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• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  “compromise” with myself was that I wouldn’t sit as the chair of the REX ... couldn’t quite relax, though, because— fifteen days ago —REX started the ... events was exhausting, even though I wasn’t in charge. It was extremely

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  . it obviously didn't happen because of COVID, but since I'd been looking ... students in my major don't typically go to sophomores. at a certain point, I ... coordinators within three days. mailing my passport sounded scary, so I wasn't

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  forestall the inevitable next question, we don't know exactly what day we will ... materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... decision.     What if I can’t submit my transcripts and recommendations

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  and lobster tail (it doesn't have [annotation note="if you want this, go ... [/annotation] in it, don't worry) and both were delicious. there's a dope park nearby ... to do during the academic year since i didn't have a bike! bike's are

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [Guest Post] How to Write a Chess Variant Website in Six Months protochess.com: the chess website that lets you make custom pieces and boards

  

  flows through his veins. Me? Raymond Tran? I haven't played chess in years ... . Long story short he made some terrible mistake and I won. This didn't ... chess confidence was destroyed. I broke him that day. Now he won't stop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  the other things that I've been filling my time with that aren't my ... now, and I've been spending literally so much time on it. I can't ... haven't actually...practiced in a few years. Oops. Turning on Japanese

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  Out by T.I. — this was the first Mocha Moves audition piece and thus the ... COIN — i don't have any particular memories tied to this; it's just a ... good We'll Be Alright by RADWIMPS — i haven't actually watched Tenki no

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back to back to back maybe i am doing too much

  

  me, and I feel that, until last weekend, I didn’t really have a day ... first weekend in a while that I felt like I didn’t do anything. Friday ... talking about what I did this February. Note that I haven’t even given any

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 27, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  . Just don't write one about yourself because people will be able to tell ... doesn't count toward any requirements. Take the [annotation note ... " when they ask. Maybe because you don't want to rub it in peoples' faces

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  Applying to things doesn't end after you come to MIT, and waiting doesn't either. Right now, you might be waiting to find out if you got ... don't have any pictures of my breakfast this morning, but trust me, it

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  last Tuesday. I didn’t have a separate sheet of paper to take notes ... handouts. I don’t actually remember reading any of the handouts that much ... heads downtown. I used to pay $5 to take the T to go to Harvard and back

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  ’m still adjusting to this environment, but i don’t feel like a functioning ... [/annotation] here, i haven’t left campus [annotation note="frat parties don’t count ... , which was nothing short of incredible.  walking in the middle of ~n a t u

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  applying to WAY too many because of indecisiveness.  We didn’t expect this ... absolutely painful to write.  Okay, let’s backtrack a bit. We aren’t writing ... ’s animation in Independent Together, Steven singing “we don’t have to fight

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  loftblogging 2: acoustic boogaloo turns out that at mit, even the non-academics are incredibly hard and deeply rewarding

  

  whole time just f r e a k i n g  o u t about how cool it was and then ... dorm who doesn't have a lot of woodworking experience and owns almost none of their own tools But all those things considered, I think I didn't

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 29, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  advisor, but this doesn't exist anymore.) This post will mostly be about ... advising because don't want to take an extra class, or they're already at the freshman credit limit, or probably tons of other reasons I don't know about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  , we were born that way. Or we were raised that way. Or we didn’t know ... accept the way things are. Don’t get me wrong, our environments are ... environments we grow in, we take it for granted. We don’t take advantage of our

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  haven't completely decided. I shouldn't give you more things to read as a ... the process of making. They aren't intended to persuade you to choose ... MIT students have to live in a dorm for all four years (they don't), or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  influenza. 1. Shock For the duration of the phone call, I don’t remember much ... the second part. A few key moments: “Hey.” The somber tone didn’t sound ... actually occurred. I have been fortunate and haven’t experienced death on

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  the daunting “bomb cyclone” covering everything that isn’t concrete and ... ’m smiling in this picture or squinting because i can’t see through my foggy ... of moisture. So if you fell into a pile of snow because you didn’t

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  didn’t stop academically. I took online classes, and then I worked on ... that time. It didn’t help that I never had Wi-Fi at my house and had to ... heart racing, don’t waste your money on going to an amusement park to ride

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017