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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  -the-potential-value-of-a-random-reciept-sentimental-types. We’ve always kind of been like this, and it wasn’t a problem in high ... tag • A really cool pin • A yellow envelope thing which we don’t know ... .00b (Toy Design)! (you can’t tell probably, but Allan is actually

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  SFO so I couldn't connect with Rodrigo. I did, however, make Dr. Kim ... couldn't build it, but I volunteered to provide the vocals, and so ... 's always good to know that if this admissions thing doesn't work out I have a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  didn't make it a bad semester, just less bloggable. To touch on some of ... . Outside of that class, though, I didn't do--and still haven't been doing ... don't burn out next semester. Not sure if it will work, but I

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Krystal talked about had been picked through and claimed. I don’t like to ... how he banned the last one from attending his funeral. I didn’t know ... but you never believe, you’re playing for the big leagues now. You can’t

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People ... something that helps other people, you can't just tinker in your dorm room ... mass-distributable flyer, or something totally different. You don't know

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  really learned partial fractions. Turns out I wasn’t missing much, partial ... people can’t do integrals. At this point, I ask myself a very fundamental ... embarrassing that I had gotten that far, done all the preparation, but I didn’t

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  , and try to remember to take care of yourself because you can't keep pushing that into the future. I've tried, and it's not pretty. I can't ... boost of pride and endorphins, that moment alone won't sustain a lifetime

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  will magically inflate if I think about them hard enough. They haven’t ... creativity, anyone can set a world record! But I wasn't here just to relax, so ... in time to realize I forgot to sleep the previous night (you don't

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  midlayers! (1) Baselayers When I'm in the city, I usually just wear cotton t ... make the biggest investment.  No, the cute jacket you bought in July won't ... thoughts on saving money: Cheaper isn't always cheaper Some things are worth

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  name, Smyly the Juggler. And you wouldn't know it looking at him, but he ... Quincy Market in downtown Boston as a shoe-shine boy. Shoe shining wasn't a ... handles them: "Doing something—bouncing something off the wall? You don’t do

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  confidential…) I won't ask any more questions about that, then. Let's talk about ... ...I honestly don't know enough neuronscience to be able to explain it, I just do ... "specialized" field like aerospace isn't nearly as restrictive as it is sometimes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... entry. Now I'm re-writing it. See - things haven't changed since my blogger days. Other things are very different. I couldn't quite bring

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January in the Studio 4.11A: Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive

  

  connection. I didn’t think about the temperature, so my fingers are almost too ... overlapping courses and professors, so far, I hadn’t investigated architecture ... times, I felt forced to adhere to arbitrary rules I didn’t understand, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  off to college.  I won't try to cover everything you should bring (if ... title wouldn't fit on the image below. Paper and pencil Antiquated, I ... down, as opposed to just typing it out. Using pencil & paper doesn't

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  , confusion means I’m learning, and isn’t that what I came here to do? So I re ... breaks aren’t just about the food of course. They are also a time to ... break was an endorphin-filled success. Don't be afraid to be yourself. It

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  : Take Vitamins Regularly Chances are you won't be following Step 1 as well ... paper due Friday and I haven't even started! Student B: Wow, that stinks ... swept up in the competition. But I can't tell you enough how much better

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  learn best. What I found after Interphase was that lectures alone didn't cut it for me and that certain materials didn't sink in until after ... psets and test. Often times attendance won't be taken but the material

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  spent caring isn't always energy spent constructing. Ta-Nehisi said ... 're stale and irrelevant. Don't DO that! Whoever you are, reading this, don't ... in advance. Don't do that. Your crisp will be less than delicious. More

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  nervous I was. Boy, they didn't understand, though! It was MIT that I was ... 've already heard" in my mind. But it wasn't until this semester that I realized ... I knew how to work hard. I just didn't do it so often. I certainly

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  stepping back on keeping your priorities straight

  

  I admit that I haven't been doing it as much as I'd like to. I ... it straight. It's easy to forget to check in--I don't call my parents ... back? I couldn't do it without the anchors in my life -- my close

  • by Connie H. '15
  • November 30, 2012