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• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  your non-native language means, I just do. Languages just make sense to ... When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  do not want to get fat. There's a big lounge called the TFL ... pots, ahem). MacGregor is also in talks to get a dining hall put in ... anything. But if brushing your teeth next to a guy creeps you out, there are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  AM so we could get to the parking lot by 6:45 to ensure a spot because ... perfect, there were cool streams of glacier water to splash on your sweaty ... face. It looked very steep. I started to get apprehensive. When we

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  and families in order to get a better education, so that my siblings and ... to me. However….. That meant nothing right now. “NO! WHERE IS YOUR ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  that when i get sick now, it's up to me to manage my symptoms and judge ... very nice. who doesn't like getting little treats? like, i love going to ... kid, you typically don't have to go out of your way to ask for things

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Yestermonth’s IAP Everyone else is doing it.

  

  tend to get much more done for yourself. Some people spend IAP home, or ... , blacksmithing, pistol, etc. That said, I'm finally getting back to the alleged ... I did get to spend the other half pondering my project and customizing

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  fastest way to get from Building 2 to E25? At the same time, too, there was ... show you; 2) yes — go to the closet and get another roll and it will pop ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  , but i'm getting used to it (and was definitely spoiled before)! another ... have been UROPing, starting to work on my thesis, and trying to spend as much time with my friends as possible before 1) we get too busy for each

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  [/annotation]. Get the Libby app. Profit from never spending money to consume books ... when familiar stories help me get through change. If I had to pick a non ... season, don’t forget to check out today’s sponsor, YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, and

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  , which scared the hell out of me when I didn’t get admitted to other ... ’t get a section of the tap dance for THE LIFE OF ME, and I wanted to just walk out. When you’re stressed and busy it can be hard to remember why

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  . If you're right, you get points; if you're wrong, no one else on your team can answer and the other team gets to hear the rest of the question ... course I had to say, "Now I'm definitely writing a blog post about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  get in? tick I’m just going to shut up, put my nose to the grindstone ... students to get through it.  … They made me feel like everything was going to ... , temperate weather of Boston? How's family? Your brother still asking you to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  . I remember when I was in your shoes. Back in the day, I had to do it ... terrible happened to them and they’re in the hospital and…you get the point. So I've developed some go-to time-burners to get my mind on something

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get ... from UROPing this summer, I've been trying to get out and explore Boston ... fireworks! The fireworks were incredible. If you ever get a chance to see

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  nervewracking to realize that you're no longer the class brain, and that you can't sleepwalk your way to perfect grades anymore. My first semester at MIT, I ... of my class at OSU to get into the grad schools I got into this year. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Low The first in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Zinedine Zidane.

  

  touristy, yeah, but it was great to get the lay of the land in such a huge ... don't want to advertise, but if you're going to come to MIT, I think ... busy, but when else are you going to get the chance to see the actual

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into all of my classes (which includes going to all the lectures, reading the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  is many people? How did they get to be on this grand decision ... meal that doesn't come with fries. I'm also pretty excited to get totally ... realsies! In the meanwhile, I'd love to answer any of your questions about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  Some people[1] say that you need to seriously rethink your life when your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest ... : ------------ From: Vincent To: Cam Subject: blog i just happened to look at your

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  Make your way through the most puzzling of MIT’s dorms on the path to ... at any time and solve a few puzzles, or stay as long as it takes to get ... - 9:00 PM SIMFEST!: Henna Tattoos Your first day of college? Get a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015