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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  of the instructors. The first two lectures or so were focused on using ... in the class). Differentiating between the lingo of add, commit, push, clone, et cetera was confusing at first, but by the end of the first week

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  exam, or the occasional deep, probing conversation about life, the ... awake with whom to have a deep, probing conversation about life, the ... there is indeed something else keeping me up: Tonight is the last night

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  are only going to let one thing out at a time." I think the most ... directly into other people’s heads (pay close attention to my use of the word ... this video that I made with the help of another class of 2019 (Thank You

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in ... walk freely at night.” from The Journals of Sylvia Plath I am in New ... shotgun house in the Bywater, soaking up the sunshine and warm wet air

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... request to defer my enrollment until the term beginning: And then choose one ... intensive music study, others to read the great books. What you do is up to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... and I request to defer my enrollment until the term beginning: And then ... with somewhat of a plan, and you'll probably be fine. Some members of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  The other day I was walking back to Next House when a leaf literally hit me in the face. Not a light caress, not a brief reminder of the ... , leaf! Christiane asks: What's the age-limit for prospect students at MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Marathon If Mollie's boyfriend can complain, so can I.

  

  ungodly hours Wednesday night finishing the 18.02 pset that was due at 1 PM ... . After that, I dedicated all of my time to studying for the 8.02 exam that ... around 9:30, and started right in on the 18.03 pset that was due Friday. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  Hello friends, As you can guess from the title of this post I am sick. What a joy it has been to experience illness during the first two ... started class???? Like what??) (It’s apparent that disease does not know the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The entire state of Wyoming (population 509,300) has fewer people than the Harrisburg, PA metro area. OH WOW, it's been a ... , as the remainder of this entry should prove. So I stayed up until 5 AM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  the title and subtitle come from my favorite scene of bojack horseman some of my friends prefer the alternate saying “it never gets easier, you just get stronger”. i think these sayings are communicating the same

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  content warning: multiple mentions of suicide.     the friday before the last one, i received some bad news. one of my close friends from the philippines died from suicide, and it’s been troubling me

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the ... that when there are more pressing issues at hand- like the fact that ... of you who were admitted! I remember getting my decision- the old

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  benefit concert involving REM, Cake, and the Clash. Okay, maybe I'm reaching a little with that one. But you should still check out the entry ... (supposedly) the world's third largest shark fin in its lobby. Thanks to Matt Mc

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  experiences with the rest of us upperclassmen. We value you as members of our ... would be an amazing experience. In some ways, the fall was was amazing ... why I expected the process of finding my place in a completely foreign

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  This is a guest blog post from the MIT Panhellenic Association, which ... 's dormitories and other Independent Living Groups. I also admire the recent ... addressing many of the issues within their system. I hope that you, like me

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Advice

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

  

  at several schools in January and February. The process was [annotation ... "]need[/annotation] something to worry about for the future. Why did I apply to Ph.D. programs? It's the thing you do if you major in life sciences and want to get a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  four weeks in the life a google calendar time capsule

  

  something fun to do — go through (approximately) the same week every year that ... commentary about the things that I am (or was) up to. Without further ado ... calendar of note (aka, all of the things on my calendar): Science Bowl

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 4, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February Updates and Notes form. You'll use the FUN form to tell us your midyear grades ... send us stuff via email or mail, but the FUN form is the best way to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  all the schools and majors and degrees if you are curious.) As you might know from the handy banner above, I am a Course 4 (Architecture ... the entire School of Architecture+Planning is pretty small. The school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008