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• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent-signed papers saying that I'm allowed to travel alone, I am finally back at MIT and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the ... have to be 18 for that…). Any ideas welcome ^_^. Back on topic, the bike ... ’m not from around here) on land, but also I will have to bear it on the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  “What inspired you to draw your design” question in the submission form, I ... college, not knowing what to do after graduation, realizing that your ... 't really my goal. All I wanted was to make somebody on the judges' panel

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  experiences to shape you. Don't panic when your idealism begins to faulter, don ... . And sometimes, MIT will break you down to your components. And that ... I started MIT as a bubble of idealism. MIT was going to be AWESOME

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

  

  ? That’s okay. I think I saw a sign with your picture on the way in. Let ... [/annotation] this semester? It truly is the best place to live on campus.) Edit: My ... I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  " — tapping into some optimism that each new outing presented the chance to find ... ="105765" /] I'm not quite sure when it happened, but if I had to guess it was sometime around 3 am, sharing food on the sofa of our freshman year suite and

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  back, head laid down on desk seemed to have a 1430. Each turn down the ... goes on. For years, I've subconsciously been trying to come up with a ... 'm establishing what success means to me on a day by day basis. Some days finishing

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  , mechanical pencils, and glitter fairy stickers to put on my problem sets. I ... feels a little like this right now (mouse over): I’m trying to take on ... on the floor I realized I was in the wrong classroom, and the right

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  each other—there's no expectation to—but you're friends, and so you ... performances. i had already forgotten the joy of listening to live music. it's the kind that makes me want to move my head to the music, to move my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  down on education in America today - had some very kind words to say ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  get one. I put on a light jacket, text a friend who wants to meet at ... bubble I've been this semester. Lots of new faces. I talk to many of them ... subdued to absolutely electric. Someone puts on some African music, and it

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Snow! there is (was) snow and it's freezing (or is it?)

  

  I returned back to campus on December 29th, and as the Amtrak ... -covered sidewalks. I had yet to master the tunnels and navigate through them on my ... myself to find my way on my own. Thankfully, though, there were a few signs

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  NSUW Coffee Chat Casual conversations with professors

  

  interests and teaching focus on the issues related to developing and applying ... designed to protect them. The work includes research on a range of children ... research focuses on mutual fund investments in international markets

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  the wide range of resources MIT has to offer. If you're applying to ... In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  compensate. On your way to your destination you will pass by many people ... part of the crowd of people you saw on your way. Two friends will leave ... , we were assigned to read Raymond Queneau's classic Exercises in Style

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  PhD programs, you're going to be doing research and so being prepared ... So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to ... upset about how everyone was trading their "stats" like I used to trade

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Moving Out, Up, and In Expanding, now in three dimensions!

  

  ’ve been on campus for just over three weeks, and, according to the Google ... , witnessed a giant CRT TV implode, gone to Six Flags of New England, won a ... I have a theory: free food is positively correlated to quality of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  rice cooker cooking or, how to cook for yourself with zero skill

  

  picture's horrible. I know. I don't care. Your food doesn't need to be ... . Some other ideas: You can cook your rice in broth. It doesn't have to ... easy to use, and yet it tastes so good. If your rice cooker comes with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 19, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  have on the Metro with Chinese emigrants to the city. 7. I love the 75 ... program that I met on the airplane) finally got to Madrid, we could not find our contact (who was supposed to give us directions on getting to our

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stories from Uganda [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Installing an exhibit in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

  

  around to working on this exhibit until the last two weeks of January ... Wiesner as a corner to make phone calls, have lunch and leave trash on the ... [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] The Wiesner Student Art Gallery is located on

  • by ARTalk
  • February 8, 2010