This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover Yultide (credit to the bloggers…
In 2015 I got to experience a longtime dream of mine, finally finding and moving to an apartment together with my boyfriend Cory and our close Random Hall friend Devin.…
I came to MIT a wide-eyed froshling. The sun shone brighter through campus windows. Every classroom exuded a dream glow. Every view overwhelmed the heart. I got by on 3-5…
As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big decisions and a lot of big changes. You can follow whatever career path you want, and balance…
The day after Valentine’s Day is a good time to talk about computers, since my boyfriend’s Dell recently toppled off a desk in building 56. It was fine, but then…
About a month ago, a parent asked me: “What do all these majors switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at…
I’ve mentioned a couple times that, like East Campus, Burton-Conner is first divided into Burton and Conner side, and then from there, into floors – from Burton 1 to Burton…
I’ve always been a procrastinator. I’ve procrastinated on such tasks from toddling around on the carpet and thinking “I suppose I’ll try walking later,” to my second-grade phase of “Why…
names, so back I went emailing.
Kevin led me to Jessica K. '09 and James ... .
Fall 2006 to Spring 2008: Jessica K. '09. Jessica lives in Medford ... red walls. Jessica K. '09 writes:
When I moved in, it was institute
i graduated! *confetti noises* i took a semester off back in 2015, so i’m doing things a little out of order. instead of walking last spring, i finished my last…
This post was written for the final project for 24.03 Good Food: The Ethics and Politics of Food. The assignment was to engage with the topics of the class further…
Boston is a marvelous city! During the school year, I have regrettably failed to take advantage of its historical and culinary wonders, but when the post-finals laze took over, I…
This semester has been different from anything else I’ve done. I started out taking 7.06, cell biology, and 6.854, advanced algorithms, the sequel (or what I thought would be a…
Almost exactly a week ago, after a blissfully underbooked flight back to Boston from a family vacation in Toronto, I took the T back to MIT for free like I…