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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I ... meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like ... shelter for Wellesley friends scattered to the cold, Bostonian winds by the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  meetings and started reading different papers to get a better idea of what I ... able to handle more force. Using the facts given by the computer, I ... . Without classes this month to focus on, I started working under some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  that place. Even if you're already medium-happy." I'm used to being ... MIT's independent living groups. It's a "mixed house," home to an ... , but I was heedlessly hungry, and by the time I'd taken something from

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  figure what I was going to do while I was there). Fodors is great by the ... barrier. I get thirsty very easily, so in the airport, I wanted to get a ... , named Chinotto. It was 4 euros so I didn't get it. However, my failure to

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  way to fill this out. Do your best to place things where you think they ... " answers, rather one attempt at sorting. As long as you've done your best to ... One new section of our application this year distinguishes between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about pandemics and plagues in history 21H.000: History of Now: Plagues and Pandemics

  

  world can freely attend. One of my colleagues sent me a notice about another new ... historical challenge. Anyone from around the world can join to listen. The description is below: This class exposes students to the study of history for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  studies at MIT by getting a Masters in Engineering (M. Eng) in Electrical ... -absorbed individuals that are too busy plotting their next breakthrough to pay any attention to their undergraduate students. While I have never encountered such

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  how to get back on - with the end result that I haven't blogged for over ... to get down the basic facts - oversharing first base, if you will. You ... structure of America's higher education systems Great! Glad to get that over

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  up to something new. My eyelids were not burdened by sleep. The limbs ... , new and old. And I always left time to keep my support system strong ... , “impossibly busy with less time or resources to complete everything than

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  semester, is designed to offer freshman community and expose them to new ... (FLC) hosted by the Global Languages department and MISTI (MIT ... 's been wonderful so far, and we've been able to leverage the technology and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  can take long walks, but I don't even have to walk much to get around ... 've never found that a convincing reason to get more exercise, because I keep ... get more exercise. Drugs. When it comes to vices, well. I drink alcohol

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  to the point where I simply snapped and said "If you're so fat, then ... weeks" or "Get rid of that chub ab exercises". I would go to my room every ... around on campus. The goal for now is to get stronger (without teetering

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  suddenly the void is yours to cut through like a block of stone waiting to be ... you couldn't bring yourself to eat the egg in your hands while you could ... valley till my breath comes back. Feeling the world come to life. Seeing

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  on the spot and then schedule it to get published right after. I ... ="MIT undergraduates have to fulfill a swim requirement by either passing the MIT Swim ... the UROP office and get funding. I'll get to all of that once I get over

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  Before I say what I have to say about video, remember: Blogger applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT of the Late 1800s, According to the Students snippets of history from the first 10 yearbooks

  

  , reaching out to nations all over the world. By 2015, 9.77% of the ... object of this Club shall be to promote, by all legitimate means, the ... committment to diversity. In fact, as early as 1917, the Boston Daily Globe

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 27, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to ... promised to be or maybe you didn’t but i stand by the tree with no rope but a ... something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  gastric cancer is unfortunately very difficult to detect early by endoscopy ... done and knew that I had to get tested. I had my blood drawn and sent to ... to terms with destiny, deciding to get surgery and when, figuring out

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Out I attempt to top Emo Walt Whitman, even though I'm only taking a brief reprieve…

  

  call two places home and I have many different people to call when I get ... cheater for 1) being a senior and having more emotional things to say and 2 ... coffee when I got home so I might have been able to post mine first, but

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  bring up the average. And if you're at MIT, you know that "getting an A ... goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With ... ashamed Just one test sets my head inflamed Silent music starts to play One

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009