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• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  trigger warnings for mentions of depression, EDs, and anxiety I don ... you play guitar once in a while. Creative outlets~~" "Got it, Mom. And ... increased use of social media. For example: [caption id="attachment_47700

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  Sunday. Just look for the person with the "MIT" sign near the baggage claim ... ), or the subway ($1.25). The subway trip can be a little confusing for ... MIT are paying for flights for students to get to Boston (CPW). Is that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  't used my time wisely at all. It feels like I've done nothing for this ... was much easier to do exceptional things and be recognized for it. Now ... necessary resources and have to scrounge for them on their own. Lectures can

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  play some music as a group too. Luckily for us, the first activity of the ... first stop was the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA for short), where we got to ... could see. However, we couldn’t stay up there for long – it was also

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... workshops where it felt difficult to address flaws directly, for fear of ... enjoyed that immensely since the needs for genre and literary writing are

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  same city in the same house in Los Angeles for all of my 18 years. Life ... predicted and accepted that I would miss my family miserably for a month or so ... MIT had to offer. So I was totally unprepared for how it actually

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / People & Identities

  first time in cdmx and first time out of the US, but not the first time having an ethnicity…

  

  Last week, I left the country for the first time! This was really important to me for a couple of reasons: I had a premonition that I was ... Midwest. So for four-ish days my girlfriend and I went to visit my cousin

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  show's been around for like over a decade soooooooooo, y'know, there ... villain for the first two seasons, falls very ill after freeing avatar Aang ... , and as time goes on, it becomes easier and easier for Zuko to listen to

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  FourFiveUnits all you could ever want to know about my semester schedule

  

  's healthy for my brain and GPA to have a little bit more "free" time in the ... activities. Call me out if you must, but if I'm playing one-gotta-go with my ... addition to all of the above, I will be... Cooking food for myself instead

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  cats, camping out in the kitchen warmth. everyone raiding the fridges for food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for ... really easy for you to build radio receivers with a car antenna and a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... was there for eggs, toast, and emotional support. We ended up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  different things on campus. But having been here for a year, you realize that ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an ... yourself either! By this I mean, make time for yourself. Whether it's an hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Taste of the Real World an adventure in life

  

  of MIT’s willingness to pay for you to travel) including England ... really ventured into the real world, or what the real world may hold for me ... play place of skiers, campers, kayakers, rafters and those on the hunt

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How ... ...) But luckily for me, I began procrastinating hardcore turned last week ... for Mic Check...   ...and moved on! That might not seem

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  Welcome Here campaign. For those of you who don't know what this is, the ... tolerated," she said, "Everyone should be on an equal playing field here." As ... temporary offering, had only been around at MIT for five years. Over the two

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very ... time had to do with what the ECs look for, what questions they ask and ... individual, and as a citizen of your world. You don’t make up for one part of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  like I thought it would (for the rest of you, look outside, yup it ... for the tale of the midnight tool: Prologue: Having taken BC Calc AP in high school, (though not getting credit for it like I should've...) I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  Christina Barcelona playing at the Kendall theater. Went in pouring rain in a ... people for 7 days in the desert. The month of august has been a great busy time for all. I think the pressure of the impending summer's end is what

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... courtyard, but alums - who return en masse for Roast every year - state

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last ... for awhile now. I've learned not to trust Boston weather, it'll probably ... was on exchange, like all of Illinois got multiple snow days! Dang. For

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008