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• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  life behind the wheel of a car getting to and from the job that he loved. As luck should have it, "the day" came on July 7th of 2008, and now ... cruising through the streets of Cambridge on his rusty old Mongoose mountain

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  my horizons and get out of my comfort zone. Over the past three years ... , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... figure skating championships in Boston. While I do not regret doing any of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  More entries about buildings and food Same as it ever was. I'm still single, but at least I'm in Belgium.

  

  't have any big news. But you know what I do have? Pictures of Brussels ... price of 50 € RT, with an included meal and up to three (3) beverages of ... digital camera to take some food-pornographic pictures of. And, let me tell

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Selling Point How to tell the difference between MIT and an infomercial

  

  down with a case of the sniffles and the best place to curl up and nap ... exposure to the infamous world of infomercials. Early morning and late night ... pamphlets, hand-outs, and websites, all expounding on their respective college

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photodiary now with 0% instagram, 22% my cat

  

  entrusted us to level set and record using a massive set of equipment ... and light-filled building constructed using the maximum percentage of ... floors, containing a wooden dinosaur model and a TV made up of 16 other TVs

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 9, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  going on with me and my life. For those of you who don't know, I just ... A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... , and headed to LAX, mask on and bags packed. My mom and grandma

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  if any of these thoughts feel unorganized, my brain is unorganized ... . I woke up to a video of a black CNN reporter and his team being ... several ways to interpret this word, and I mean each of them; I don

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  funny, not enough so that the rest of the table can't laugh and move on. I ... stops I look at the words I've typed and I see my own vomit on a screen ... , that's my life. sort of. there are white bloggers, and there are black

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  work on psets, a lot more talking with people, and probably the same ... world, and the feeling of making something that gets used around the world ... is.Every year, the same group of friends I met in Maseeh gathers on

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  and never questioned them. Now you’re probably wondering how any of ... sit down and write my opinions on personal and political matters and ... understanding of how my Ethiopian and American roots played a part. For example, I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness ... finals week.  My hall has a lot of really awesome traditions, and the ... , and they gave us each a card with our name and super powers on it. My

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  light in my eyes had started to diminish, so she patted me on the arm and ... applied for. The idea of failure was crushing and at times it felt like I ... everything was ok. Stop at the kitchen and grab some sort of cake or pie

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  on and off public transit with ease. This felt like the kind of stuff ... had grown. And when I saw Aiden on that hike trail at the land's end of ... felt a bundle of knots in my stomach and I braced myself because it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  . And a ton of other things that I forgot to add to my calendar or are on ... minute naps between classes. And crash when I get back. Or on the weekends ... state of business, stress, and exhaustion; swamped and overloaded with

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  , unjust murders of black people, and news of senseless police brutality, every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I ... House of Representatives, and they went through the readings like it was a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

    To continue on my series of Weekend Adventures, this blog ... finished packing and headed to work ready to jump on the first bus after 5 ... home…hung out in random Jamaican restaurant 12:50 pm – got settled and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  , the JC I worked on LN2 with, and I would take inventories of plastic ... in control of my time. I painted frogs on my nails, and I've planned a ... one, our weekends are Sunday and Monday, instead of Saturday and Sunday

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Chasing Roots, Part One During an overnight stay in Milan, I traversed several generations to explore musical history in…

  

  can be heard on tracks of Beck's Odelay album). And during the late 1800 ... Mefistofele, based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's version of the German Faust ... Parma Conservatory. Me and a large likeness of Arrigo (to give you an

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  picture i ever took on killian court was of me and the rest of the camp t ... no, actually, you're not going to do any of those things, and you ... cambridge, and we quickly discovered we had the same memey sense of humor

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022