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• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  , get a job. Whether it's a UROP or work-study or some part-time job on ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in ... over one bad pset. But at the same time... 2. Don't abuse PNR. PNR is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  finding jobs that you enjoy and which want to hire you is supposed to be ... figured out, part of me is happy for them and part of me is jealous, and part of me understands that the extent to which other people are put

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  the goddamn loveliest melody How grateful I was then to be part of the ... the communities I've been a part of have been there to provide love and ... shock. And hearing this song, I realized that the good times of my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  class from 9 units to 15 because it's not a low time commitment class. Luckily all of the time commitments are fun so I'm enjoying it. Toy design ... then just make it, market it, and sell it. Awesomeness! 2) I got a job

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Preview of Things to Come too fast, too furious

  

  this period (and for the most part, almost completely preserved in online ... my LAST fall first day of lecture - this is my LAST time pretending to ... remained undetected for the whole time, much to my amusement (yay for looking

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 26, 2010
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  work even a part-time summer job and then find a way to work a couple ... variable, part of people's budgets. Although students on [annotation note ... manage their time to grocery shop and cook, or pay for take-out meals

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  ), the exhibit does a really good job of pacing the paintings and providing ... ="104068" /] Monet is my favorite painter of all time (I would decorate my entire house ... into the Monet room for too long and just stared. My favorite part is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing

  

  a personal time capsule, immortalizing all my worries and hopes from ... -fi so I could take video calls for my new job (which I had already started ... are just a part of growing up. And it's somewhere that I thought I would

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Flourish and Blogs how to be a professional harry potter fan

  

  cofound what was, for a time, the largest Harry Potter fanfiction community ... , who at the time was a professor at MIT. He wanted to interview me for his book Convergence Culture. That was the first time I ever thought of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  this time :) This is a guest blog from Jia '11, who's the Public ... part of my MIT experience has defined my views about service and ... crazy dance icebreaker. I had the time of my life getting to know other

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  time. i'm stepping inside Caffe Nero now. it's as dimly lit, but ... exciting. part of me wonders if, given the chance, i would spend an entire ... you. i hear "online order for Ankita!" the barista puts my drink on the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  "Mechanics and Materials I," is my first class that's part of my major. I'm not ... , written, and online presentations of results. A final oral presentation is ... prerequisites, encourages freshmen, and is part of course 2. Did I mention that it

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  esteem,” he adds. I am so excited to be a part of this new program at MIT ... part of an award from L’Oreal, but our goal is to raise $10,000 and we ... ://kesem.kintera.org/3andme/melis. Every dollar goes towards a deserving child! The online

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  have overdrafted many times, but I came dangerously close at least every ... . However, tracking expenses does take mental space and time to sit down and ... , but that might save you manual input time) What benefits are there to

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the ... always appears to be! Do you think the show did a good job of capturing ... , and academics alike. I think they did a phenomenal job at showcasing the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes and Casting and Birthdays, oh my! What are "Things That Wake Me Up at 9am"?

  

  , Senior Lecturer Peter Dourmashkin puts forth extra time and effort to make ... -3 & 18(Mathematics), freshman classes have an interesting job in ... .02 has the important job of expanding the relatively new concept of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • November 29, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  allowed? One time, in my sophomore year, there was a blogger meeting where I ... braindump-type posts that mainly waxed poetic about my time at MIT, both good ... situationship I was in at the time and my mom was so mad at me for using my last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

    You’ve probably heard this a million times in various ... first name, and this was a fun fact we bonded over the first time we met ... his environment. Part of this initial inertia came from the usual

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  postmark deadline for your college decision, I figure now is as good a time ... want to steer clear of. Also, there are online guides (available only to ... year at MIT is time management in all senses of the phrase. The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  't have Space Bags to help me clean up this mess. Too many time commitments and not enough time??? TOO MANY TIME COMMITMENTS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME ... done this to herself? I entered MIT with a job, a web-based research

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019