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• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  energy to look around me and feel joy. but already the lists of things i ... so much that i will never get the chance to do, and that hurts in an ... "]la-ing,[/annotation]trying to blog (...the operative word is perhaps 'trying to'), and having

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  the slight urge to huddle under a blanket with a warm cup of tea and ... to this concept in high school,” and my brain cried out (silently, of course), “This does not seem trivial at all and some of us did not have

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  dedicated time and energy to their craft. Discovering this community felt ... embroidery. She showed me an embroidery kit she had and encouraged me to get ... ."]fish[/annotation]. Later that month, Kidist and I facetimed to "stitch n bitch" and she

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  knot again my spread for Infinite Magazine Issue 9

  

  knew I definitely wanted to do a spread for Issue 9, and specifically a ... 's involvement. I hadn't really gotten to do that before because of covid and things being remote, so I was really excited to create something truly

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biological Engineering at MIT My thoughts, feelings, and opinions (and slight ranting) about biology both at MIT and in…

  

  a mix of anxious premeds and kids trying to convince their parents ... have a lot of persuading to do), I love biology and I spend a lot of my ... . BME is closer to MIT’s 2A-7 which is more of a device and prosthetics

  • by Ben O. '19
  • November 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about this and helping me think about how to formulate it! I’ve been very ... about this place I would call home, and I felt a drive to be social, to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  love is stored in the yarn help i can't stop crocheting

  

  chance to crochet things for the Lounge and buy as much yarn as I need ... -blocked to draw, it's given me another creative outlet, and the physical ... about these days i want to see your projects and hear about your favorite

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Being an Intern (And being an adult)

  

  . I am to see people much older and more experienced than I am as peers ... --maybe you’re not going to use all the geometry and algebra you learned ... and problem solving in my first project, which was to start building a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  new paths. It’s horrifying sometimes to think how much knowledge there ... are 2,000 possible classes, and although I would love to take all of ... can no longer go to bed earlier than 1am, and waking up at 7am seems

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  to [insert mildly obscure musician here], and their random album from 2018. I keep having new ones, and I want some way to document why I like ... , and I see this record, run over to you, and being to yap about why i

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  . I get to show off how much I’ve improved, and I get to watch my ... to prepare, and i shrivel from embarrassment every time someone ... spinning to redeem myself and wipe that talk from my memory. [caption id

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A Part II Why the Media Lab is cool. Bonus: A great "You Know You Go to MIT…

  

  School, and a lot of my friends and I would semi-jokingly refer to us as ... preference. So it partly referred to the school and partly referred to ... name and I was too lazy/uncreative to think up a new one. It made a lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  High Stakes Because it’s you who makes you.

  

  how much I wanted to come here! - and now I'm here, and it's been two ... well-being far too much to be a workaholic, and I value a connection to ... , and feeling all right about it because I only had to be somewhere in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  flowers of fire and light making art with printed circuit boards!

  

  allow me to make all the mistakes that a beginner PCB designer would and ... attach to the board can vary across manufacturers and variations of the ... what it's supposed to. Triple check it. Or not, and suffer later

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • August 16, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  and considering the questions does, admittedly, force you to think about ... merit to it? I spent some time doing some thinking and was talking to my ... ” behind it (tl;dr: there is none) and was inspired to take and research a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  wouldn't have much time to study once I arrived in North Carolina ... myself mentally and physically fit to compete was one giant monster in and ... and trek over to the Skating Club of Boston, a 20-minute Uber-ride away

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a ... of being emotionally and even physically delayed..." And to think, my ... has nothing to do with nerd camp and instead has to do with - 2: My

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get by with a lot of help from my friends Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song! You just might walk out…

  

  and for once this year, I hated saying bye to MIT. I was unusually ... 've-only-met-once-during-freshman-orientation-and-does-that-merit ... and sophomore year, will be moving back in next fall, and plan to keep

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • June 1, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  it's definitely possible to be actively involved in both at once, and I ... not studying, but managing to oversleep and forfeit 5 minutes of the ... , good luck and best wishes to your final choice. Like what Paul said

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and ... , and manage to look awesome every day when they show up (on time!) for ... instead of wielding it, and I will attempt to write the next paragraph

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009