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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  is often, I can escape into my room or a quiet place and when I don’t ... height). I don’t actually know who built it, and I haven’t had reason to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  , sure,” I promised, “And will you wake me up if I don’t wake you up ... time differently, though I don’t actually believe that. One thing I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Truth is Rarely Pure and Never Simple A behind-the-scenes special on directing a play

  

  theatre advisor said: Don’t worry about anyone else. Make something that you ... fulfilling journey that I don't think I'll be able to let go. Break a leg

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  without p-sets. Spoiler alert: I don't. And at this point it all goes to ... experienced the Institute from a non-student perspective? Don't forget to mind

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• 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't

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  . And loud. And many things that I don't like, personally, but were ... and energized for 3 hours. (I honestly don't know how people at

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  point (I don't really know how this happened - I don't recall doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  great resources so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In ... , so don't be afraid to ask for their opinions...they know exactly how

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  of the syllabus is frustrating when you don't already understand the ... fact, it's extremely awkward if I don't ). And that concludes my list of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  for Social Media (CMS.613/21W.751) is—I don’t know where else you could ... sixties, and in the sixties you don’t have Twitter. That doesn’t really ... dig into what they do on a day to day basis because people don’t only

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  outside your field, and take full advantage of your wider environment. Don't be embarrassed to ask the "I really don't know anything about this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2013…The Parent Experience!

  

  so don’t be afraid to ask them about their experiences. In addition we ... that are most important to you, the parent, so don't be afraid to ask for

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  ' various affairs. In principle, I don't have anything against putting two ... , Backstage, to name a few of many) so maybe I'm just unsophisticated and don't

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  ;         I don’t personally know Hendrik, but I do know Brandon. Brandon ... , because like in Big Bang Theory the characters don’t seem abnormal and the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  of my clothes. WHAT. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN. Options: 1) don't wash my ... . Another moral of the story: don't wear loose slippers on the stairs. A few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  don't know what casing the joint means 2) FRANK WILCZEK IS TALKING TO ME ... despair. "DON'T tell me," said, slightly muffled by the whole table

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  I almost don't know how to get started with things. That same ... I transfect almost every other week in lab don't sound too tasty

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  out on dorm row. Passers-by don't seem to realize that their ... significant figures) of his life. His plant is named Jade. Mine don't have names

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  the end of the day. I don't know how one can can feel so long when a week passes so quickly, and the weekend is over in a flash. I don't know

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  , I'm starting to realize that I don't need to get perfect grades or do ... .  You don't have to cure cancer or meet the president or take over the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012