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• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs ... community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  , my goal in life for the next 24 hours is to actually beat the class ... involved in that bus going over that cliff?? How?! And why isn't it next ... , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  straight for free “Thirsty? Need a Snack?” section of the room. Got drinks in ... didn't linger in the Game Room for long. Even on the second floor, DJ ... ) successfully evaded teenage pregnancy. Apparently, 20 = adult. In exciting

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  started at MIT. I put “smart” in quotation marks because Bevi machines stop ... often in computer-science classes because there are so many people in them ... “dispenser” in quotation marks because the machines are So. Unbearably. Slow

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  college in less than four years—ask me why I’ve been around MIT for so long ... It seems to me that we swath an imaginary future world in pretty ... current world is not good enough, and we need to strive for change, and we

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  Intensive in the Major (CI-M) is a graduation requirement for all majors ... critters for a project in 4.110: design across scales[/caption]   ... realized I wouldn't be seeing my friends for a long time, knitting has always

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42 classes i'm taking this semester

  

  light chaos of taking tons of classes, go for it, but the number of ... of being in the intellectual and geographical center of where the newest advancements in science and technology are made.   Which

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  Boston Book Festival brochure to him for a signature. I felt small in his ... . **** Last fall, my friend and I went to the Boston Book Festival (BBF) in ... offered literary treasures under white tents. In the nearby churches and the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  miles in training, so you can for sure do it now on race day ... etcetera. Later, as I was lying on the grass waiting for the cramps in my ... is it an apostrophe??) in the top left corner.   For the sake of

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the ... sit together in a darkened lounge and watch shadows of Jupiter’s moons ... (Course 18). I’ve sat transfixed in random places in the hallway many times

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... of five of us headed to IHOP in Harvard square to settle the score. I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  incredibly difficult in the face of a three midterm week but these simple steps ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing ... food. When you're not in a dining hall dorm breakfast becomes a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  docked the commvee for some petrol while the kids fetch a cuppa and some ... on the old boat. In fact she was rather demanding, although I must say ... rummaging about in the archives of the Bodleian I had found an old map of

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual weekend-long party centered around the overnight roasting of a steer in our ... dogs, we roast over 300 pounds of meat over a giant spit for 17 hours

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  that many friends already do and that I've been interested in doing for a ... references in the name?), a large conglomerate of students and alums of the ... for "remote hunters" - people participating from distant cities and such

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Giving Laura an assist

  

  "You only get in trouble for a hack if you damage property or endanger ... stand around in the living room for a family Christmas party. If you have ... '? Friends of mine were also put off by the use of 'hack' for real

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  , people are really hardcore and get up at all hours to wait in line for ... in so the July 3rd concert was the best option for me. The Pops ... at Loews in Boston Common. All summer, they are having free

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  institute is always churning.  tick There's a constant sound in the back of my ... Vegas! (my hometown)']a place that never sleeps.[/annotation] Even in the ... 't used my time wisely at all. It feels like I've done nothing for this

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  your hardest year.” She told me this five years ago, back in 11th grade. “You work harder in high school than college,” she said; she had, as a math major at a tech school in the ‘80’s. When was the hardest that I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  , after all, had authored one of the books that I'd used for my report in 9 ... resonated with his audience. I photoshopped in the relevant connotations for ... ) nobody in my family has ever won the lottery, suggesting that my otherwise

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009