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• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  methods, including (but not limited to): Soaking a paper towel in ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn ... comparatively easy it is to visit new places or even new states! So far, I've been

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  BLÅHAJ: the Internet meme, the trans icon, the world’s favorite plush media analysis on the Swedish shark’s rise to prominence

  

  [/caption] But how did this shark plush get so popular? Blahaj’s rise to ... result, more trans people get Blahajs to feel that connection with their ... , and economic forces that enabled these influencers’ rise to prominence

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  of around twenty questions, and, after a few months, managed to get ... ="Alan: also Cameron gets a special shoutout because she went to my high school ... here/getting in? Natalie: Yes, one of my swim team friends went to MIT

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  coming week, I'll get to meet more new people - maybe even youu :) Along with a fellow MIT student, Alessondra, I get to visit some of the middle ... me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  to be. I just learned it right now while googling to see if I spelled ... [/annotation] parts of Taekwondo to me. However, at the same time, they are hard to get ... across part of the turning kick pretty hard to get. You have to pivot the

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  packing my bags, begrudgingly all-nightered to get all my items stored away ... and didn’t find written words to be the best medium to get them out, so ... “feelzbox,” which basically means “write whatever you want to get your

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Trip to Princeton U Taking advantage of the three-day weekend by taking a trip to Princeton!

  

  ! Time to get back to business. ... Three-day weekends seem like the perfect opportunity to catch-up on work and get ahead for the next week. Umm... right... it never really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  side of the road for free water in paper cups then getting right back to ... gym, maintaining my social life, and I still get to fool around on the ... future, coming back to MIT, and feeling a bit lost. He gave me a lot of

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome to the Woodshop Don't forget close-toed shoes and please WEAR GOGGLES.

  

  against hippies, really.Every Architecture student at MIT gets introduced to ... ... ;) Where architecture comes to life with wood and more.Two afternoons each week, I work as a monitor at the N51 Woodshop. In Building N51, next to

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 5, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to ... yet.  So now I know I need to make a change. But how? How do I get out ... strong enough to get things done on my own, and I shouldn't need help. In

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the ... international students at MIT. The first part displays MIT’s commitment to gender

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the campus life and culture like?

  It would be impossible to tell you about campus life and culture at MIT in just a few words, so we're going to have to send you to another page on our site—hopefully, you'll get a feel for the vibrancy of our
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  't get to do a Questions Omnibus before I left, but I promise to do one ... . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  break I'm going to get to know my new camera better! I've started using it ... It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  (Spring 2012): Introduction to Cosmology Splash (Fall 2012): Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Introduction to Pulsars Spark (Spring 2013): Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Introduction to Pulsars HSSP (Spring 2013

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Monday Actually, I think I just made it to Tuesday.

  

  his homework in a leather briefcase and can run from Random Hall to ... named Sylvester and pretends to be Stephen Hawking on weekends ... , Erons. Erons has to carry a wheelchair up the stairs when he pretends to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It's always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the semester, because later when classmates google the class number, they end up at my blog. If that applies to you, um, Hi. 14.41 Public Finance and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card ... , writing. it took me a bunch of bad drafts to get here (nobody wants to see ... future you want. i’m still getting used to that quite frankly. i have to

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  flu virus or cold gets passed around. Every now and then a game has to ... —players started running around trying to get their plots done—and then game ... plot and now I'm supposed to get this neat item!" Me: "Oh, that's right

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008