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• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the ... , you're probably going to look more like me than YiOu at the end of it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A little bit about me and my trip to La Republica Dominicana A trip to the Dominican Republic to compensate for a bitterly cold Boston winter

  

  My first personal entry, how exciting! For some background info about me: I'm a rising sophomore planning to major in Mechanical Engineering ... the Dominican Republic. I went with my family and we stayed at a French

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The DHL Fiasco I really want to thank those of you (you know who you are) who turned…

  

  , maturity, and common sense. For those who don't know what happened, someone ... right. We at MIT are forever grateful to you.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... can scramble the puzzles for me. I can do it for a minute or for hours ... . averting morning brain drain This routine has been especially helpful for

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  comes to actually writing c++ for our own implementation, it becomes ... field. i only registered for the class because i saw one of the professors ... caffeine. i just do it for the thrill of having my heart race. so that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  pictures of them to show everyone. For those of you that don't know, MIT is ... . But after moving into my fraternity house at the beginning of this ... , but it'll get there. I promise. On the bridge at approximately 170

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  inventions left and right. The builder community at MIT is one of the strongest ... concussion-detecting device they named the Jolt sensor. While wrestling at MIT ... concussion-sensing device over his last year at MIT. Fellow MIT student and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  just about 1.8 Mb and is totally worth it if you have dial-up, go for it ... to be tired at work tomorrow. As I left the Stata Center I noticed ... bridge I went and before I knew it I was at Killian Court. Postcard picture

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Loew's in Harvard Square. That's me with Rocky Horror. Uh, read at your own risk. Okay ... get to Harvard in those 4-inch bright red heels or not to get there at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  painful at times, but there were also many great things. I caught glimpses of some beautiful ideas, I settled into my life at MIT and now have a ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  you can care about things revisiting stoicism

  

  thing and not worrying about my impact on others   ii. at some ... wishing for specific outcomes from these things inevitably leads to ... stoicism - at the time i was suffering from a lot of social anxiety

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • July 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... the many things I have to look forward to. For starters, I've slogged ... appealing. It's like...watching Breaking Bad for the first time (which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  'm tired all the time, but naps are becoming appealing. at least, i tell ... myself, so if i don't get invited to anything, i stay at home and sleep ... for an uber ride, or a dinner out? where am i between saving time and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”

  

  the pools. i remember milling around the locker room waiting for eleven ... for myself. a friend i talked to about my dreams thinks it's neither ... . at first i said that this didn't sound right, because i like to think

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  MIT students tried to better their Spanish, interned at local companies ... their summer. Look at all that smog yum! They soon settled into the ... . After lounging around for a while, they piled back into the car but

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  some photos from friends who were more brave than I was (click for larger ... got fries while I watched, at a place with a drink named after my black ... together after all.    Here they are again, claiming that poutine for the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  and don't have time got some time today, stuck at home by the blizzard. This is not a best-of-the-year list. It's not a syllabus for literary ... described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in ... remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... often does everyone hear that? Kindergarteners could tell you that. At the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... still thinking of the things I would write for all of you out there who

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the ... . Last night, by special invitation, the Academy met at the house of ... importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011