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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the First or at least, I used to

  

  of a pink shag rug, and every piece of laundry that I still need to do ... slams against it, and the beginning notes to The Middle by Jimmy Eat World [annotation note="to be clear this is the time stamp in the song, I will use

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

    While it's easy to think and talk about the incredible ... harder to notice them when you're not. This shouldn't surprise anyone, as it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  liquid nitrogen and everything else 🐸

  

  last year of Mathcamp. In hindsight, it’s no surprise that I applied to ... way I could spend my summer ceased to exist. In June, I learned how to get quotes from car rental companies, how to organize spreadsheets

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  Office of Digital Learning around the idea that we need to bring technology ... published on the MIT Office of Digital Learning blog here.   I continue to ... aids and passionate faculty work hard to ensure that we graduate with the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end-of-internship presentation to give, and my mentor had invited 30 people.   We have a ... anniversary, or goes on vacation, they bring cake to work. They send a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my ... a ten year old. "Michael, where do you want to go to college?" Say ... ." "Alright, what do you like to do in school?" "I like math. . ." "MIT is a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  Mt. Fuji. I have to preface this story with a couple facts: 1) I am not ... shoes and vowed "never again." 2) For some reason, I have been wanting to ... ), maybe because you can buy a cool stick that they brand at every station on

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)

  

  also places to buy food around MIT and some useful non-food things to ... where to buy food? I get most of my food at Shaw’s (Star Market; B, below ... I don’t get to make much during the semester, except on slow weeks or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  had to navigate to MIT student center. Here we are buying tickets for ... to take a physics league test before zooming off to Metropark station to catch my 10 AM train. A couple days before, I had arranged to travel

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prettylatebuthere’sanIAPpost on MIT's independent activities period (ft. friends!!)

  

  , go home, go abroad, train, work, come to campus and chill, come to ... writing about what my IAP looked like, i thought the best way to share what MIT’s month of “choose your own adventure” mode looks like would be to

  • by Angie F. '28
  • February 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  Reading is one of the few real hobbies I've managed to hold onto throughout my time at MIT, not that I have much time to read during the semesters. Still, it's nice to look back at the past year, which has been a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  unsuspecting children would continue to buy Pokemon cards (the most expensive of ... easier to find than my room keys, or the chunk of free time missing from my daily agenda, or even sources of Vitamin C. To start with a simple example

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  that I always get carded when I buy beer. I went to the Massachusetts RMV ... everyone always come to you for help, expect the best from you, etc ... with the caveat that memories are believed to be strongly modified by

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which ... :') I went to [annotation note="there's a lot to be said here about PR ... .S imperialism here, but I want to emphasize that awareness is important, and I do

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  ’s recommendation"]the fancy desk chair I’m probably going to buy with my tax refund ... more classes to graduate, exactly enough to be a full-time student, and I ... ’t go to rowing practices. This means my UROP is my main organized

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  said, "[Totally inappropriate four-letter word]! I have to go into lab ... reservoir of parental TechCash money, and I actually have to pay for all my ... . After leaving work, I walked home along Vassar Street listening to "Summer

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  Every year, I try to set aside a chunk of time to reflecting on the ... was a really fun exercise to do because I genuinely forgot that so many ... Screening of EEAAO - March 27 Springfest 2022 - April 30 Flight to SF

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  in remembrance of my sticker collections for stickers are vessels for stories

  

  that exclusively does corporate swag, so if I wanted to buy one, I'd have to buy 500. I've also asked several hallmates to let me see if their ... Many months ago, I broke my water bottle cap. I tried to find a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  , just to gauge prices before actually buying things. Then we roamed the ... ="108229" /] In honor of holiday meals at home, I want to share a holiday meal away from home. Aka, it’s finally time to post my (extremely belated

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  wants to be like, "Oh my god, I can't let other people know that I have ... love my favorite pieces of media. Turning to fiction for comfort has ... last year. So it's because I hold these things so close to my heart that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021