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• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  of spelling out the amount on one line, I wrote out MIT. Live and learn ... spring, I went through my journal and picked out some of the memories and ... first time. I abstain from meat and dairy foods on certain days as a form

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  today. I might not. Three days ago I sat and waited on the patio of a ... the smell of skunk on the road. I sat down nearby and met a thin old man ... danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  The semester is over and I didn't go home for winter break because I ... instead to meet my deadlines and work on projects I've been dreaming about ... Charles River, and even after so many years here, the beauty of Cambridge in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  upperclassmen are up and about on campus, trying to meet all of you and hear your ... and today, and I thought I would post some of the good things that came ... of coping with being away from home. My only good advice for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  Verde's, the small grocery store on campus, and I go for Anna's. On four hours of ... 'm far too lazy to go to the basement of the student center and put money ... the basement of the student center, and use it to buy food at dining

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and ... housing stipulations enforced on us and move on. does it really matter ... on a two-sentence synopsis. moving onto my floor of BC was the most

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  of it like a box full of memories. ...and the Trumpet of Coffee On ... to go home and get my instrument, so I had to take it to class with me ... for twelve consecutive hours on my 10.213 (Thermo) and 10.302 (Transport

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  . But now -- now I am an MIT student, and so I can enlighten any of you ... school without knowing any calc, and also from the amount of calc that 8 ... July and were comparing schedules; we, even with the combined power of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MY college essay 498 words of angst.

  

  rocked back and forth on the balls of my feet, wheezing, hiccupping, and ... your dorm room (in any residence hall), except for microwaves and hot ... a lot of hard work made it seem more spacious and livable. Steve said

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  short montage of packing a backpack, taking meds, throwing on shoes, and putting on eyeliner plays. I grab my bag, and leave the room. With the ... montage of math classrooms and coffee drinking later, and we cut to me

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  , Google photos and Snapchat) the random moments of daily life can be more ... from throughout the duration of last year that I would not have any reason to share otherwise, and little captions of what was happening in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  a 3-D printing company and gave a lecture on the uses and failures of ... lights and turned my lamp on. All in all, I enjoyed the process of this ... the fact that your lamp must turn on -- and throughout the course we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  /LOX engine ready for hot-fire, and is currently working on the design of a ... summer of designing Structures and Composites parts. Simulation - On a ... personal matters. I have made a lot of really great friends on the team and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  , and the pimp chain." Also of note - the "Big Daddy" sticker on her ... messy most of the time. "We can add whatever we want on a whim, and our ... a team of hair and makeup artists, as well as relaxing in their

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  , salarymen, and even train conductors, but Japan is also home to some of the ... to put fish eggs and rice cakes on a pizza. These are just some of the ... , and if you can't be patriotic on Memorial Day, when *can* you be

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  During my hiatus, I spent a lot of time working and [annotation note ... of that misfortune made [annotation note="and consequently, me ... difficult. Over the course of roughly a year and a half, I worked at a few

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  spent most of my free time in October and November polishing up on my ... consequence of being a professional perfectionist, pessimist and long ... shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... alarming amount of sound, and I begin to oscillate between my desk and my ... spending each precious hour of sunlight—and even more hours of darkness

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  get on top of a very tall rock, and feeling very happy when you have ... [/annotation] happens once a year, and it is filled with up to 3 days of many very ... ="puzzle hunts"]big-games[/annotation], but ours is one of the oldest and most

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

  crowded. Back on dorm row people were having barbeques and parties and dancing on roof decks of frat houses. Last summer I watched the fireworks ... crowded, possibly one of the best views on the Cambridge side of the river

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013