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  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  One of my favorite things about college is browsing all the classes I could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the ... units, here at MIT because that really is my limit. But I always start off

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits pieces of advice

  

  time. Obviously these are still all only under my perspective! And not ... thing I've ever encountered in my life and the work and content is ... MIT competitive? As said in my last answer, no. I do not think MIT is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  hope springs eternal a warm feeling

  

  include our new residents. Just yesterday, I called some friends from my ... always excited for my classes,[/annotation] and that there always comes a point in the semester where I transition to being more excited about my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  not feel like it all the time, but we are resilient beings my friends ... with the circumstances you are in and create for yourself. My social ... do my part in trying. A smile can go a long way. It is not my job to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  successes of my freshman fall. When I stopped to breathe between psets, I ... this book that spelled magic as 'magick.' Sometimes I forget to change my pset titles,  and my professors probably think I cannot spell

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  had to read five such essays and this was my favorite. Despite not ... the $64,000 question, my friends, is simple: "how?" Something is ... 't record or remember? Hands down among my favorite works of fiction, ever

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 2) may the data be ever in my favor

  

  small prize of $15. In my last post, I wrote about Game 1: Hide and Seek ... insight into each game and figure out how much luck played into my performance. The 5 Games: Game 1: Hide and Seek (from my previous post

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod ... less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the ... that my friend's family had visited several years ago and raved about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  , my hometown’s university firing teachers for making posts criticizing ... making this blog post harmful? Is continuing with my UROP this summer, as I ... ’ve donated to bail funds and organizations. I’m talking to my friends about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  staying in touch people are great <3

  

  reluctant to initiate the last one since i was SO comfortably slumped in my ... that i did it. reconnecting with my friends was wonderful!! at MIT, you ... to admit, but i had a note on my phone that listed people who i didn

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  a gcal september never really used it until now

  

  classes. they're pretty much the only things i've been putting on my ... things like how hosed i am, scheduling conflicts, or randomly changing my ... real. job stress is very real. [annotation note="but, fortunately, my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  ; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... to the students in my CMS class about the RIAA lawsuits that were common during my undergraduate days and they were shocked. Yes, if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  verbally express my nervousness to anyone around me since they were probably ... activity and had probably never ran more than a mile in my life. Imagine how ... take it at your pace. I'd ideally do yoga after my morning jog as a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a Game Reserve. We stayed on the very top of a hill in Hluhluwe , sleeping in actual huts. It was foggy and when it rained it was absolutely

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  try out. Then, during my sophomore IAP, I took a Spanish conversation class in Spain through a program called IAP Madrid. It is one of my most treasured memories from my time at MIT and it reminded me why I love speaking

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México

  

  by the direct funding deadline (we've all been there). When my soon-to-be supervisor, Dr. Abel Sanchez, saw on my resume que yo hablo español, he asked ... strategic and some less so, about how to solve this problem. Déspues, I, my co

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 4, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  I(t)A(ly)P trippin in the off season

  

  that make my head hurt trevi colosseo pigeon detail

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how i’m doing typing in a comfort style for a change

  

  this was and how i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. missing out on ... seems impossible. skin started peeling from my hands and feet a few weeks ... says it's an annoying part of the healing process. i just think my hands

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  events and have a good time with the prefrosh. My fraternity, Phi Kappa ... n' Shake A Skullhouse invention, Steak n' Shake is my all ... the best steak in the world, guaranteed or I'll give you my diploma

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak peek of what is to come, I (finally!) got around to learning how to film and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017