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• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  My first year at MIT has officially ended!! That’s crazy!! Spring semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we DONE (sans my physics final…

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

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my life got turned upside down", I figured I might join in with the chaos. And hopefully, these things can help you get through these quarantine

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  Behold. I attempted to vlog. I was bored and the weather outside was nice, so I thought I would go around MIT and take a video of myself staying stuff…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  Note: I know literally nothing about food. I love food, but have very few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous blog post, but I’ve been…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a beloved member of our team, died unexpectedly yesterday.  If you’ve applied to MIT this millennium, you probably…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  A couple nights ago, Shayna messaged our very miscellaneous group chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don’t know me, this is my dream. I watched the…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  *Independent* Activities Period Part 2 our second IAP apart!

  

  We spent our IAPs in two different states, for the second time. We both did one-month long externships through the MIT externship program that the MIT Alumni association coordinates. It…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  Classes Is this what it’s like to be an upperclassman and only take classes you enjoy?  I’m taking just four (4) classes this semester, and I’m excited for all of…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i’ve spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to get away, but my research called to me and i decided to forego a bunch…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Alone some thoughts on spending winter break in mit

  

  I spent winter break in MIT. I thought I wouldn’t be alone. After all, it’s not as if everyone’s going to go home, right? I thought that maybe some of…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that makes the difficult transition from high school to college easier, something especially appreciated at an institution notorious…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  this summer, i found myself with *free time*. it wasn’t quite as much free time as you might expect with a 9-6 job schedule since i was always super tired…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  i’ve been drafting and drafting this blog post over and over again in hopes of making good impressions but i realize at this point it will all appear as the…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  description): Anthropology (Course 21A) 21A.311 The Social Life of Medical

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  life not longer feels linear. Suddenly, success seems to mean a lot of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  as the last few years, to wit: We know you lead a busy life, full of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Food We Made! a photo dump of non-aesthetic pictures

  

  In high school, we liked cooking and baking. We also liked documenting our kitchen adventures, so while we’d cook/bake, we’d make an effort to try to take nice pictures of…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 29, 2019
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  seattle felt foriegn to me as i walked its avenues, but i wasn’t comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but to boston, and…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  A couple days ago in the blogger slack, Petey sent a screenshot of a prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a lot of ppl are concerned…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  While reading Whitney Zhang’s article in the Tech on the history of the first-year experience, I stumbled across the following graf quoting the legendary Debbie Douglas, director of collections at the MIT…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018