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• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  things that come into your life at just the right time and tell you exactly ... when you leave, it lingers in your memories like a ghost. Maybe that ... , will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future. It always

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  want your time to have formal structure, MIT provides opportunities to travel abroad (with your expenses paid through various MISTI programs, of ... without knowing what day of the week it is, you can spend all your time

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  that a lot of people much older and wiser told me: your feelings are ... facts I do know don’t add up: But here’s the thing: your feelings aren ... the 'x' and justify your feelings, or convince yourself you're feeling

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  , to be comparing your school to a home. Cue eye-roll. I have been ... and your muscles are literally shredded up and everything hurts. But at the end of the day when you leave, even though your limbs still feel

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  an online drop request to your advisor, your advisor approves it on ... check your graduation requirements though before dropping, because some ... don’t take them in sequence, it can throw your course roadmap out of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  do drink it. If you’re hungry late at night, go ahead and eat to maintain your energy, but try to eat fruit or nuts or yogurt or something ... do, you’re very on top of things, but it’s my belief that you don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by ... 's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... us? Woman: Oh, you're trying to get to the festival! Me: Yes! Woman: Oh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  finish writing a script, and are about to plot your data in a way that you ... your script in the command line, and see this ... Dealing With Your Gaffes bootcamp. My section is at 9am-noon on Tuesdays and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  ...they’re all a little bit off-the-charts in one way or another. And you’re ... top of your General Institute Requirements AND fulfulling the ... to the class of 2012, and best wishes for your Commencement coming up

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  one cried, as we all gaped at him. "It seems that your students are a ... students cry en masse, Your confidence, you will come to lament." It could ... will let me be your queen Let me succeed, and bring on 5.13. Ode to 9

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  scientific ingenuity or whatever; you can't pulverize a chunk of snow in your ... , unless your shoe also runs Shor's algorithm.* *Inexplicably, as I was ... tests and post your observations if you happen to have a pair of Avatar 3D

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  consideration and then progressively trim the fat from your course load until you can swallow your weekly serving of credit hours. For instance, my ... I ever invite you to a potluck.” Shortly after- K: Your salad right

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  yours, especially if you spend them in riveted perusal of my fascinating ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a ... Principle. A few blocks later, you're dodging taxis in Chinatown and on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  aspiring photographer, have at your fingertips as soon as you arrive. W20 ... gripe is that they keep your negatives until the yearbook is published ... —you use this to blow up your negatives into a viewable size. On the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  , bending, torque) instead of your typical translational motion from basic ... This Class! The next slide then popped onto the projector. "Clear your ... needs the essay, and service grants are available if your toy shows enough

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  basically a debit card that doesn't collect interest. You put money on your TechCash account whenever you want, either from your account online or in ... like tickets to events or food from class fundraisers, or do your laundry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  your friends start getting engaged and married and moving into real ... the inside singing the Toys R Us theme in your head about never growing up. It's true. Then, if you're me, you'll stick glow-in-the-dark stars

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  from your hero? Well, lots! I took 10.391: Sustainable Energy and learned ... is like 5 minutes away from my house unless you're driving a car that I ... question was like, "How did you meet your partner?" I was kind of stuck at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for ... , MUCH safer. Just don't, you know, break your cell phone open or anything

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  . If you're googling my full name, could you please leave a comment ... opportunity-laden time as college. If you're going to take the easy road now, you're going to be taking the easy road for the rest of your life. Ugh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006