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• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  to even be at this point. To even get to be in the shoes to say that ... ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... emptiness to be emanating from such a small human being. We had just stepped

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  that most people never get to the good stuff! Most of what gets taught in ... As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 2) The dog days of summer.

  

  , and then go home and have dinner afterwards. I also elected to get paid ... United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, Florida, began as an effort to provide repairs and basic necessities to homes of impoverished families in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  managed to get my hands on it once again. And, because my favorite thing to ... vests, or taking cash from people who wanted to get in. It was retail at ... entrance to a marvelously shitty pool), and I did get my fair share of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  bumpers a revelation i had while bowling

  

  eventually get better? Also yes. I learned how to time my throws more ... following: I never had to get better at bowling before, because I always used ... bad about asking my company to spend a lot of money on me, I decided to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it

  

  how to fix it. Anyway, that tire swing inspired me to get back to ... didn't know then how to train myself to get stronger -- honestly, I feel ... concepts of damped harmonic motion and centripetal forces, which is to say we

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  " over and over. If necessary to lighten the mood, finish with one play of ... ." I could get all linguisticy about how meaning is not conveyed just ... here and there when it was absolutely necessary to confront something

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  When You Yourself Are Far Away Donuts, used books, and some wonderful/terrible recipes you need not try.

  

  Career Fair is a magical time: in addition to the opportunity and the stuff, the jobful and the seeking return to MIT and I get to see some of ... they run out of donuts. That day we got to get a lot of donuts to share

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  to Pecker.       This is what I come home to in the evening. I get to ... around the building to document what everyone was up to. One of my favorite things about living in Random Hall is that when I want to be alone, which

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

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  't the smartest idea; in fact, the professor might even ask you to get up ... , preparing for Sunday’s competition. The pressure is on to get MIT’s car ready ... 's gotten into me :( Second: this weekend is going to be EXCITING! I know of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  students get so excited "they sometimes forget to eat!" 10:05am: Prof ... campus to discover there's been a hack in Lobby 10! The hack is two giant ... pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  easy to get distracted. Having the option to decide when to watch ... experiences that stand out to me. I present to you a brief highlight of the ... ombre color that matched my winter jacket. It was also a relief to have my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  didn’t get too much time to draw out the details, so I scribbled some of ... good Android user, do not have AirPods, though I might try to get some ... the course. I tend to get a bit frustrated easily with things art

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  weeks go by and I try to get ready to start working on this assignment. I ... asked Sienna to get dinner with me and talk about what the central issue ... , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  't get into Harvard supposed to get into Minerva? Even the most cynical ... prestigious private school I was in love with. I didn't get in. I went to a ... remains relevant to continuing ed-tech utopianism. However, if you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  bday burnout no more spiders please

  

  the kitchen to get ingredients for a smoothie. I pulled the fridge door ... my loft was a way for me to get more natural light. A few minutes later ... my worst day. Tuesday I had to get up early and finish my readings for

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • March 18, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  Life on Campus? remastered 2021

  

  thankfully, I never saw another mousenado. However, I did get to relive some of ... to get COVID tested, and then to Dunkin for breakfast. Those days were ... my teeth, and stumbled across Memorial Drive to the boathouse. At 6

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  extremely trivial amount to pay for a doctor's visit and getting two week ... patient waited nearly 18 months to get a routine colonoscopy since the only ... sent one of their interpreters with her, and she was finally able to get

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009