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• 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 / 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  Earlier this week, I finished my last exam as an MIT undergrad. It was a bittersweet moment; I was elated that I’d made it through not just ... the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  behind schedule.) Now Playing: Night Changes by One Direction I turn twenty in four days.  I always cry on my birthday. I think this is a surprisingly common behavior for lots of people. I couldn’t, really, tell you why

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  I'm a very Type A person, I'd say. I tend to need to be in control of ... come later than they originally said they were going to. I'm impatient and expect promptness. I don't like sudden changes and I don't like when

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  I split the month of August between three states, between two coasts ... rocky Appalachians. I was all over the place. The meditation camp in New Mexico, supposedly, should have helped with that, but I'm still pretty

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight something that touched me profoundly: One of my roommates when I was two years ... I had finished watching Chariots of Fire one night at 2 a.m. I told

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which linked to the following letter: Dear Ms. C: I am truly sorry to inform you ... ? University of Pennsylvania or Cornell University? :) If anyone thinks I should

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... ... ...first I tested the water with Bao '07 and Ling '07 (Kendall '07 was taking ... could see how much fun I found it, but those pictures will remain unseen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I was out of bullets. Living free or dying hard in Germany.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The gigantic Bayer sign in Leverkusen, Germany, where I worked last summer, is the largest corporate logo in the world. So I ... sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  about them. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing--I never would have met ... random fire alarm at Burton-Conner. (I WAS SO EXCITED) Long long ago, I ... somehow determined by its physical structure. I think Burton

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.

  

  due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a paper draft to my research advisor tonight, I e-mailed a paper to my music ... !!!!) and saying "Forget science. I'm dropping out to be a Benedict

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I’m in New York Picturesss on flickrsss

  

  Staying with my friend Larisa in her and her mom’s swanky apartment across the river from the city. And taking some pictures. Finals seemed like forever ago. Taking the train…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 24, 2008