my life. I ... the best noodles I’ve ever had in my life. It was this little hole in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  experienced the coldest temperatures of my entire life. I am definitely not in ... Boston, or the surrounding neighborhoods, into your academic part of life

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of the 2.009 Final Presentations rough, tough, messy!

  

  you touch an asteroid, however, lose a life. When you lose all your ... 's life. Revive is a portable AED that's surprisingly small, which means you

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • December 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  It’s been a stressful last few weeks. The weekend before Thanksgiving, though, was another one of those IHTFP, !!! IHTFP !!!, weeks. The same day I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  6.046 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) and I have an interesting relationship this semester, one that’s partly tortured, and partly beautifully soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can…

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Memory down résumé lane Serif or sans-serif?

  

  jobs and summer and what I want to do with my life was the last thing on ... to procrastinate on psets, exams, and life. I switched up the fonts

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mexico things my MISTI experience

  

  life advice, if you think you're barred from an opportunity because you ... pretty big deal!" Interestingly, she lived all of her life in the US up

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  This week was a four-day week, which made it extremely weird. It seemed to be a consensus among a bunch of people I talked to that this was a bummer…

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• 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, recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  prepares them best for the next step in life. Sometimes people don't even ... , this terrifying next step in life is still around 2 years away. I still

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  IAP 2013 was a logistical (and medical) nightmare but a fantastic adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to London for winter break,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  at 7 am... but it was a pretty boring month of my life. We tried to ... people can separate work and life a little better. PLUS people actually

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  up at 5 AM, the life story or experience that sets you apart from ... talk about what your life is like and what things you are interested

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It’s kind of…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Some Useful Things Things that greatly enhanced my chance of survival quality of life at MIT, and lots…

  

  the past two years that have greatly enhanced my quality of life at MIT ... my life outside is collapsing, at least something feels consistent and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  - before some things that came up in my life made it too difficult to keep ... be the most convincing argument in favor of a life of research. If

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  Bloggers of old have written about the “101 Things To Do Before You Graduate” list. See here, here, and here, for example. To summarize: during orientation, every freshman receives a list…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions, for one thing. MIT finals, for another (AHHHH). Deadlines for regular decision applications to college, and, for many…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

    While it’s easy to think and talk about the incredible academic opportunities at school when you’re, well, at school; it’s decidedly harder to notice them when you’re not. This…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011