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• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  blurred along the edges of my peripheral vision. This was my first time ever ... And becomes a sea of lava.   The wind howls and whispers ... gleam like galaxies.”   The stars of night are barely visible; city

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  straight to the bus for our first game of this week — an away game at Lesley ... . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which were the past week. I’m going to take you along for the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  , grey Favorite line of the T: The caves of the green line always makes me feel like I'm at Disneyland Song used as the opening credits of your movie: The Shins's cover of "We Will Become Silhouettes" Favorite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  A week ago, Professor Junot Diaz of the MIT Department of Writing ... of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some things you should know before you watch the below video clip. First, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  Mushroom. So, this being the first of a hopefully four part series, here are ... -every-birthday-card-in-a-cute-box-sentimental type. More like borderline-hoarders-that-have-to-assess-the-potential-value-of ... was a fairly large hollow ceramic mushroom. And since the beginning of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... past month, which is strange considering none of the teams I support ... it’s over. Observations (of the World Cup): One of the best parts

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  of SK LATE NIGHT First, you take the Night Market, a celebration of ... in my first round of exams (don’t panic, I got above average on the ... the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Aquatarkus Why I turned in a half-finished 10.37 problem set.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The landscape of the Charles River around MIT is almost ... , swimming and fishing are progressively re-emerging as about 90% of the length of the river is now considered safe for swimming. Health risks remain

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  what first made me notice MIT, it would be the blogs. You see, when I ... , man), the blogs were my first window into MIT - my first glimpse into ... what I saw - not just the content of the blogs, but also the fairly

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  inspiration for the title of this post. The first book was recently adapted into ... job interview, and I made the HUGE mistake of not studying a campus map ... . Most of the times I have asked other admissions officers how they got

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  Last Saturday was the first ever MIT Mini Maker Faire, and (at least ... the event justice in this blog because of my general inexperience with STEM maker culture (although I’ve had plenty of immersion with the arts

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  THE FINAL FANTASY 7 REMAKE IS OUT since 6/15/15, i have literally lived for this moment

  

  this remake into three parts. The first of these parts was released last ... of joy for the first time in my life when a Playstation 4 remake was ... Those of you who have been following me on the blogs for a while - or

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  competition, the first season of which gave us the imminently quotable Jay McCarroll, Austin Scarlett, and Kara Saun. Anyway, in the middle of the recap, I came across this description of the (literally) magnetic muslin gown of designer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  brighter and I can see the first rays of the new day. I remember writing in ... home), and I even saw the first snow of the year a few days ago. It ... , and partying, the months of August, September, October, and now

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "This is the first day of my life I'm glad I didn't die before I met ... be happy" [annotation note="First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes ... college acceptance as the light at the end of a dark tunnel, and clutched

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down the symptoms of workaholic withdrawal through the ancient zen technique

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  in Prague. I've traveled solo before, but this was the first time I ... only dreamed of visiting one day: from the canals of Venice, to the red-bricked roofs of Prague; from the jutting grottos and bright blue waters of Capri

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those ... Introduction to the Institute and serves a first introduction (or second, after ... showcasing the culture, talent, and innovation of each dorm, while also

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  outside of Milan. It was the first of many instances where it seemed to me ... : Ciao, Italy. Because of the snowstorm in the Northeast of the U ... of Boston were cancelled, so after arguing with the American Airlines

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  ! -- the applicant Class of 2010. As for me, I spent a good part of today ... Red Sox game (first pitch: 11:05am). The idea is to have the crowd from ... Maine for a relaxing rest of the three day weekend. Mmm... lobster =)

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005