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• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  -is-closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently ... ]. My roommate and I have been making plans for renovating our room (more ... know how to learn how to do things (ew, sorry for the string of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  hold off on some interesting pictures I have for you so I can follow-up ... it up for the day." About this Mario hack, the story I heard was that ... I had lots of stuff planned for you guys, but my friend Ben (not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  each frat sets up a table under the tent on Kresge that’s used for ... helmet and filled up a magazine with pellets for a few rounds of Paintball ... a heavy heart, I wrote up a reply to Nathaniel—thanks for inviting me

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  last two summers for a summer camp over at bu, just across the river ... friends just having fun together, for what felt like the first time in three ... , beaten-up version of it. a painful memory, like a wound, causes pain every

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  on Friday night and still get up on Saturday morning ready for the ... through if it were not for this queen. It was like having a mwakenya (cheat sheet) for college life. At first she came across as overbearing, and a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  recommend that you do! And if you feel up for it, share some of your ... land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and ... during Marathon weekend and saw the finish line! 11) Cleaned up nicely

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  , something especially appreciated at an institution notorious for being one of ... instead of giving up extra hours of sleep to finish up a pset. I go into ... emma. i'd die for all of them."]my friend group[/annotation]decided to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Chose To Spend My First Weekend Away From MIT 132 miles north to be exact

  

  Things pick up pace real quick once the semester starts. At times, it ... begin to shift a little. So yes, I spent my first weekend a little bit up ... , my wonderful co-coordinator Sarah A. ('21) and I literally woke up at 6

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  goes on. For years, I've subconsciously been trying to come up with a formula for success. Ya know the big ol' "what makes someone successful?" Up ... Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  , slept for three hours, woke up, had a nice cup of coffee, called up my ... for it. I stood up, walked over to the table, put the goggles down ... friends Friday. So I stayed up Friday night watching Pineapple Express with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ?). It caught up with me pretty quickly, so I crashed for the rest of the ... up a breakfast burrito at Qdoba and camped out in a little park just ... my attention span, I packed up and started walking to the Church of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  the Snow Goose Gift Shop to ask for directions, but ended up talking to ... visits me and he can ham it up even more: a) Without fail, the first ... opportunity for a burger. Mr. Bartley's are awesome. Also, their sweet potatoes

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A day without rain + pictures of yosemite

  

  (?) inch telescope and set it up on Glacier Point to observe for two nights ... , there is none. For the first month and a half I was here I did not see a ... work. I moved to a shared house in Los Altos Hills (subletting for a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  jammed up today, and it would be hard for us to meet up. Can we meet Friday ... 's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and ... books with me. When I went back around 8:00 PM to pick them up, they were

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  for the highest work of advancing civilization. You have to find a way ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass ... waiting, like when I want the reactor to heat up from ambient temperature to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  ... Thursday 12/1: The day I'd set aside to catch up on email, blogging, work ... day with MadMatt and Nance Nance Revolution to make sure we're ready for committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  then. Then. You look up at the board. And... Wait for it.... Wait ... So I know you're all sitting at home, wondering, "Hey, what's up with ... you guys are all thinking. It's like ESP or something. OK I'll shut up

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate it, then heat it up to about 500 C, and BAM! distill off some usable ... responsible for the deliciousness of caramel, golden-brown cookies, bread crusts

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  plot-convenient things (snerk), I knew I couldn’t keep it up for long ... is always a cause for celebration. And, on the surface at least ... almost feel its venom building up like Voldemort’s, just before he

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  got a chance to blog about how last semester wrapped up for us, but we ... were really no repercussions for failure. I ended up applying many of the ... For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019