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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  —I could’ve woken up for 100% of my classes! Imagine thinking for years that ... what now? Well, the one medication FDA-approved for my sleep disorder ... Love in Lincoln Park, Chicago - Beaded Art[/caption] For months before I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Don’t Know where am i going to be a year from now?

  

  ;[/annotation] and trying to set a record with my friends for most soup dumplings consumed at ... going to. But still – at least I knew I’d be going to school somewhere ... students. A journalist for National Geographic, sailing along the coast of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 27, 2024
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  rural winter, city winter haven't shoveled snow here once

  

  in for school. It meant the roosters staying put in their coop past ... company so we braved the elements together often with sleds in tow for a ... , grateful for the warmth on our rosy red cheeks.  [caption id

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • February 26, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... % chance of <0.05 in. of snow” popped up a couple times for yesterday

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Non-Blinding my junior year(s)

  

  that I need to put in this work now for when I apply to schools this ... . This is high school. --- Four years later at MIT, and here I am, in the ... 's kind of tiring. But when I look at the list above, I can't imagine

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  at a house party and for some reason everyone else wanted to relocate ... in my favorite naruto scene, a samurai and a ninja charge at each ... as a surprise that all my favorite battles are mental ones. for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  When I tried practicing for the swim test, I realized how long it had ... being suspended in this void for a few seconds, my legs swaying back and ... onto a lane divider, gasping for breath as chlorine stung the back of my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  decided that was fine; i liked cooking for myself too much to risk being ... 't worth taking an LOA; i had too many plans for the year that couldn't be ... 've been doing the last two years at mit. i need to leave and stretch and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  strongest friendships. For example, I met my best friend (hey Alex!) four ... 's gotten to know me better than nearly anyone else at MIT. He inspires me to ... realize, about yourself and others, at only this level of understanding. But

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  -in throughout the course of the day. All the things I’ve taken for granted in a ... . 16 events in 3 days. We’ve been planning for months. And as our CPW ... experiences for the PREFROSH! Our CPW begins with the Costco run of a lifetime

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2017 Graduates from MIT

  

  during Convocation four years ago. Tomorrow they will gather together for ... , 2017 at 12:26pm PDT   Two years ago, at the last commencement I ... * humane, capable *and* considerate, etc. the ring is not necessary for this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  ? The guy who did the voice for a cartoon horse." Yet even though he didn ... problems you see.” Matt Damon would travel far away from Boston get a look at extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  smaller wins - developing reusable rockets, for example. Why do this at all ... A photo posted by Michael Cheung (@m_cheung_) on Apr 13, 2016 at 4 ... -changing potential. Sam Altman (president of Y Combinator) gave a talk today at MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to have class. But mandatory attendance… 11:00 → I’m at Harvard. The light ... Wonder’s “Visions” for the third time. It’s the perfect soundtrack. 11

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  anything, for that matter, coming at me at a 45-plus-degree angle.   < ... that sends out alerts for weather reports and updates when needed. I also ... drought conditions for too long Two days later the temperature suddenly

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finding a Second Home love is where you least expect it

  

  decided that MIT was the place for me, I spent my weekend traversing the various dorms and houses to decide where I actually wanted to live for the ... East Campus at all in my short time so far, and had no reason to. The

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... so we (me and another very close friend) met him for a meal before showing him around our dorm. Back at Senior House, he made an interesting

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Polar Vortex or my third IAP, and how externships work

  

  by IDEO for the winter, with the stipulation that I would be working at ... contributions to the place you are working at. (For more on getting the most out ... You might wonder what possessed me to go to Chicago for the month of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  for my next blog post and I took a dainty sip from my aluminum water ... was predictably cold and the Student Center was empty except for a lady ... . Everything is more dramatic at 2 in the morning. The scanner in CopyTech was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  's not terrible. The leg room is abysmal for tall people but at least you ... Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I ... pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013