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• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  “smart” friends. *cue identity crises, rediscovery of self, and everything ... ” friend is a weird mental transition, and I think most of us instinctually ... seconds instead of 70. I have realistic expectations, and that constant

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  summer lovin’ 🎶 🎶 had me a blast

  

  ... getting to go home at 5 pm and have the rest of the night to yourself ... As of one week ago, it is officially[annotation note="and oh boy does ... existing this summer. And my actual self really wanted to go home for the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  to go home and get some rest. sadly, we had a long drive ahead of us ... . on top of that, the music was still pounding in our years, and the bus ... single blog post. I won't dive into the history and implications of U

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  status, and I'm just sending pictures of my office. Matt and Ben are doing ... head-on shot of my desk. It's the place that I store my most important ... . It's a simple concept. If it's important, it's on my desk. Out of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  decision based on our concern and care for present and future residents of ... there hasn't been a lot of public information on Senior House and Pilot ... , with the Dot and the Green Building in front of me and East Campus on my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  challenges. And the bleary-eyed, decision-fatigued humans on the other side of ... many people are taking on additional responsibilities at home to protect ... will, however, be back, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, on phones and email

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  infinite corridor in search of a diet Dr Pepper, and on my way I can look up ... and students stood up in front of us weary workday parents, who were ... kisses in the bowl on the folding table near my seat and popping them into

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Gluten-free at MIT Oh hey, that rhymes!

  

  </> new) on all fronts and I hate first post (I've been labeling all of them ... and told me about all my possibilities. They include almost any kind of ... specific methods of food selection and preparation, you might want to

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  energy drinks and naps on a very cozy couch. The exam still went rather ... ; I blame it on being an only child and growing up in NYC. This is all ... end of it; and the end of sophomore fall. Standing under the monument

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  any photos 404 Error 9/29/21 At EC, a majority of people aren't on a ... have lotsss of notes on the board, and lots of diagrams too. I would try ... with a friend on the 5th floor of the Stud, I was stuck and bored and

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  , but I’ve also spent a year each in Simmons and Baker, so if you have any ... . There’s a lot of them. On the plus side, it really motivates you to add your ... inconvenience that is very specific to our room since we live on the wrong side of

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  last first day (take 3) there are so many other blogposts with this title

  

  amount of thought, energy, and time that goes into creating any sort of ... month of this year in Europe, studying abroad in Madrid before going on a ... of London, Paris, and Amsterdam. It was the perfect reset before coming

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 8, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  particularly centered on the ethics of research, and I think it’s just as important to be informed and think about ethics as any other aspect of STEM ... doesn’t: the implications of these same issues on women, and how women

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , go home, go abroad, train, work, come to campus and chill, come to ... nights spent laughing on the floor of someone’s room. rather than just ... ="attachment_111599" align="alignnone" width="300"] sarah and i on our way to a wallows

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  and the co-author of the best textbook on General Relativity ever ... 't retrieving this geocache.” So I walked home and took pictures of the cat ... % of your friends are within 2 feet of you at any time while you're awake

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  since then I have spun countless props on fire, danced and performed with it, gotten accidental fire haircuts, and lit myself on fire (on accident and on purpose). Besides committing to MIT, joining Spinning Arts

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  've done a ton of research on the topic and you've concluded that you would ... representation of warfare.) I like fried chicken, hot dogs, the sun - and an ... ! (And maybe the return of m_quinn but hopefully not.) So, in usual

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  1 / How to MIT again?! An expat returning home to the 'Tute

  

  acids in 7.012, and adjective endings in German. Staying on top of classes ... catch up on my classes and pset (I even got some help from some of the ... an off-campus apartment and settling into a new pace of life, an expat

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  goal. It's a mix of formation control and neural networks within the ... 's a whole list of them, and they have themes that range from ... (Check out what I did last summer!) I'm staying on-campus again

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  On [annotation note="home of the economics department, and the place ... ="78902" /] These trips took up a lot (if not all) of my weekends, and so on the ... be/things I’m trying to avoid, the magnitude of impacts, and so on

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022