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• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  need to gain control of every aspect of my life so i can be fulfilled

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  music is really important to me. i swear to god, without Spotify, i would be nothing but an empty husk *dramatic sigh* making and curating playlists is one of my…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  the time to succeed now that we have grades. I’m all about that work-life

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  In a very institvtional gesture of welcome, each incoming MIT student receives a stack of flyers and documents and charts and posters as soon as they set foot on campus.…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  alike, and in the meantime, revel in the minutiae of life. Go for a walk

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  My November is a looming list of tasks that must be accomplished. The sun is setting sooner and sooner. It’s getting really cold, with the exception of the past couple…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  allows you to get the rest of your life in order first. And, most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  Here’s a picture of (almost) all the paper I’ve used at MIT so far, halfway through the first semester:⁠37 also known as the first quarter, gasp I am too Hosed™⁠38…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  live life: And one last, parting, thought: Remember that you chose

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Flu shots optimizing literally everything

  

  Last Thursday, MIT Medical had a walk-in clinic at Walker, where MIT community members could walk in and get a flu shot. I was initially a bit reluctant to get…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Downtown if you could see it then you’d understand

  

  chuckles. “I could spend the rest of my life stuck here.” Right, I say

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  All dates are auspicious, but some more than others. For me, August 10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon, I mean.']special significance[/annotation] as the day I began my life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  misti musings sugar, spice, and everything nice

  

  I’m three weeks into my MISTI, and I think I’ve pretty much got this 9 to 5 gig down to a skill. Wake up, go to work, code, go for…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 28, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  I wake up a minute before my alarm goes off, at 8.59 am. This has been happening for the last two weeks, and I don’t know why. I bitterly get…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  In 1981, Gerald Fink was a professor at Cornell and a member of a visiting committee at MIT. At the time, MIT faculty and administration were split over the idea…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  Spring semester is here, which means summer is coming up soon, and while I’m excited for the sunny weather and the shorts-and-tank-top-wearing days to finally be upon us again, I…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second semester doesn’t start until February; instead, we use January to do internships, travel, take classes,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  , and companies that have come out of 2.009. This class is as Real Life

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  media we’ve been into recently musicals, food videos, memes, and misc.

  

  In our last post, we mentioned that we were next going to blog about our urops. We recently found out, from one of our supervisors, that we actually cannot blog…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Experiencing Psycho in Full G(l)ory Sharon L. '21 joins the blogs to talk about movies and art by and large

  

  Growing up, I wasn’t always a fan of movies. It may have been an aversion to enjoying “mainstream” culture, but I always shied away whenever family friends gushed over their…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2018