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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  . Concord ate carefully, but not carefully enough to avoid getting grease on ... ’s why I had been hoping—” Mrs. Concord sat down on the bed closest to the ... she had been sitting. There was new grease to pick up, a new stench to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  51 Things I Want to Say to 2022s one senior's autumn thoughts

  

  have any questions. Also, I'd love to hear your thoughts on any of the ... foremost resource on “how to MIT.” Actually get to know us—first impressions ... , brace yourself for lift-off or landing. Get to know your professors and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  to blog much lately. If you get through it all in one sitting, you're a ... simultaneously commented "ew." So if you choose to keep the live hawk-cam open on ... addresses, judging by the number of friend requests I've been getting on

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Advices, advices Notes from Associate Advising...

  

  time do you have of making new friends and getting to know new ... upperclassmen are up and about on campus, trying to meet all of you and hear your ... ; you've probably turned your friends down on an offer to party because

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

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

  

  ’ for the 1st time in college, but after that i had to get on larger poles ... teams can win up to $5,000! I spent a lot of IAP working on my website ... MIT’s month of “choose your own adventure” mode looks like would be to

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

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  have something good, I’ll copy and paste it to a new document to organize ... ’s because I found a newer shinier idea to latch on to or because I couldn ... for a different reason, whether it was to get somewhere or just to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  sweating. It's also pretty sad to think about all the effort you're expending ... before Reg Day, which is when you meet with your advisor to choose your ... packing for so little displacement :( Our truck! Then we had to get the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy New Year! And so two thousand nine begins...

  

  zone! :) ) I've made my new year's resolution to try and work out more this year - what's your new year's resolution? Best wishes for a safe ... Happy new year everyone! I'm hanging out at my sister and brother

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m Back!

  

  we can drive you back to your dorm with them. Oh, and we'll pay for it ... (awesome) new room (pictures to come later, when it looks nice enough that I ... people to this guy. Then someone yelled, "Get him!" So I tackled him. Into

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  and the resources to wreck and rebuild your world to align with your ... because he actually liked it, and years later, he would go on to pursue a ... him to go there. "I hate being here," he texted me on one such visit

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  had fabricated something out of nothing. I clung on to my friend because ... , my roommate needs me") to get out as fast as possible. I tried to ... yourself. You don't have enough content to keep this going. "I'm going to go

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  sketchy youth hostels and subsisting mostly on döner. I was planning to live ... frugal. Just playin'. But seriously, maybe it's because I only get to eat ... all time, primarily because I was in New Hampshire this month on a bike

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 25, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The Coop What's a coop? You'll find out!

  

  else is there to spend all of your hard earned TechCash on? How about a ... , they have a website that you can peruse. What's your favorite thing on ... into the bookstore, getting a refund at the end of the year equal to 7

  • by Snively '11
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... and motivating you to "do well," your success in college will ... the end of the day, they aren't going to do your psets for you, or call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... plagiarize your essay, we expect that you will not misrepresent your ability to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  addict myself to new sources of caffeine).  When we stress-test welds in ... , maybe these people don’t just absorb content faster or get through psets ... taking 5-6 classes of all-new content, and 2.007 conquered a good quarter

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or ... mom gets to learn new recipes, and my dad, my brother, and I get to eat ... green onions on top of the soup (to your bowl, not to anything you’re

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  world, and if you're lucky, you get to publish something of your own ... ...* My decision to pick MIT over Rice-Baylor was based largely on the fact ... new major at Rice) and the fact that MIT seemed to provide a ton of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011