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• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  slew of things. Unfortunately, my break didn't exactly go according to ... degree but most likely can't. The past couple of days have been a series ... be a good start, since I don't want to break my streak of at least a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  over the summer, we couldn’t decide between 21E and CMS, and ended up deciding to not decide. We didn’t want to make this decision rashly, so last ... like an outsider in the class since I just haven't played video games in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Up, Up, and Away how to get out of the 'tute (temporarily) and out into the world

  

  . There aren’t usually language requirements, so all you need is the offline ... , and conversations about start-ups, but that culture isn’t as prevalent ... opportunities - Moscow, Russia Fast facts: I don’t really know how this happened

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  roughly translates to, "O avalanche, won't you come down and carry me away ... dorm room, but I didn't have the forethought to bring one with me to MIT ... case you can't tell.” - Tabrez A. ‘19   “When I moved into my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  more extensions from S^3 - I always told myself that I didn’t need more ... shouldn’t have taken me that long to do so. The deans at S^3 understand that ... while I was studying for the final, though. Even though I wasn’t fully

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  for you! Sure, students have less time for books in college, but we don't stop reading for fun entirely. Not that my class readings haven’t been ... narrative for themselves. But, this post isn’t an ad for Palahniuk’s books

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  Bridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! If you ... account. Q: Why hasn’t my QuestBridge application shown up on my My ... your MIT requirements for QuestBridge, but don't panic! If you don't see

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  junior year. i haven't blogged in a while, so i thought i'd write up a post ... the first time in recent memory, i don't feel burned out at the end of ... my other classes, i either had late-semester exams that weren't

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  helped spark the Syrian civil war. Unfortunately, there isn't much time for ... and curb meat consumption. Can't imagine giving up your main source of ... the economic value of lost life. And that doesn't even include the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  code with other people (although we didn't actually do any collaboration ... Skiing is a class I thought didn't exist at MIT until I looked at the PE ... body's heart-strain, my room's window-pane with no curtain, can't be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  billionaire playboy philanthropist. But kid me didn't worry too much about ... wasn't getting out of campus enough. I knew I wanted to start a company, but I didn't know what venture capital was or what the startup landscape

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  at MIT and she was shocked: “I didn’t know you could study humanities ... study some Neuroscience instead (which isn’t so bad either). In the ... Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts” by Abby H. ‘20, “All the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  should get one!" she returned "I can't afford that car." "You can afford ... just had an offer on the house, it hadn't actually sold.  Well, in late ... immediately sold (less than 12 hours) for far better terms (I didn't have to pay

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... pajama pants or clothing that totally doesn’t match. Sometimes I carry a ... working more, and I guess that means I won’t settle down. Over the summer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  , because I work at a university, and because there aren't any admissions ... conference type deal. I don't typically present there, but I usually liveblog ... spend a few days holed up in that AirBnB and didn't get out quite as much

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  Fridays I didn’t have class until 1pm. (See below for further details). Here ... plan didn’t pan out, but ultimately, keeping my stress levels down at an appropriate level was priority number 1. Drop date wasn’t until November 18th

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At ... way to the Kendall T-station. Let me give you an idea of exactly how ... one I left in high school that I don't feel any sort of void left behind

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  the Boston Qualiflyer for Red Bull Paper Wings. If you haven't heard of ... didn't compete in aerobatics. One of the students I knew was an MIT freshman, Andy T. '18, who I'm told is the only freshman currently enrolled

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  for a life of doing what I love. I won't forget that #50 on the list ... ). Pure bliss! I have proudly converted to one who said she can’t/won’t ever ... brought a stunning revelation. But I won’t ponder on it in this post, for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  found ourselves lost in the woods late at night, and couldn't even find ... , including cows! The thing is, we couldn't find the trail head. We had a map, but we didn't purchase the New Hampshire trail book ahead of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014