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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  'd always said I wanted to paint a mural on Tetazoo, and I'd had my eye on this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my desktop ... 's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  course, I also spent a good chunk of time in lab working on my final ... with a friend visiting from the other coast over lunch in Central Square ... for an away competition!"]a record 7 of us[/annotation] on the MIT

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  we stopped for a proper break. I had to do that a couple more times ... time I owned a bike, I was nine years old, The last time I felt comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  to do, I went with her on a whim to what became the source of my wrench ... Let’s flash back to a sunny weekend in April, where the grills of MIT ... , or CPW as it’s often written, was a scene that had unfolded in many of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  going to MIT is that you have a long weekend nearly every month. Last ... Street, passing Senior House (another undergrad dorm). A couple of ... get a meal here at one of many eateries in either the surrounding area

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  ). And even if you do have a healthy set of lungs, constantly breathing in ... no more than an inch or two of snow at a time, figuring out how to stay warm (and dry) in a Boston winter has been an adventure. It’s been a lot

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

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  possible. It's stigmatized for being a 'sellout' major that tons of people do ... 'm doing an x-terms (a semester where you do part-time school, part ... /or volunteered to do it on their own - a particularly difficult pset, a band

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  many questions about making friends in college that I even wrote a blog ... by joining a student community, most notably greek life, the entire ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into magazine. Insert magazine. Release the bolt. Grip as in a firm handshake. Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  It’s official: my blogging hiatus has ended. It has been a crazy ... my research (2 poster presentations + a lab presentation), writing ... was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  graduated high school a year early, and had a few friends at MIT who came in at age 16 or 15. Younger students are not a huge population at most colleges as at MIT, but each year we do admit, after careful review, a number

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  they were doing. I'm really grateful to be part of a community where ... being intimidated: as a child, hearing stories of what MIT undergrads got ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  , I only do that a few times a week). We're social, especially with ... another leaf, on the foot, two days ago. It wasn't a gentle smack, but it ... 's formal. Brian speculates: All my buddies tell me MIT is for a bunch of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  1st Year at MIT Everything there is to know about my first year here

  

  don't want to watch the video I do want to write a little bit more about ... campus I can definitely do a blog post on that too! When it comes to just what I did in my free time there was a ton of things to do. I was on TV

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 28, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  continue my adventures here at MIT by doing all the things. So when I got an ... Skating place at a Vermont quarry, I immediately responded that I wanted to ... Grotto has to the Freedlyville Quarry. The quarry entrance was about a mile

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  Today I had a ton of work to do. To be fair, I did accomplish some of ... ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in ... with some paper, a pen, and my clarinet. A while later I had transcribed

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  that advice. I do it myself sometimes, usually when I'm in a terrible ... This started off being a comment in snively's entry. Then it branched ... . You didn't get an A. You got a P. Just like _________ over there having

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Igs Where Science meets Silly. Hello Silly!

  

  "Great, we have a time keeper! Do you have a watch with a second hand?" Uh ... , now how about the Ig Nobels? The Ig Nobels are a humorous offshoot of ... yourself "I'm ridiculous! I can do really absurd research! I should win an Ig

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  themselves necessary, I guess.) 3. Mike asked, At MIT, do you have to do a ... housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week ... room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  . And so there are times where I ask myself: Am I doing enough? It's a ... , getting an internship represents a lot more than just something to do over ... I've been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020