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• Blog / Classes

  Doesn’t Feel Real getting from one place to another

  

  a halfway point: between the cold winter days to the dreadfully hot ... what it must feel like to work in those towers on days like today; is ... below? Does she feel like she’s on top of the world? Or secluded from it

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 24, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  , accelerated classes, just do research, or participate in a MISTI program, among ... girlfriend in Washington D.C. It wasn't until a couple days before leaving that ... Cheney because I saw a bright pink suit. [carousel image1="109484" image2

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  . Although it's definitely some form of undiagnosed anxiety or minor mental ... because I didn't want to spend the money or feel cluttered/off-balance. The ... . Every [annotation note="Or pushing? Idk I had one of those weird pseudo

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  in residence. It's fun to take days off work! Questions answered: 1 ... grade teacher) used to encourage me to occasionally take a DOFMH -- day ... ?) Today was my DOFMH from the lab... I've only taken three days off this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  job without a lot of clear constraints or boundaries, and it also varies with the structure of each individual dorm's [annotation note="or, exec ... year. But, regardless of how vague the role is, or how any person chooses

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Summer in Boston what happens outside MIT

  

  giant Christmas tree or Valentine’s Day ice bench. For entertainment ... shop, eat, see a movie, or simply take a walk down the Freedom Trail to ... can also buy souvenirs, including hot sauce from the world's #1 hot shop

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 3, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  whether I should pursue a PhD program right after graduation or work in the ... ’s kind of crazy how four years ago on this exact day, I was deferred from ... ’re choosing to go in no thoughts head empty. Honestly this is the move. Or maybe

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  really grateful. For everything. After having lived abroad for 7 years ... Bath Abbey? Or was it the company of my fabulous traveling buddies? I ... store. The whole nicolas-cage-was-here was obviously a joke (or IS IT

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  wake up two hours before classes start (meaning between 7:00 and 8 ... square, or something like that. I say this because I always complete the ... on Sunday and immediately knew that this was a day of unusuality. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  College must-haves My advice on what to get for college!

  

  Next House: 1. A telephone (the MIT phone policies keep changing, but as ... mattress 3. Dresser (usually with three or four drawers) 4. Bookcase 5. Trash can 6. Ethernet connection 7. Cable connection 8. Closet space 9. Desk

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  to remain inside. around the past week or so people have come back ... hanging out in the lounge playing overcooked or something. that slowly the ... tuesdays thursdays 11 to 3. there’s a waltz class on monday evenings at 7

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  place where I would live were I the type of person who writes novels, or raises live chickens in my yard, or writes novels about other people ... youthful days, when a night of ravaging two-pound lobsters from the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Home is where the Heart is visiting my grandparents

  

  California a Monday afternoon and stayed there with my family for a day before ... entire 3 or 4 seat row to themselves. My sister, parents, and I all took ... sleep for an hour or so. Exhausted and jetlagged, we then caught a train

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 4, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I ... . Or maybe 20 minutes of doodling on napkins, you can decide.   Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  last four whole days) has been consumed by psets, it seems only ... , p-sets, P-sets, or P-Sets? pSETS? pSeTs? PSETS? PESTS? (yes, according ... am particularly emotional, in which case I will resort to “PSET” or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  's there, I promise! The country is actually split into 7 "parishes", or ... Andorra in a few days, so you'll be able to see it in on TV! [caption id ... country? Yes! Well technically it's a principality, or according to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What is an Incomplete Grade? ABCDF....I? How to use MIT's grading system in dire situations

  

  ” for effort! A smiley sticker chart? Or is it a Downward Logarithmic ... credit limit of 57 units. I used that opportunity to explore Course 1 in a ... overestimate of the time commitment of this class, which had a weekly 1 hour

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  1% Puerto Rican 3% Other Hispanic groups 3% Other/No Response 7 ... school 7% Home schooled <1% High Schools represented 791 Just for fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  other day on CC. I really was paying attention to the game, but my feet ... activities. This may or may not surprise you; if it does surprise you, it ... a day (although often there are optional-but-probably-not-really open

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! CELEBRATE! BE HAPPY!

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2022