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• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm

  

  ="83283" /] 4. Chalk art Although we can’t paint on the walls, we can use chalk to ... a funky-looking dorm is that I can always find my way back to it by ... need it. (The one downside to 🅰️levator is that we’re not allowed to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 4, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  finals. It is good to finally be able to socialize with people without it ... far too academic far too quickly, but somehow it doesn't seem so at this table. After all, it's too nice out to be "in the classroom," literally

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  gratitude happy thanksgiving

  

  immeasurable amounts of gratitude but didn’t know how to express it adequately. I say “thank you” to the bus driver, so how can “thank you” also be enough ... . Sometimes I need to use horror to compel myself towards gratitude, like

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  am in it below!). It's made up of smaller parts designed to fit ... yes, you CAN major in art at MIT. Here it has more of a studio art ... . I don't know too much about it, but according to its website "its

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  , particularly during first semester; part of it stemmed from trying to find the ... interested in, you can find a lot of people doing things around it. For me ... bandwidth to really engage with things. It's easy to just see something and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  to stress, You’re on pass/no record, and it’s just one test!” (“http ... I went to the kitchen to make something hot. Well, it turns out our ... finished exam number one. It’s hard to believe that just one year ago, I was

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  House made us! It used to have a Steven Universe themed drawing on it made ... been referring to it as our Memory Mushroom (not to be mistaken with ... how to use • And a green sticky note! This was the sticky note that was

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  extracurricular activities when it comes to scheduling and you can stick around for ... , I think it’s also important to say that there is absolutely nothing ... corner during which it will be back to the hard grind of work, work, and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christmas in February Shiny new toys MIT gave me this semester

  

  .2060 for answering a question in lecture. I've taped it to the inside of the ... never quite materialized, I still got to experience Christmas in February after all. Because [annotation note="Yes I know I'm cutting it real close

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 14, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  sometimes, but this semester proved to me that I can get it done. 2.009 pushed ... least two hours."]preparation.[/annotation] I used to have a fair bit of ... ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  , as it can take a while to light up. Travel to the right down Mass Ave ... to the West side of campus twice, even though it is only a 10-minute ... perfect 1/8 of a sphere, which allows it to be supported at only three

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  and your TA can't explain it, take it to the next level and ask your ... !) so here it goes. IТƒфd like to preface this all with the statement of ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  January is pretty close to the point I can start talking about it publicly, and I can’t wait to share it with you. ... It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  8% of oil use, we consider it important to raise awareness of the ... seven weeks. This material was chosen due to its variety in color and ... cool materials that she didn't want to throw away. What better way to re-use

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  can admit that it can be really intimidating to start. Starting from ... ’d learn to love it, to use it as an anchor that keeps me going back for more ... you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Beautiful .

  

  It's beautiful. My newest junior lab experiment. I want to share it with you. Hang on.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  then I moved to Boston, where it wasn't 100 degrees from 8 am til dusk ... to be tough but because I was lazy. The funny thing is, I can ... , as my big sister used to say (her boyfriend was in the Marines). But my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  trying to take (but know I could never get into due to its popularity) is ... , anyone can get in on the action by going to these public lectures that are ... . Chocolatiers use a process called tempering to bring the melted chocolate to the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  snow last winter, they figured they should put it to good use. Being on ... sport and can’t imagine my MIT years without it. I am sharing my story ... pool, but I wanted to continue my involvement in sports at MIT. I felt it

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [guest post] on undergrad by laura c. '23

  

  constantly doing is that it’s often hard to put aside time for small things ... ’m only a little embarrassed to admit that I used to feverishly consume ... about mit I want to keep this post (relatively) short because again, it’s

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 16, 2023