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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s FPOPpin’ Whatchu know 'bout me?

  

  themselves into an FPOP, allow me to settle your internal dispute: do it. You ... obligated to wax rhapsodic about things that didn't happen very long ago.  I ... year ago. It was a beauteous midsummer morn, and I was filled to the brim

  • by Tom R. '14
  • September 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summerteeth Are you afraid of the dark reaction?

  

  all your responses to the lynn/lonn/line poll. My high school math ... , although I guess that actually makes a lot more sense than "lynn." I seem to ... , yeah? I'm Lynn. What's your name?" Sam: "Oh, nice to meet you. My name

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... don't make their mark as well - but the changes those people bring to ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Faking It self-consciousness and struggling and pretending to be cool, woo

  

  am not cool. Go to class; it is not cool to look like you're not trying ... winter, but I know to go through the motions of making plans with people ... vulnerable, I'm doing great, I don't need to worry!" you're probably not

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 24, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  try to add it to your bag, but with everything, in a short sighted way ... you for once go to sleep early enough to hear crowds chatting out your ... On time and noise I've been meaning to write a post recently about

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  . MIT was my dream. Between the being able to make whatever you want and ... by the end of this.” “Dude you’re literally going to lose.” “You ... going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  to poke around a bit before heading over to 7-012 (a room I pass on a ... construction, as you can tell. Turning back around to leave, I spotted this ... do? From here, I took the path beneath the Infinite with which you're

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  to gain access to your...terrain. The next morning, Spencer dropped me ... resolve to treasure every summer second. That mindset makes the summer pass ... to pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome. No summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  world with the same eyes. Mine work just like yours do. My sun is yellow just like yours is. However, we come to different conclusions because we ... a couple times a week. I won't try to recruit anyone, but if you're

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  your project grow from a few loops of yarn to an actual wearable item ... “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT ... beginning!! We were going to college!! I obsessed over my answers to every

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you ... not to return to the material world? That your anger prevented me from ... destroy the Emperor, and... your father. But Vader turns out to be old and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  , trying to make ourselves better. How can both be true? Failing to believe ... am trying to make a solid blue cup in glassblowing practice session. I ... makes sense to anyone else, but it suddenly makes sense to me. In my mind

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  she doesn’t expect anything she says to make me feel better. she’s right ... . that it’s okay to put your own needs first. i think i first picked up ... , does that make me mean, or rude, or selfish? if something bad happens to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  .mitblogs.com, you'll have to use your imagination. One time at MIT I fell ... So, in my dorm, there seems to be this really close, almost familial ... job you can get at MIT; you get paid $9 an hour to play Snood, press the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  make a little section that is adding nothing to the aesthetic (major ... sitting across MIT's campus struggling to write for more than 30 minutes ... 's one thing they all have in common, it's that they're gonna make you

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  A Picture is as much as Ten Hundred Words This is in fact a story that does have pictures.

  

  out your pink picture grabber to grab pictures. Here are some of those ... me and my friends have to do some food making. Here is some food that ... doing up-goer five, I had the idea to take pictures instead of struggling

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 26, 2024
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  ask the pilot for a picture. Andrew said he would, too, to make it less ... [👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀]. So now it's  🫵 YOUR TURN 🫵  As you come to campus for the ... Today I flew back to campus! I returned earlier that most students

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  fascinating backstory that I won't spoil for you because I know you're going to ... You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  to avoid putting the former director of the CIA on your thesis ... that, you're free to do whatever you like to your walls in Burton ... Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Well, at least you didn’t fail, right? A tale of mystery, wonder, and the worst possible way to handle too much work…

  

  An hour-to-hour (kinda sorta somewhat close to one) description of ... tests and a pset to turn in on Wednesday. 2:03 PM - Roll over, reach for ... painful but doable. But it's Saturday, and according to my 18

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 28, 2007