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• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  about barbecue." "Hm." So, in order to make up for my lack of cordiality ... my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto Conner 3 ... up?), bathroom stuff, and kitchen stuff. Seeing as I bathe just about

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  on Amazon you can even get a free cell phone when you sign up for a ... enlisting him to help design a new banner for Turkey vs. Spam--what do you ... few days I've been busy designing a new television commercial for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  the chillest thing ever." For the most part, that's a stinking load of BS. I still feel like I never have enough time for all the things I ... breathe. Being in nature has been sooo good for me this past summer, so I

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  that the freedoms and privileges that I enjoy today were fought for and ... wake up every morning to reminders that you once had less rights than a ... and cloaked bigotry at every turn, and waking up every morning to hear

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Importance of Wasting Time lessons learned over Thanksgiving break

  

  we would for sure do it, seriously). “Can you wake me up early tomorrow ... rolling out the MIT bubble and into an alien world. For the few on hall, the ... a capella group and promptly proceeded preparing material for our

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  on the project. When a newspaper calls me up and asks for comments, I ... David Helfand: "Unfortunately we don't have time for a formal Q&A session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  zero bandwidth it’s not burnout if you have to keep going

  

  circumstances I chose to put myself up for election, because I felt like I had ... this overwhelming feeling creeping up on me, this slow crescendo of ... impossible to think, or to make any useful decisions at all. I wake up and feel

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 17, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  The semester is over and I didn't go home for winter break because I ... 't end up investing a lot of time in this class. If I could choose my courses again for this semester, I think I would've just taken something

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  Hello Everyone! Firstly, I’d like to publicly apologize for not ... -related activities. Academically speaking, sophomore year is definitely a step up from freshman year, although, for many reasons, I still think freshman year

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Brass Rat 2017 revealing our class's Brass Rat at the 2017 Ring Premiere

  

  to enjoy some nice steak. The steak made up for it. Brass Rat 2017 ... ; Raivo and I were the first to come up, giving a quick talk on the history ... Comm members went up and revealed the design of our 2017 Brass Rat bezel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  qualified for nationals after placing fourth in New England, while the men ... trip we'd been preparing for all season. A plane ride and a time zone ... to give it another going over. This time we made time for a photo op

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  night of sleep for a long time. The next morning I met Sara '11 at South ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is where I encountered "The Group". For the last several months there has

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Tick was created as a mascot for the newsletter of ... year (Burton-Conner has a free rental movie collection) to brush up on ... drafts leading up to A New Hope show a vast improement in quality

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... supposed to be a priority, somewhere up there with getting good grades and ... engaged with the other half. Chalk it up to being the first time in most

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  A Summer in DC what i've been up to this summer!

  

  up talking to for a bit about how he became interested in jewelry ... up with blogging to my current life, but words are hard. Nothing ... trip, for three days last summer, and for a week during spring break as

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • July 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... dyed over it with red and of course, that’s refused to wash out for the past month. i crocheted a red scarf for myself earlier this year, and my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  next to normal on mental health

  

  of these stories just… end, i guess, which sucks. so i speak for myself, and i only do want to speak for myself, when i say that my ... opening up your problems to a friend, say. sometimes that difference is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  ), but of course i never ended up finishing a single one. now that i have ... bass and have essentially set the others aside for now. the day before ... it gets for basslines and for joe dart. now i'm trying to learn beastly

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Night at Random Beautiful people at a beautiful hour.

  

  (not for class).   For some reason I then wound up on the fourth floor ... For the past almost four and a half years, which is just under a ... nerdiest dorm. Right now I am in Florida for winter break, and as often

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  It is difficult for me to accept that the MIT Blogs are turning 10 ... downtown to pick up the envelope, and the rush of feelings that went along ... for high school students to join -- we had to wait until May to get our

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014