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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and ... anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our ... —so to speak—came simply enough. I sat down somewhere to write a 3-hour

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  how the process went.   I went to a hippie middle school with 75 students in a basement beneath an aerial dance studio. We got to ... how to fix it. Anyway, that tire swing inspired me to get back to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i stole a vhs player! and other old things i’ve acquired over the last 2 and a half weeks

  

  cool and probably from 2002 when Simmons was built. I tried to get a ... games of all time has to be Zork, a text based adventure game made by MIT ... to get out in the near future, but for now, i want to share what I

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  when written well (i.e. when written by actual employees and not HR), a ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... people tend to make great teams.  These are the people I get super excited

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to start his/her ride. Not every attraction has to be a ride. We also had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  action folks), I've been thinking back a bit to my college interviews. My ... school by its interviewer. I did keep up with Mr. Neighbours for a few years after I came to MIT. He was a great resource for me during the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... 'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  the lectured material and would like to get a further understanding that ... won't get around to marking it. This is a tough supervisor to have ... get back to the 1 post a week/fortnight schedule I held this summer. Let

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  bashes a thinly-disguised ex and upload it to Soundcloud only to get two ... Recently, I’ve been trying to record music. I have a mic setup thanks ... time approaching music as a creative outlet, and to be honest, I’m not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  up? We wouldn’t want him to be overwhelmed by a new environment.” She ... and families in order to get a better education, so that my siblings and ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  61 Photos from my Time at MIT from freshman to senior year

  

  romantic getaway to Salem, MA. Remember: there will be a time to get off ... a burger + ice cream + jewelry trip to Harvard Square. It was a ... friend and neighbor (the one with green hair) is a pet mom to two bearded

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike ... of sense to me. Why does Apple need to partner with a particular shoe ... enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two ... life?" I was a bit down in the dumps when I got this email from my mom

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  everything you own in a few hours and still get some sleep? Laundry is tumble-drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... before heading out to Burning Man which is about a 10 hour drive from san

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  sister, only to happen about the – well – insanity caused by the rally ... adding Halloween to my blog post, but it was a rather quiet Halloween in my ... -or-treating (ahem…) – it was tradition for me to sit outside in a chair pretending to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... Orientation is about to arrive and all of a sudden MIT will be ... laundry, and have a place to sleep. You'll actually be living here and will

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  infinite corridors can’t believe there are no posts with this title yet

  

  ’s a notion that as language models get larger they appear to suddenly ... ’d like to get there eventually from the answer is not a hut in the woods ... corridor” has taken on new meanings for me. at mit it refers to a long

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  always great -- use the web to get inspiration for a project that you can ... Currently, I'm in the middle of a week-long Admissions trip to Utah ... and precedes a forthcoming trip to Kansas and Nebraska. The trip began

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when ... applications. I write some, I take pictures a lot. I'm going to concentrate in ... wittled the list down to must-haves and can't-live-withouts and it made a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  ." To summarize: one day in June 2004 I was knocked off my bike by a car ... students and I got to get a feel for what kinds of work chemists are expected ... a semester later I stopped by the Office of Academic Services to pick

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006