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• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  waking up to ensure your day   gets off on the right foot? What happened ... respite from a very busy IAP (which I'll hopefully get to blogging about ... anxious? When I’m by myself, I like to listen to music or watch BBC nature

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  spent my time anxiously waiting to get vaccinated for COVID, doomscrolling ... 't get to walk in 2021 for my SB, I did get to walk in 2023 for my SM ... saying this."]“difficult to harness and leash” (because he gets too excited

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  extremely trivial amount to pay for a doctor's visit and getting two week ... patient waited nearly 18 months to get a routine colonoscopy since the only ... sent one of their interpreters with her, and she was finally able to get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  doing all he could to get her to eat the thing burning in his hands, which ... free to share your creations with me, I’d love to hear about your takes ... ] Bring the cocotte to the table and add your choice of spirit (brown

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  self-assessment, re: playwriting notes on taking playwrights' workshop this semester

  

  inspiring and horrifying to hear my characters brought to life by my ... dexterity, for getting out of a rut. I have a new confidence and a better ... felt that I had stories to tell and no means with which to tell them

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  WOULD BE LYING IF WE SAID WE WEREN'T TRYING TO GET STUDENT RUSH TICKETS ... ! We get to the Boston Opera House at around 12:15ish, almost 2 hours ... discouraged us, we were determined to get student rush tickets! At this point

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who are seeking to make a decision about your MIT future by May 1, and ... who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and ... . Everything below the line she wrote, unedited by me.  playlist i. i want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  you"thing. You should get a damn good lock for your bike - maybe two (I ... to be one of the most recognizable) by asking each of its riders to ... one of you for a donation of whatever you're willing to give - even if

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  catfished by a hotel online only to discover you may not survive the night) before heading over to Level99. Level99 was created/founded/birthed by the ... to it. It was a short walk across campus to Kendall Square to get to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  adults who want to live vicariously through me, as if I'm being pursued by ... being rich and partying all the time. No, I don't want to go to your ... .” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby *** I have come to the profound

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  This is your reminder that your reason for choosing a college doesn't have to be deep or profound or whatever. Vibes are important. It's 100% acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  the post-college world, i’d accepted that i’d never get a chance to act ... ’d never get to do"]a cappella[/annotation] later, and alan z. ‘23 and ... to do it (when would i get the chance to do this again?), and then

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  North Wales. Unfortunately getting to South Wales would be 8 hours ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see ... skeletal remains by tending to it as a garden.  The Welsh word for children

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  , New Hampshire, all to finally walk 34 miles back to where I started. I ... ."][/annotation]The original plan would have been to walk to New Hampshire then take the bus back ... the rural zone between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and to the right

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with AISES + NASA

  

  public, are also invited to a celebration of the day hosted by the MIT ... to you and yours! ... today, Institute Community and Equity Officer John Dozier sent an email to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  good way to read new things that I know I wouldn’t read otherwise.  6 ... [/annotation] concerts after that but didn't get to go to any others. later, I went to the ... , all in very beautiful ways. I went with Nora to a poetry reading by

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... ability to study smarter than your average freshman. No doubt that any of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Celeste the best video game i've played in months

  

  's genius musical design. And you get this attention to the music everywhere ... gets asked why she's climbing the mountain. And she responds: You're right, I don't even know why. I just had to get out of my head. I'm stuck

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  definitely reduce your chances of getting hired because of the risk that your employer would take on by spending a lot of time and money to training you ... amazing way to spend the maximum amount of time with your children and I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005