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• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  , de poésie, de vertu, à votre guise. How is it that I get to live every ... and choose to walk it through day after day? how is that I get to experience these lives singing against mine for as long as we choose to? and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bio? My sort-of bio, but not the Course 7 kind.

  

  moved to Northern California in 2000, just in time for warm weather and a ... (Amelie style) on my old blog in August 2004, but it's pretty hard to find, so here's a revised version: Here goes: I'm Mitra, class of 2007

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you ... No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  financial aid award, when your supplemental forms are due, how to pay your balance, how to find on-campus student employment, and how your online ... can answer many questions. For those driving to campus: I've been living

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  Armstrong? To be fair, we probably discussed this in recitation for about 20 ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  Iranian graphic novelist presents her recent works Sarah H. Wright, News Office October 18, 2006 The Center for Bilingual/Bicultural Studies will present an evening with Iranian graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween ... time to go shopping for supplies. I settled on dressing up as Trinity ... by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Feeling Energized Watching the sun rise signals that it's time for bed.

  

  design project for one of my classes, 2.005, where we had to design a ... check out the final presentations for 2.009 (Product Engineering Process ... As the semester begins to wind down, it comes time to turn in

  • by Bryan
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The good advice The many different flavors of advising at MIT.

  

  plans for the term and during the week before Drop Date to discuss how ... everybody wants to add a seminar to his or her schedule. Personally, I did ... to mention, are copious sources of free food. Advising for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  , and I'll add you to the post. :) It's kind of a fun way to meet your ... . And finally we come to Sheila '13 of Connecticut, who opts for separate ... surprise this time next year. Surprise! Boston is cold. Sorry to spoil it for

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Startups in Dorm Room Fund a venture fund run by students for students

  

  partners and scour their campuses for the most innovative student startups to ... Opportunities abound for student entrepreneurs amongst the MIT community. Today I'd like to take a look at Dorm Room Fund, a venture fund

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 8, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  !) CMS.300 - Intro to Videogame Theory; Excited for this class mainly ... a dentist appointment, and catch the 1 bus and run over to 26-100 for ... able to go into a computer science class for the first time and actually

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... today to confirm that I have lost my powers. MIT is infamous for humbling ... everyone takes anyway, so I'm here to explain how your first midterm seasons

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Useful items to bring for dorm room

  

  shipping expense. Just bring enough stuff for a few days to hold you over ... for your usage, they seem to be easily procured if you know where to ... certainly print your stuff in any Athena cluster for free, it's sure nice to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  time, and partly because hate was an outlet for how trapped we sometimes ... loved to hate the dining hall because every day we had rice for either ... thousand retributions. For that evening, Hassan got to eat his ramen in peace

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  the fences when they don’t even close? Cars here slow down for a deer ... librarian wondered if I was over 12 years old—not great to hear a month before ...   to feel cool. I enjoy role-playing with my sister and going to the zoo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to ... question: "a year from now, how intact do you want your emotions to be ... early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  opportunities for travel and exploration. I value my many connections to campus ... 's common for freshmen to get single rooms, though not terribly large ones.) ... First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006