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• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  th left much to be desired. I will elaborate on the details of “much” once I finish therapy. *Recently, someone I was talking to managed to ... conversation of otherwise forgettable nature, by which I mean that I completely

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  This past Sunday night, my friend Hanna '10 and I did our first radio ... "fixated" - now it sounds like there isn't anything wrong at all! Perfect. I promise, I'm not insanely worried about everything this way. With that said

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  first friends I made here at MIT and my favorite "homegrown ... contain multitudes. I really hope you enjoy learning more about what a January at MIT can look like—I know I sure did :) Hi, I’m Heidi Z. ‘27, a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  Since everyone's doing these kinds of "what i'm doing ever since my life got turned upside down", I figured I might join in with the chaos ... hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  a modern twist. This post is a very meta post about why I haven’t been posting--or for a more dramatic flair, The 7 Capital Vices I Have Oft ... .”   2. HUBRIS (aka, Biting Off More Than You Can Chew). Sometimes I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my family, and we had a lovely time. I made snickerdoodle cookies and blueberry pie for the family's annual gathering, and Adam and I made our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  [annotation note="Ok, it's like 3 now, but i'm not going to change ... , but I was [annotation note="and i absolutely still am"]in the trenches[/annotation] with homework and exams. I have a lot of half-written blogs that I want

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  I know you’re already thinking to yourself, “Where is Dave going to ... tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a ... much to bear. You can relax, because today I’m taking the high road

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  .. "I think of MIT as a samurai school," said Jones. "It is preparing you ... the top ten things I have ever read. But I digress. Sometimes in the ... waiting, like when I want the reactor to heat up from ambient temperature to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  this long hiatus, I've been back in Taiwan (for 3 weeks!) catching up on ... , there's no time for puzzlemaking in MIT usually). Then, I returned to the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  alarming amount of sound, and I begin to oscillate between my desk and my ... .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... ="Yes, I counted."]17 steps[/annotation] from my bed to my desk, and opening

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A ... , also at 3 am. I don’t know if PUF stopped screaming at 3 am or if I just ... . sitting on my mcat books but specifically only the one I was currently using

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  I read the news today Oh boy! I hope that you're as excited as I am.

  

  Hypothesis if it is actually false." Last year I wrote an entry on a one ... power of two!" you would be offered automatic admission. I hear that we ... , since then I've seen some comments on other blogs asking things like "Oh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  World Cup finals, "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else -- but I was wrong." I don't know if this ... more chromatograms to run or users' manuals to peruse. So I think that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and ... Island, I stayed in my room overlooking [annotation note="Kresge Auditorium

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm graduating soon! At the end of this week, to be precise. Once January 29th comes and goes, I will ... realm of cruftiness. So, in the name of going out strong, I'd like to put

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  it’s thanksgiving or something and other things happening in my life

  

  today, of all days, i feel it's appropriate to begin with a land acknowledgement statement, as adapted from mit's statement. the land on which i ... wampanoag nation. i acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul-wrenching facts of the blogging profession. (Pardon me, did I just call it a ... running lemonade stands. I'll get a real job someday.) Moments of pain are

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  Loved Rhetoric with Strang. I can say that now because I got my name picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to this I'd have definitely had a freak-out or two before going to my only

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  food. i found a cookie recipe over the weekend that's really working for ... dish (i use this one because it comes with a nice lid) and pour the ... ) * * * * * * * over IAP i took a class on software-defined radio taught by MIT Lincoln

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017