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• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  for the semesters to follow, I can't help but look at the path ahead as ... single morning and coming back to sleep at 2:00 am was doable for the first ... For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  , and I’d find just the right words for each response. I’d grin at each ... world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for ... , for the most part, the words I said were helpful—that I was capable of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Live Writing] MARC 2024 A big meeting about small things

  

  Interesting Things) talking about all the cool ideas they have worked on for the ... 's not just all work and no play, so for the past six hours, we got to ride ... computers remember things for longer. Very, very fast computers that only

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  ’re terrible at it. You’re too stupid for online learning. Me: Um… Anxiety: You ... anxious. For a little bit now, I’ve been taking stock of my anxiety levels at the end of every day to see if I can find any patterns. I take a

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  [Guest Post] All About the MIT Panhellenic Association how some MIT students found their "home under the dome"

  

  lives, at least not until we look back. For me, choosing to go to this ... sororities. For some, being in a sorority means being in “a safe space at MIT ... provide great communities for students that complement those found in MIT

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Community Projects

  Mystery Hunt mile markers portrait of the blogger as a young puzzler

  

  Francisco for 6 years, Hunt was the temporal landmark which anchored at least ... MIT Mystery Hunt was, and what it was like. Since the youth yearn for ... facing up: For those of you who haven't been to campus before, that

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  what i ate in a week* living the influencer life (clickbait included)

  

  note: i wrote this as a project for #BlogstonCommons, which was a ... lowkey deep post about conversations with friends and meals as a method for ... GET TO HEAR WHAT I'VE BEEN HAVING FOR DINNER RECENTLY AND WHAT I DO OVER

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  Class of 2022 that is doing her masters at MIT for Manufacturing, was ... summer, I interned at a lunar exploration company called ispace. They are a ... for crashing into the moon."]hard-landed[/annotation], their success in

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  was at 14 during that time or at 20 sitting outside the stud as when I realized I wouldn't be seeing my friends for a long time, knitting has always ... turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that ... Professor Winston. There are many geniuses at MIT, but not all of them ... year MIT solicits nominations for Institute awards, one of which is the

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  computer science, math, and physics at Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo. Day 1 ... customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the ... residence for the next three weeks, is a small suburban city about 30 minutes

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  in the mainstream, so for a department at one of the world’s most ... was interesting enough to share and discuss. See here: (sorry for the ... words or phrases have been banned at the university.” Even so, it's pretty

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  Admissions at this time to check on any such documents (there is a time for ... emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by ... ; For RA students What is the application deadline? The deadline is

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  precious I’ve stripped away hobbies and for-fun activities and learned what I ... reestablish some continuity of self—to read, to go for walks, to look people in ... at the same time and have breakfast every day. Some things are still

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... was there for eggs, toast, and emotional support. We ended up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  reschedule all 4th of July festivities for last night as a precautionary measure. In response to this announcement, MIT officially closed at 3pm ... Charles. As for me, a group of people who normally live in B Entry packed

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  docked the commvee for some petrol while the kids fetch a cuppa and some ... say upon our arrival the seafaring natives looked at us a tad queerly ... : the people of Pi, and the people of Tau.     For many

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  it's worth saying that for me at least, where you choose to live can be hugely important for your health and happiness, as well as your academic ... being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the ... sense to anybody at MIT right now, but potentially not to people at home ... got to work right away planning and organizing orientation events for

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  If you didn't already think that this past weekend at MIT was jam ... dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours ... courtyard, but alums - who return en masse for Roast every year - state

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008