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  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  start speeding through it because surely something is better than nothing ... excelling at math. I'm mad at MIT: I'm taking 102 units in an attempt to start ... withdraw from MIT entirely and become a hermit in the woods -- surely I can

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  I had expected to adopt MIT terminology into my own vocabulary ... [annotation note="Pass/No Record, an MIT policy where, for your first semester ... transcripts, while Ds and Fs aren't shown at all."]PNR[/annotation] mindset is

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  space is big. I couldn't wait to start over - to create an entirely new ... , I need familiarity. At that moment, the novelty of college and MIT ... there was no one at MIT that I felt comfortable calling. I sense some

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  piece is just a series of things loosely held together by a vague relation ... don’t have anything coherent to say on the topic as a whole. This is a ... , but my general impression is that growing up is just the process of

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  sophomore year, halfway through MIT. I’m choosing classes for next semester ... story is entirely apocryphal, alas"]mazes.[/annotation] They would find ... usual method for choosing classes is to sign up for 12 of them, the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  instructor Mike Conti. Of the ten years he's taught shooting at MIT, this is ... talk about the air pistol itself. The aim is to learn to shoot precisely, and the air pistol is pretty much made for that. The trigger is light

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  CPW is officially over! The CPW weather machine ended up pulling through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... Gregor House MacGregor House is the West Campus dorm between Burton Conner (or

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  be engulfed in the so-called MIT bubble. Which basically means, getting ... get too-focused inside bubble. People who come to MIT are usually ... "architecture" ...and thought studying architecture @ MIT would be really cool

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  me up in the MIT ambulance. We proceeded to the ambulance bay, where I ... , is something I greatly miss in college. I'm all for cardio and exercise ... headed to the bunkroom, where MIT EMTs basically hang out and wait for

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  game too. One of the benefits of being at MIT is access to the MITAC ... hitting that little round puck is tremendous. It's become my "guilty pleasure" and it all started at MIT. ****Time Passes**** I decided the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  They say that today's graduation theme was "MIT students in service ... overcast day began with a light drizzle. Though simple rain is never enough ... restaurant in Boston/Cambridge is likely just overflowing with graduates and

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 2 A recap of three incredible days

  

  ’s cover. It was really interesting to get a glimpse into a world that is so ... Martens is below. The big Awards Luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel ... , also from MIT) with former winner Martha Stewart: Talking to Martha

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  for 2022. I love photography and writing, and video is a nice marriage ... the age of TikToks and Reels, video is increasingly becoming the primary ... .  The class is structured as a workshop where the majority of the semester

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  amazing MIT is, why she should come, and to answer all her questions ... as the Green Building is high, I was able to finish around 7:30am on ... National Chapter Liaison (read: president) of the Impact Movement @ MIT, I

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  Literature lol" or "that's actually pretty good for MIT." The thing is, my C ... campus for an interview (a big caveat here is that it's a C at MIT, which ... note="tbt applying to MIT >4 years ago"]incredibly familiar

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  halfway point at MIT. Usually when I sit down to write a blog post, I like ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a ... some point. From talking to friends and other people at MIT, I know that

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  bio majors that MIT grad school is great for molecular and cell ... . München! I went to München! Or Munich. But München is more fun to say, and ... is just an awesome gift for somebody, but I looked at the price tag of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  . However, when we were outside he asked “Who is happy here?” Milliseconds ... shooting stars for the first time with a friend who is no longer with us ... cardiologist, under the belief that helping those who need help is not an option

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  of pieces. One of the TA’s was even dressed as R.B. Woodward, MIT ... can’t help but be impressed all over again. This is the sight that ... , the apple is, at this point, leaking all over your hands and it’s kind

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  ... Like most MIT students, at the start of every semester I make my trip ... , flying is not looking so hot right now. When I moved back to Cambridge this ... is easy these days. Fact 1: my internship switched to being a Canadian

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020