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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... to vacation together during the summer before I and each of my two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... . I worked through the summer, kept my job for weekends during the school year, and then worked the summer between high school and college. I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  with new giant robots fighting. Wow, it's been a while! Wow, I've been ... memory. Anyway, I learned in high school that excuses are like dirty ... again if you turn them inside out. But the point is: no excuses. So I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him ... to Kresge Auditorium opened half an hour earlier. When I wandered into ... minutes later, there were hundreds of people behind me. Apparently, I got

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  and perils of vegetarianism, but I got a little involved this evening ... , ooh, I'm super-tired right now, yeah? Not gonna lie." And when I'm super ... Parisian and Earth Dance, while I've chosen a somewhat bolder palette of New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  'Allo poppets!! Sir Nigel Archibald Blogberry here! Marianne and I ... on the old boat. In fact she was rather demanding, although I must say now I quite enjoy being able to stream BBC Radio to Zanzibar while on

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  So here I am (still) in sunny southern California where people are mourning the loss of the crystal football ie The Rose Bowl. While I can't say I'm the biggest fan of football, this was a great game, and the

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  i absolutely love the blogs, but there are a number of other places ... immature, petty and enjoy a good sexual innuendo or two. as i share these not-so-public-not-so-private collages of MIT, i feel like i'm opening

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod ... less. i have never ordered a venti in my LIFE. before we reached the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year

  

  I: Just One Look and I Can Hear a Bell Ring I live on a fairly ... , but who cares. upon digging a little further the only thing I learned ... probably maybe [6:24 PM] Me: YES I had seen Mamma Mia! before, and I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 9, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  degrees), after a week or so I found myself missing the little things about ... , working on personal projects, or just chillaxing), and here’s what I’ve been ... , lathe, bandsaw, etc.  Even if you already have these skills I recommend

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Everyday I’m Trufflin’ But not really since it takes 4 hours

  

  , It's A Pain. For Chris M. '12, It's Amazing Pterodactyl. For me, I ... a beautiful thing. One of my favorite things that I've done over IAP

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  I like writing. I like writing about issues at school, like mental health, and I like writing poetry about my own issues and passions. I like writing seriously, creatively, and/or experimentally. I write about polymers

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  I try and tell myself that I've overcome imposter syndrome, and, in some ways, I have. I have no doubt in my mind that I'm thriving at MIT. I love my classes, I have great mentors, I love my jobs, I have great

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  As the summer turned to fall, my housemates and I prepared to move ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... , so that our apartment was the only place I'd ever been, but also so

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not ... belief cemented. If anything, I felt like I had gotten less smarter than before. I felt lost and unhappy, wondering if I truly did not belong here

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  i set up alarms too early than too late. an alarm that's too early ... wake up. the analogy is that when there's something i'm alarmed about, when i'm on edge and i'm worrying and things are on my mind, i can keep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  you can run but you can't hide

  

  I've been trying to write this blogpost for the past week, but every time I try to, I inevitably break down, get overwhelmed, and stop. But I know this will only keep bothering me until I get it out, so I'm going to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Written Post Oh man my handwriting is atrocious

  

      Typed out notes in review: I wrote this two weeks ago I apologize for my handwriting Ceri's post is here I am also very inspired by Lydia K. '14's posts like her Dragons post. I really

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  major uncertainty switch 2 A 6-2?

  

  compensation, newfound freedom in class selection Last April, I declared my major. Not too long before that, I blogged about how I had no clue what I ... I realistically choose one?  Well, the truth is, I’m still pretty

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 2, 2022