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• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  announcement that I'm throwing my hat into the ring with the rest of them. Nobody is startled. I'm sure. But I'm going to do it anyways. I've lost the element of surprise, alas, but I'll try to make up for it in thoroughness

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  I took a picture today that pretty well reflects the mood around this ... . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet snowstorm outside my window. So I sat in bed for an hour watching it. The

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  ,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to dispel those rumors: I don't like physics. Lucky for me, there are all ... physics at all. I could be an electrical engineer, I could do brain and

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  So, remember how back when I blogged about all of the many varied things I might want to be when I grow up? Well, I think "interior decorator" is going to have to be added to the list, because I am seriously good

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  . I’m from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Furniture Capital of the World and ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not-so-proud hometown of Kwame Kilpatrick… yeah). I enjoy long walks on the beach, though

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  Just two and a half weeks and freshman year is over. I'll spare you the "Oh the memories, it went by so fast, if only I had more time" crap ... new material between the last test and the final), meaning I had an 18

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again. I definitely had an awesome time hosting events for Burton Conner and getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  In celebration of today's "holiday," I decided it would make sense to provide you with a few thoughts on dating at MIT. I make no allegations of the sort that I'm an expert on the issue by any stretch of the

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  ...the number of semesters completed at MIT. So today, I waved ... going by so fast. Now I must say that I've made the following observations ... sometimes this semester I wanted to throw my hands up and give up, but in my

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  I made fun of him for viciously."]mashed potatoes[/annotation] next to ... sister and I would provide very little help—we’d work on our schoolwork ... I think about the energy they poured into these tasks, though, I see a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the world works in mysterious ways. Throughout this past year, I’ve blogged a ... while in a pandemic. Among all that, I feel like haven’t spent enough time

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a quest my sophomore year to [annotation note="actually I think each

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  things: where you come from, and what your interests are. So, where am I from? That’s easy, and maybe moderately interesting. I’m from Hawaii ... culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  I grew up without any public transportation. The closest thing we had ... single bus route that I don’t believe really existed. But when my family traveled to Chengdu, China, and eventually more and more cities, I got to see

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  On time and noise I've been meaning to write a post recently about time and what I want this semester to be like. And then Gloria Z. '26 wrote this post that I really enjoyed, and related to a lot. Notably: I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  i already feel like an alum visiting mit, when i come to meetings, when i eat dinners with people, when i go to square dancing every week. it doesn't feel painful, but maybe it's because i'm already done. it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  [guest blog] 1,694 Miles Away by Favianna C. '26

  

  Growing up, I loved to mock tourists. Precisely, of those who would ... a drink? I could not understand. Nonetheless, today, as I walk along ... of the beautiful skyline and fall-colored trees, I think back to my

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  . it's been a while since i wrote a sad post here. well, not sad exactly ... less funny, or witty, or whatever. it's not like i haven't been sad. i guess it's just that i've been busy with classes, and my urop, and there

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  take less than 60 units? As of writing this, I’m finished with my sophomore year, halfway through MIT. I’m choosing classes for next semester ... through [annotation note = "I asked her about it now and apparently the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  as a former Burton Conner resident, i had a two options in dealing ... , or move off campus. moving off campus didn't appeal to me since i wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021